# Downton Abbey movie coming in 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896 "2018-07-14T14:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/61 "2019-10-02T15:15:50Z")
Note that the Downton Abbey movie was set in 1927; WWI was in the past, and several of the characters went to war, while the house itself was used as a hospital. (I think Lady Crawley mentions this during the movie.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/62 "2019-10-02T18:13:11Z")
She does indeed, and confesses that she’s still a little nostalgic for those days. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/63 "2019-10-02T19:21:38Z")
Another thing; someone (perhaps Cora, perhaps Mary) notes that the house is very under-staffed, with perhaps half the people they should have. If one were to go back to the first episodes, set in 1912, would it be obvious that the house has more staff? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/64 "2019-10-02T20:21:41Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Another thing; someone (perhaps Cora, perhaps Mary) notes that the house is very under-staffed, with perhaps half the people they should have. If one were to go back to the first episodes, set in 1912, would it be obvious that the house has more staff? Yes. In the early years, the house had live-in cleaning staff and many of these characters (Gwen who becomes a secretary, Jane who Robert falls for) figured in their own subplots. Once the war was over, the only upstairs staff still around (and getting airtime) were the ladies’ maids. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/65 "2019-10-03T08:08:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Note that the Downton Abbey movie was set in 1927; WWI was in the past, and several of the characters went to war, while the house itself was used as a hospital. (I think Lady Crawley mentions this during the movie.) But WW2 will come just in time to take off young Master George! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/66 "2019-10-03T14:49:56Z")
Did anyone see the SNL Downton Abbey trailer? The punchline is : “This trailer has been brought to you by the producers of Joker. Joker: it’s not perfect, but at least something happens” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/67 "2019-10-03T15:53:24Z")
Fellowes said in an interview awhile back that the house would, to be totally realistic, have a much larger staff than was ever shown in the series. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/68 "2019-10-03T17:03:58Z")
Wait - if Imelda Staunton can leave her title to her “maid”, why were they all wringing their hands about there being no male heir back in Season 1? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/69 "2019-10-03T17:30:28Z")
First of all, it wasn’t clear to me if Lady Bagshaw (the Imelda Staunton character) intended to leave her title to her maid, Lucy Smith, or just her estate. Second as I remember, the Crawley estate and the title of Earl of Grantham were tied together due to a British legal thing called an “entail”. It’s not clear if Lady Bagshaw’s title and estate were similarly tied together but in any case, there was a real-world change to the law about entails in 1926. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/70 "2019-10-03T17:41:03Z")
The movie said she intended to bequeath her estate, not her title. And yes, the Crawley estate was bound by the entail: [Downton Abbey - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey#Series_1:_2010) ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/71 "2019-10-05T13:14:14Z")
She can’t bequeath the title, but she can leave her property to whomever she likes. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/72 "2019-10-06T02:09:05Z")
Yep, she’s only leaving her estate to her daughter. And her title is mostly likely hers by marriage to a peer, not her being a peeress in her own right (rare, but not unheard of). Even she was a peeress in her own right it’d still be impossible for her daughter to inherit due to being born out of wedlock. ---
**Author:** ![Northeast\_Refugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Northeast\_Refugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northeast_Refugee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/73 "2019-10-06T04:13:10Z")
I’ll watch it, but from what I remember about the show, is that to play the part of English aristocracy they all sound like they’re doped up on Prozac. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/74 "2019-11-11T19:03:13Z")
Well, I finally saw it yesterday. I was impressed with how smoothly it ran and how nearly everyone in a vast cast had at least one memorable moment. It was better than anything in at least the last two seasons of the show and so justified itself very nicely. Of the new characters, Lucy was very charming and it was believable that Tom could fall for her (she is practically a clone of Sybil). It was nice to see Tom have a story of his own rather than constantly mooning over Henry. (Speaking of Henry, when he finally drove up in the last 10 minutes, I thought, “Oh yeah – I forgot about him.”) Apparently the movie has done so well that the sequel is [virtually a done deal](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/when-will-the-downton-abbey-sequel-start-filming.html/), and the actors are being asked to keep room in their schedules. This movie was better than I thought it’d be so I give Fellowes credit that he could probably write another one and it would at least be decent. But with the imminent death of the Dowager Countess, it would leave a major dent in the cast. It really wouldn’t feel like Downton, and the movie was a good enough send-off that if this were the last-ever Downton Abbey, I wouldn’t be disappointed. But I’m sure I’ll eventually see the sequel anyway. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/75 "2019-11-12T03:41:35Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Apparently the movie has done so well that the sequel is [virtually a done deal](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/when-will-the-downton-abbey-sequel-start-filming.html/), and the actors are being asked to keep room in their schedules. Downton Abbey Goes Hawaiian. You read it here first. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896/76 "2021-08-25T17:12:06Z")
Bumped. Just heard an audiobook of Ian Fleming’s _Goldfinger_ read very well by Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham), and I see he made the news last year for his weight loss: > **[Hugh Bonneville leaves viewers distracted over dramatic weight loss](https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1320283/hugh-bonneville-weight-loss-2020-health-video-the-one-show-twitter-latest-news)** > > HUGH BONNEVILLE - who is best known for playing Robert Crawley in ITV's Downton Abbey - left The One show viewers stunned after spotting a drastic change with the actor's appearance. And also: > **[Hugh Bonneville says a second Downton Abbey film could happen once cast are...](https://uk.style.yahoo.com/hugh-bonneville-says-second-downton-111400265.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEBaEE3jd5qmDTpP_Vu3U7uBlpSdYdH1oKu_wMNgJDC0QHfvFTG_Va_KbhxaK6nyWvzmQf9RIQCxedI7a-_DsgloLOJSbLv3gwp5_NwvBaFGMafhTwu6tzn4OS4fJiWOtBPwbzPbrF3kb4dv6mRR8V9IkaysYmWlxi0hpGhVver2)** > > "The planets are circling, they are beginning to get into alignment" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-movie-coming-in-2019/817896.md?page=3)