Peacock has announced that Downton Abbey: A New Era, the latest installment in a series of Downton Abbey-related movies and TV specials, will premiere on June 24, 2022. The film is meant to be a sequel to the 2019 film, simply titled Downton Abbey, and will follow the aristocratic Crawley family as they invite a film crew into their home at Downton Abbey in order to cover the costs of repairing the aging manor.
The original Downton Abbey series, which is also available on Peacock, follows the Crawleys, an aristocratic English family in the late 20th century, specifically between 1912 and 1926. The Crawley family is headed by the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), who marries American heiress Cora Levinson (Elizabeth McGovern). The couple has three daughters: Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery), Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael), and Sybil Crawley (Jessica Brown Findlay). The show’s cast also includes Maggie Smith (Harry Potter) as Dowager Countess of Grantham Violet Crawley, Robert’s mother, and Samantha Bond (Tomorrow Never Dies) as Rosamund Painswick, Robert’s sister. According to TVLine, most of the cast will be returning for Downton Abbey: A New Era.
What to know before ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ comes to Peacock
The original series, which ran for six seasons and concluded in 2015, followed the Crawley family through many real-world events that were occurring in England in the early 1900s, including the sinking of the Titanic, the outbreak of World War I, the Spanish Influenza pandemic, and the Irish War of Independence, among others. The film Downton Abbey, which was released on Peacock in 2019, features King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary (Geraldine James) visiting the family at Downton Abbey, prompting the arrival of Major Chetwode (Stephen Campbell Moore), an assassin with his sights set on the king.
Downton Abbey: A New Era will be the latest in a long line of Downton Abbey media created by Academy-Award winner Justin Fellowes, who – according to Deadline – will be joined by producers Gareth Neame and Liz Turbridge, who both worked on the original series. Simon Curtis (Goodbye Christopher Robin) will direct the film.
