“It’s time to say goodbye.”

That’s the tagline for “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” no less than in accordance with a brand new trailer that premiered at CinemaCon on Wednesday.

That signifies that all of the balls and the flower reveals and the backyard events and the haunting excursions and the lengthy, drawn out dinners have come all the way down to this. Sure, the Granthams, these pillars of English aristocracy, are lastly closing the doorways of their storied property.

Focus Options offered the primary look the sequel as a part of Common’s presentation to theater homeowners and executives at CinemaCon, and it gives a number of the upstairs, downstairs drama that’s made this collection so beloved — solely this time every thing is finished in a extra elegiac key. It’s 1930, and Girl Mary (Michelle Dockery) is usually seen having fun with herself in London’s excessive society. For the remainder of the quick teaser, Lord and Girl Grantham (Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern) are proven strolling across the grounds of the property, touching bannisters and stone pillars with an air of finality. As for his or her loyal servants, they’re seen elevating a glass to one another, as if to pay tribute to one another for all of the immaculately washed linens and completely organized plates of cucumber sandwiches.

The movie is being positioned as the tip of a narrative that first started in 2010 as an ITV collection earlier than crossing the pond to America, the place it aired on PBS. Over the subsequent 15 years, it spawned six seasons, which coated wars, depressions and shifting social mores, in addition to three movies.

Simon Curtis, who oversaw 2022’s “Downton Abbey: A New Period,” returns for the follow-up, with Julian Fellowes, the collection’ creator, penning the script. The solid contains mainstays reminiscent of Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Phyllis Logan, and Penelope Wilton. Paul Giamatti, who appeared on the present, and Dominic West, who was a part of the prior movie, reprise their roles, together with franchise newcomers reminiscent of Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan. 

“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” will open in theaters on Sept. 13, 2025.