After months of speculation, producers confirmed a third movie was on the way in May 2024. It's believed this will be the final chapter in a saga that ran for six series between 2010 and 2015, before getting two spin-off feature-films in 2019 and 2022.

Imelda Staunton had previously revealed details about a third Downton Abbey film. “There will be the final film — there you go,” Staunton, who plays Lady Maud Bagshaw, told BBC Radio 2 in March 2024. When asked if she would get in trouble for spilling the beans, The Crown star responded, “I don’t care.”

Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Carnival Films have rung the butler's bell and called attention to announce that a third Downton Abbey film is in production, with the help of Downton creator Julian Fellowes, who is writing the script, as well as Simon Curtis, who returns to direct after helming 2022's Downton Abbey: A New Era.