Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is a 2025 historical drama film directed by Simon Curtis from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes. It is the sequel to Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and the third and final film in the Downton Abbey franchise. Many of the original franchise's cast members, who also appeared in the previous two films, return. Paul Giamatti and Dominic West reprise their roles as Harold Levinson from the television series and Guy Dexter from the previous film, respectively, while Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan join the cast.
Plot
In 1930 London, the Crawleys, except Mary, attend a play starring Guy Dexter and Noël Coward, who is also the playwright. Backstage they meet with Dexter, Coward, and former Downton Abbey butler Thomas Barrow, now Dexter's assistant and partner-lover. The next day, the Crawley family is at Lady Petersfield's ball when news breaks about Mary and Henry Talbot's divorce. Mary is asked to leave because royals are expected to attend.
Cast
- Alessandro Nivola
- Allen Leech
- Arty Froushan
- Brendan Coyle
- Dominic West
- Douglas Reith
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Harry Hadden-Paton
- Hugh Bonneville
- Jim Carter
- Joanne Froggatt
- Joely Richardson
- Kevin Doyle
- Laura Carmichael
- Lesley Nicol
- Michael C. Fox
- Michelle Dockery
- Paul Copley
- Paul Giamatti
- Penelope Wilton
- Phyllis Logan
- Raquel Cassidy
- Robert James-Collier
- Simon Russell Beale
- Sophie McShera
More details
| author | Julian Fellowes |
|---|---|
| director | Simon Curtis |
| editor | Adam Recht |
| genre | drama historical social |
| keywords | act ascot racecourse chat county fair dower house downton abbey expect failed marriage financial ruin help how to noël coward private lives read retire royal ascot run stock market to remember wall street wall street crash |
| musicBy | John Lunn |
| producer | Gareth Neame Julian Fellowes Liz Trubridge |
| publisher | Focus Features |
| theme | sequel |