The Full Trailer for the 'Downton Abbey' Movie is Here and It is Glorious
After dropping a teaser trailer that was little more than a shot of the titular house’s driveway, the folks behind the upcoming Downton Abbey movie finally give the people what they want: A full two-minute trailer, stuffed with everything you love miss about the popular period drama.
Everything looks suitably sumptuous and dramatic, with gorgeous costumes, coordinated bowing, ballroom dancing and that iconic theme music underscoring everything.
You’d be forgiven if you too got a little bit choked up, seeing everything again.
The movie will be set in 1927, just a few short years after the original series concluded. However, just enough time seems to have passed for almost everyone to have adopted slightly more modern hairstyles, and trendy new clothes.
(Spoiler alert: Everyone looks great.)
As we wrote about earlier, the plot of the film appears fairly simply, involving a royal visit to Downton by King George V and his wife Queen Mary, just as the great house is busy adjusting to an even more pared-down and frugal lifestyle.
In honor of this momentous occasion, Carson comes out of retirement to help Lady Mary handle everything and the extended triumphant shot of him walking back up the Downton drive is amazing. Watch for yourselves below.
