Fortunately, in 2019, fans of the period drama series were given the opportunity to see the Crawley family and their numerous servants and footmen once more with a full-length feature movie. However, that was not the grand finale to the Downton Abbey Universe.

In 2021, Focus Features announced a spin-off film – called Downton Abbey: A New Era with a large number of the same characters from the original series and first film. Here is all that you want to be aware of Downton Abbey 2.

Downton Abbey 2: Premise

In the new film, the Crawley family will head out toward the South of France to “uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa”.

Downton Abbey 2: Release date

In April 2021, Focus Features affirmed a Downton Abbey spin-off film would be in cinemas Christmas 2021. “After a very challenging year with so many of us separated from family and friends, it is a huge comfort to think that better times are ahead and that next Christmas we will be reunited with the much-beloved characters of Downton Abbey,” Gareth Neame, the film’s producer said in a affirmation .

In July 2021 however, the premiere date was pushed to 18 March 2022. It was then pushed back again to 29 April 2022 in the UK and 20 May 2022 in the US.

Downton Abbey 2: Where to stream

Downton Abbey 2 is presently accessible to stream on Amazon Prime Video starting around 9 June 2022. It will likewise hit Peacock from 24 June, alongside a new dedicated channel that will permit you to catch up on all six seasons, the first movie and the one-hour special The Manners of Downton Abbey.

Downton Abbey 2: Trailers

Downton Abbey 2: Cast and crew

• Hugh Bonneville – Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham
• Elizabeth McGovern – Cora Crawley, the Countess of Grantham
• Michelle Dockery – Lady Mary Talbot, the oldest Crawley daughter
• Laura Carmichael – Edith Pelham, the Marchioness of Hexham and middle Crawley daughter
• Maggie Smith – Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
• Allen Leech – Tom Branson, the widowed husband of youngest Crawley daughter Sybil
• Jim Carter – Charles Carson, the retired butler
• Phyllis Logan – Elsie Carson, the housekeeper formerly known as Mrs Hughes
• Robert James-Collier – Thomas Barrow, the current butler
• Joanne Froggatt – Anna Bates, Lady Mary’s maid
• Lesley Nicol – Beryl Patmore, head cook
• Sophie McShera – Daisy Mason, assistant cook
• Penelope Wilton – Isobel Grey, Baroness Merton and Mary’s former mother-in-law
• Samantha Bond – Lady Rosamund Painswick, Robert’s sister
• Harry Hadden-Paton – Bertie Pelham, Marquess of Hexham and Edith’s husband
• Matthew Goode – Henry Talbot, Mary’s husband
• Douglas Reith – Dickie Grey, Baron Merton and Isobel’s husband
• Kevin Doyle – Joseph Molesley, former footman and teacher
• Michael Fox – Andy Parker, footman
• Imelda Staunton – Lady Maud Bagshaw, Robert’s cousin
• Tuppence Middleton – Lucy Smith, Tom’s fiancee and Lady Bagshaw’s heir
• Laura Haddock – Myrna Dalgleish