Downton Abbey first look at final movie as cast back for one last time

Downton Abbey has given fans a first look at the final movie trailer. The cast of the hit ITV show, which was turned into a movie franchise, is back for one last time - with many of the famous faces gracing out screens again.

Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern and Paul Giamatti are all back for the movie alongside Penelope Wilton, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Laura Carmichael and Harry Hadden-Pato.

Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Lesley Nicol and Sophie McShera complete the cast alongside Raquel Cassidy, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Dominic West, Arty Froushan, Joely Richardson and Douglass Reith.

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The grand finale of Downton Abbey will see the Crawley family and their staff navigate the 1930s. Mary is front and centre as she navigates a public scandal whilst the family face financial issues.

Elsewhere, the whole household struggles with the fall out as the family must face change as they prepare for a new chapter - but what does the family face and how will it all end for the Crawleys and their staff?

Simon Curtis has directed the movie, whilst creator Julian Fellowes has done the screenplay. He will also produce alongside Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge and Nigel Marchant is executive producer.

Joanne - who plays Anna Bates - previously admitted it was going to be hard to say goodbye to her character for good.

"Oh my goodness, it's going to be hard! We've said goodbye a few times, thinking, 'This is the end', at the end of the seasons. Then we did one movie and we wondered if we'd get a second movie.

"This really is, the third and final, so this really is goodbye. It's going to be emotional, but all good things must come to an end, I suppose," she said.

Joanne also teased a "full circle" moment in the final film. She said: "We come to the core of the family and the servants, what the future will be and looking back at where the family have got to now. It’s a beautiful full-circle moment that it comes to at the end.

"There was a stage where reality TV came in and it was all the rage. There wasn’t much drama being made in the UK.

"That was sad but then eventually it came good again and Downton Abbey was one of the first shows to sort of bring back the eagerness for good drama. It's been amazing to ride it all out and still be around to tell the tale."

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