The television series Downton Abbey followed the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who worked for them at the turn of the 20th century in an Edwardian English country home.
The Downton Abbey movie is a Carnival Films production, with Focus Features and Universal Pictures International distributing.
Michelle Dockery (Godless) took to Instagram to share the first behind-the-scenes photo from the set of the British historical period drama Downton Abbey as filming on the project has officially started.
Brian Percival (The Book Thief, About a Girl), who directed the series’ pilot, will direct the film.