Filming is set to begin on the project next month with newcomers including Geraldine James, David Haig and Tuppence Middleton joining familiar faces from the show.
- August 31, 2018
AceShowbiz - Harry Potter star Imelda Staunton will join her husband Jim Carter in the Downton Abbey movie.
The Oscar-nominated actress has signed on to be part of the principal cast of the adaptation of the period TV drama, which features Carter as head butler Charles Carson.
Filming is set to begin on the project next month with newcomers including Geraldine James, David Haig, and Tuppence Middleton joining familiar faces from the show like Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, and Hugh Bonneville.
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has penned the film's screenplay.
McGovern recently opened up about the movie, insisting fans of the TV drama will be thrilled with the film.
"We are starting very soon and that's as much as I know," she told Good Morning Britain earlier this month. "So far it's so good... I've read a script. It's good, you fans will love it".
