Focus Features has released the first official trailer for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and final film in the movie series based on the PBS period drama created by Julian Fellowes. The film hits theaters September 12.
The film follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
The familiar cast also returns for The Grand Finale, which features Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Paul Giamatti, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Dominic West, Penelope Wilton, Joely Richardson, Paul Copley and Douglas Reith.
New to the franchise cast are Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola, Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan.
Producers are Gareth Neame, Fellowes and Liz Trubridge. Nigel Marchant is executive producer. Simon Curtis returns to direct the final installment after helming A New Era. Fellowes has written all three movies.
Check out the trailer above.