The Crawleys Are Off to the Races in First Trailer for ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'
The first official teaser trailer dropped Monday and showed returning cast members Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern and Harry Hadden-Paton all reprising their roles in the beloved period piece, which first aired six seasons on PBS before its first two films came out.
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The teaser starts with the group at the races with Jim Carter, playing butler Mr. Carson, welcoming attendees into the year 1930. Newcomer Dominic West is tuxedo-ed up at a lavish bash in London and Mary (Dockery) wows with a bright red dress and tiara in front of photographers as she exits a car.
Also starring in the third and final film is Penelope Wilton, Paul Giamatti, Phyllis Logan, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Alessandro Nivola, Arty Froushan, Joely Richardson, Paul Copley and Douglas Reith.
'It's time to say goodbye,' the teaser also says.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, directed by Simon Curtis and written by Downton Abbey mastermind Julian Fellowes, is in theaters Sep. 12.
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