Focus Features, makers of Downton Abbey 3, have announced the release date of the film.

Sequel to the 2022 film Downton Abbey: A New Era, the film will get its theatrical release globally on September 12, 2025.

The film franchise, created based on the 2010–15 series, is written by the series' creator, Julian Fellowes. Director Simon Curtis is returning to the franchise after helming Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022.

The previous film's cast members, Hugh Bonneville, Dominic West, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Douglas Reith, and Dominic West (who played a silent movie star in the second film) are all returning for the third installment.

The film, set in the 1920s, is currently under production in the UK. It is produced by Gareth Neame, Fellowes, and Liz Trubridge. Carnival Films is producing the picture, with Focus Features and Universal Pictures International distributing it.

The second installment, A New Era, ended with the tragic death of Maggie Smith’s great Crawley matriarch, Lady Violet, who passed the baton to her granddaughter, Dockery’s Lady Mary.