1 of 3 | The trailer for Michelle Dockery’s “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” was released online Monday. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo
The first trailer for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and final movie in the Downton Abbey franchise, was released Monday.
The 2 1/2-minute preview shows Robert and Cora Crawley (Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern) preparing to hand over their palatial British country estate to their elder daughter Mary (Michelle Dockery), whose divorce is making her a pariah in social circles.
“Families like ours must keep moving to survive,” Mary tells her father.
But the 1929 U.S. stock-market crash is also threatening the finances and security of the Crawleys and those who loyally serve them.
Robert is seen asking Cora, “If Mama were alive, what would she do?”
Late actress Maggie Smith portrayed Robert’s late mother, Violet Crawley, in the franchise.
Robert later kisses his hand and places it on the building his family has owned for generations.
The clip ends with Mary saying, “Long live Downton Abbey,” to her sister Edith (Laura Carmichael), who responds with a smile, “Amen to that.”
The film, which follows two others and a six-season TV show, is set for theatrical release on Sept. 12.
