Grab a Cup of Tea, and Sit Down — Here Are All the Details About the Downton Abbey Movie

Fortunately, the series' iconic set — Highclere Castle — will once again serve as the backdrop for their story. The story itself is still being kept very much under wraps, but last year, Fellowes suggested at a China Exchange event in London that a Downton Abbey prequel with younger versions of the show's main stars could be an option, since "rounding up the actors who have now gone off to the four corners of the earth, in Hollywood, on Broadway, doing plays, doing series, and so on" is a difficult hurdle. "I think it would be possible to do a prequel that was recast and do a love story," Fellowes said. "So you went right back and had the young cast arriving in the show as footmen and Mrs. Patmore being a kitchen maid."