Downton Abbey bituin Dan Stevens May Be Returning For The Planned Movie 

actor Dan Stevens, we now have reason to believe that Mr. Crawley is headed back to the manor to prepare for next year’s

movie, which is said to be gearing up for a production start this summer with most, if not all, of the mainline cast expected to return.

Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery and Hugh Bonneville are already on the docket, with series creator Julian Fellowes on script duties. The latter will also co-produce this one-off period drama alongside Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge, and based on the latest Instagram post from Stevens, it’s one that will almost certainly herald the return of Matthew Crawley to the manor.

Embedded below, you’ll see him rubbing shoulders with Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary Crawley) and Allen Leech (Tom Branson), and the original Instagram post has Dan Stevens asking his followers if they’d prefer to see his on-screen character with or without a mustache.

Downton Abbey Star Dan Stevens May Be Returning For The Planned Movie

The trio appear to be hanging out in Los Angeles, as a subsequent Instagram from Leech includes the hashtag, ‘#backtotheabbey,’ which all but confirms that Dan Stevens

It’s going on three years since we bid adieu to the residents of

, and ever since, talk of a full-blown film has only gained more and more momentum, eventually leading us to the moment when ITV made things officially official. Brian Percival, whose credits include

and who directed the series’ pilot, will helm the feature when it premieres sometime in 2019.

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