'Downton Abbey's' Creator Hinted At How The Legacy Could Continue After 'The Grand Finale,' And I'm Glad A Fan Theory Is Still Going Strong

As Charles Dickens once said in "A Christmas Carol," “life’s made of meetings and partings.” While the 2025 movie schedule won’t feature any new adaptation of Tiny Tim’s hypothetical death, it will mark the release of "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale." With its debut, the film will certainly be closing the curtain on an era of pop culture. However, series creator/writer Julian Fellowes has hinted at a couple of ways in which the Crawley legacy could continue, and, at the same time, there's an ongoing fan theory that could make fans shed happy tears. Deadline caught up with Julian Fellowes, as he prepares for the Tribeca Film Festival’s event honoring "The Gilded Age" Season 3’s premiere. So, of course, the subject of "Downton Abbey 3" came up, and how that confirmed finale event is set to conclude the ITV series’ cinematic trilogy. However, Fellowes doesn't seem keen on writing off some sort of revival completely, as he shared this promising development when asked if the threequel will truly be the end.