Downton Abbey next movie crawls back into history

to revive the dead Mathew Crawley

Julian Fellowes is doing everything possible to appease the furious fans by resurrecting
Mathew Crawley (Dan Stevens), even if that requires turning the wheels of Downton Abbey
back into history.
Highlights:
 Downton Abbey next movie set in history just to fit in Mathew Crawley
 Why the hoopla around Mathew Crawley aka Dan Stevens?
 Release date updates of the next Downton Abbey movie

Downton Abbey’s next movie will walk back in history, departing from its earlier tradition,
only to fit in Mathew Crawley aka Dan Stevens.

Downton Abbey next movie set in history just to fit in Mathew Crawley
The death of Mathew Crawley (Dan Stevens) in Downton Abbey was the most heart-
wrenching moment for fans. Fans complained that they hadn’t had enough of Mathew and
wanted him back in the drama, even if that required turning the wheel backwards.
Julian Fellowes is well known to serve what the audiences want in their plate. Keeping up
with the tradition, he is bringing back Dan Stevens to don the cap of Mathew Crawley, once
again. To make this happen, Julian has to depart from the format of the Downton Abbey
series and take it back in history.
Fans were left disappointed when Dan Stevens betrayed them by not appearing in the first
Downton movie. Stevens gave a glimmer of hope when he shared a photo of himself
alongside Downton co-stars Michelle Dockery and Allen Leech on Instagram with the cheeky
caption: “Should Matthew have a moustache for the #DowntonAbbeyMovie ... ? Vote below
...”
Check out his post here.
What looked like a dream coming true was put to dust when the Downton movie released
without Mathew Crawley aka Dan Stevens.
This time Julian Fellowes is betting on Dan Stevens to make the next Downton Abbey movie
project a blockbuster. The core Downton team is keeping somewhat mum on details about
the upcoming film but reports have it that Julian is taking an about turn into history to fit in
the fan-favourite Mathew Crawley anyhow.
We could have been satisfied even with his cameo in a flashback but Dan Stevens will play a
significant part in the upcoming movie in the Downton franchise.
Why the hoopla around Mathew Crawley aka Dan Stevens?
Mathew Crawley died in a car accident shortly after Mary gave birth to their first child in the
third season. It has been 7 years and fans haven’t gotten over the loss.
Twitter is still flooded with his fans expressing their grief.
“7 years later and I’m still not over Matthew Crawley’s death”, tweeted one fan.
“It’s almost 2020 and I’m still not over Matthew Crawley dying in Downton Abbey”, echoed
another.
“Not sure I’ll ever be able to forgive the writers of @DowntonAbbey for the death of
Matthew Crawley. That and the passing of Lady Cybil have left indelible emotional scars…”
one shared on Twitter.
Dan Stevens is the only person who was ready to move on and say goodbye to his character.
Shortly after his onscreen demise, he told the Telegraph,
“From a personal point of view, I wanted a chance to do other things. It is a very
monopolizing job. So there is a strange sense of liberation at the same time as great sadness
because I am very, very fond of the show and always will be”.

Release date updates of the next Downton Abbey movie

Julian Fellowes is keeping everything under wraps regarding the detail of his next Downton
movie. He hasn’t officially announced the next movie yet but reports have it that he has
started working on the timeline and significant historic events to fit in Mathew Crawley in
the Downton Abbey estate.
There are no official release dates yet but it is easy to predict that the movie wouldn't
release soon because show makers meticulously work on every single detail on the set, and
a good thing requires a good amount of time.

We will have to wait to see Dan Stevens playing Mathew once again. Until that happens, you
can always binge-watch the re-runs and don't forget to mention in the comments box how
much you miss Mathew Crawley aka Dan Stevens in Downton Abbey.