Jullian Fellowes Wants to Make a “Downton Abbey” Prequel

By Bryan Hood

The third season of “Downton Abbey” has yet to make it to our shores, and already creator Julian Fellowes is hinting at what’s to come after the television series completes its run. While the mega-popular drama will see at least two more sets of episodes (though certain actors, like Dan Stevens, are rumored to be on their way out), the BBC reports that Fellowes plans to work on a prequel to the show once it’s complete. The project, which Fellowes spoke of as a book, would most likely be adapted for the small screen and would focus on the early days of Earl and Countess of Grantham’s relationship.

As he told the crowd at a BAFTA Screenwriters’ Lecture series event earlier this week:

“I do actually have an idea of doing a prequel of the courtship of Robert and Cora, when all those American heiresses were arriving in London.

“They had a slightly troubled courtship, because she was in love with him before they married, as we know, and he married her entirely for her money.”

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