We're no closer to a 'Downton Abbey' movie than we were a year ago, so slow your roll, internet

In today's installment of "old news the internet is suddenly treating like it's new," another producer has reiterated that a Downton Abbey movie is in the works.

This would be much more remarkable if everyone from the show's creator to its cast hadn't been promising a Downton Abbey movie ever since the series left the air.

The movie has been newly "confirmed" since January 2016/March 2016/May 2016/July 2016/August 2016/September 2016/January 2017/March 2017/May 2017 — at least if you have a flexible definition of "confirmed," but as far as we can tell, not much has progressed since then. There is supposedly a draft of the script, which was "confirmed" by the cast last October. Read more...