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EXCLUSIVE: Carnival Films, the NBCUniversal production company behind Downton Abbey, has said its revenue took a hit last year as it looks to find its next mega-hit. In earnings filed at the UK’s Companies House this week, the Gareth Neame-led indie reported that its total sales were £58.8 million ($73 million) in…

The stars of British period drama Downton Abbey are set to swap their country estate for the red carpet this evening in London ahead of the release of its big-screen debut. Nearly four years since last appearing on the ITV/PBS drama, Maggie Smith Michelle Dockery and Hugh Bonneville, as well as the rest of the Crawley…

ITV and Epix have released the first look at Julian Fellowes' latest period drama, Belgravia. Filming has kicked off for the six-part series from Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films. The show will be shot in Victorian locations in London and the home counties, Edinburgh, Bath and Northumberland. It stars Alice…

EXCLUSIVE: The Happy Prince star Tom Wilkinson has been cast in Belgravia, Carnival Films' Julian Fellowes-penned British period drama for ITV and Epix. Deadline understands that Wilkinson, who was nominated for Oscars for his roles in Michael Clayton and In The Bedroom, will play Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst in…

EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Into Darkness' Alice Eve, Episodes' Tamsin Greig, Outcast's Philip Glenister and The Crown's Harriet Walter are to star in Carnival Films' Julian Fellowes-penned British period drama Belgravia for ITV and Epix. Eve, who is best known for her role as Dr Carol Marcus in J.J Abrams' Star Trek Into Dar…

Epix has boarded Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes' forthcoming period drama Belgravia – the ITV series first revealed by Deadline last month. The U.S. cable network is co-producing the Carnival Films drama with the British commercial broadcaster and will air it day-and-date with the UK debut. The series will…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV is heading back into the past with Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. The British commercial broadcaster has commissioned a series based on his novel Belgravia, a tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. Downton Abbey indie Carnival Films is producing the series, which I hear is being lined…

EXCLUSIVE: Two of the bosses of Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films have launched a new NBCUniversal-backed venture aimed at financing and distributing third-party scripted projects on a global basis. I hear that David O'Donoghue and Nigel Marchant, who are joint managing directors of NBCU-backed producer Carnival…

The Crawley family and their servants are back at work as filming kicks off for the feature film spin-off of Downton Abbey. Star Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, posted a black and white shot, via Instagram, that appears to show her in her traditional garb. A few other details have also started to emerge about…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s official, the Downton Abbey movie is a go. Focus Features has set production with Carnival Films to begin this summer for a return to all things Crawley. The original principal cast, including Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville and more, are set to reprise their upstairs/downstairs roles…

Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films has launched a young writers' scheme as it searches for the next wave of TV creators. The NBC Universal-backed production company, which also makes BBC and Netflix drama The Last Kingdom, has launched The Collective. The scheme will aim to nurture and develop young writers. It…

EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films is developing a TV adaptation of genre novel I Still Dream after swooping in ahead of its recent publication. UK writer James Smythe, who penned the book, is set to adapt and also lead a writer's room for the project, which Carnival wants to unfold across multiple…