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EXCLUSIVE: When Downton Abbey first burst on the scene in 2010, the Julian Fellowes-created series quickly drew audiences and made headlines for its unique spin on the traditional British period drama. This was not your grandmother's upstairs/downstairs look at the upper crust, rather its take on the aristocracy gave…

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Carnival Films executive chairman Gareth Neame, the producer behind the global British hit franchise Downton Abbey. The company, which…

"Although I had adapted other things, I had adapted other people's novels and so on, but I had never adapted my own work, so that seemed quite an original challenge," Belgravia writer and creator Julian Fellowes said of bringing his 2016 novel of British high society to the small screen. Joined by series star Tamsin…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

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…

Downton Abbey fans only have to wait a few more weeks to find out what the Crawley family has been up to since the television series concluded stateside in 2016. Ahead of the film version’s September 20 release, some of the team behind the Focus Features drama sat down for interviews for this weekend’s edition of Parad…

Julian Fellowes’ long-gestating The Gilded Age is on the move. The period drama, which had a 10-episode order from NBC to premiere later this year, has landed at HBO. The premium cable network has ordered 10 episodes of the project, a sweeping fictional epic of the millionaire titans of New York City in the 1880s from…

NBCUniversal International has made some shifts in the top ranks of Carnival Films, elevating Gareth Neame to the role of Executive Chairman. A respected veteran, and the exec producer of Downton Abbey, Neame will continue to lead Carnival’s production pipeline and creative vision. At the same time, David O’Donoghue…

Drama veteran Jessica Pope has joined NBCUniversal’s Carnival Films as Executive Producer. Based in London, she will report to Carnival Managing Director Gareth Neame and will develop her own programming as well as working with fellow exec producers Nigel Marchant and Richard Fell on the company's growing production…

Refresh for latest… Drama Series Julian Fellowes, EP, Downton Abbey I couldn't be more delighted. I'm absolutely thrilled and slightly amazed, of course. Your goal is not to run out of juice as you finish. You're trying to leave the stage while you're firing on all cylinders. This is testimony, at the risk of sounding…

The Television Academy today seemed to join the chorus of voices calling for a Downton Abbey movie, as the PBS/Masterpiece show clocked 10 nominations for its final season, bringing it to a total 69 for its six-season run. The show will compete in the Outstanding Drama category, with further nominations for Julian…