A Downton Abbey teaser was released on Thursday which revealed the final film’s official тιтle.

A first-look poster of the long-awaited sequel also gave a glamorous glimpse at Michelle Dockery’s character Lady Mary Crawley. 

In the picture, Michelle wowed in a floor-length red gown with a criss-cross back as she walked through the grand halls of Downton Abbey. 

The release date was also confirmed in the post, reading: ‘#DowntonAbbey: The Grand Finale is only in theaters September 12.’  

The emotional tag line read: ‘The time has come to say goodbye.’ 

The third and final film in the Downton franchise is written by Downton creator and Academy-Award winner Julian Fellowes.

BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee Simon Curtis returns to direct after helming 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era.

A Downton Abbey teaser was released on Thursday which revealed the final film’s official тιтle and gave a glamorous glimpse at Michelle Dockery’s character Lady Mary Crawley

The release date was also confirmed in the post, reading: ‘#DowntonAbbey: The Grand Finale is only in theaters September 12’ 

It will star Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Phyllis Logan, Robert

James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Lesley Nicol, Michael Fox, Raquel Cᴀssidy also feature. 

The final film also features new additions, Paul Giamatti, Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola and Simon Russell Beale.

Last year it was revealed Paul will also be part of the cast.

The Oscar-nominee is to reprise his role from the TV series as Cora’s brother Harold Levinson.

Joely Richardson, Alessandro Nivola and ‘House of the Dragon’ actors Simon Russell Beale and Arty Froushan are also expected to join the third film in the franchise.

Last June the cast looked in high spirits as they reunited to film scenes at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.

Plot details have so far remained under wraps about the upcoming motion picture, which is written by Julian Fellowes and produced by Gareth Neame, Fellowes and Liz Trubridge.

However it can be expected to follow 2022’s A New Era, which ended in the late 1920s with the heartbreaking pᴀssing of Crawley matriarch, Lady Violet. 

T he third and final film in the Downton franchise is written by Downton creator and Academy-Award winner Julian Fellowes 

Throughout the series, Downton was filmed at Highclere Castle, a Grade I listed country house in Newbury that instantly became a tourist trap as a result of the show’s success

The ITV drama series debuted in 2010 and ran until 2015, with the first of the three films being released in 2019 (pictured)

The third instalment was first let slip early by actress Imelda Staunton, who unashamedly announced that there would definitely be a ‘third and final’ film.

It was later confirmed by the show runners, who announced that there would be a ‘third film in the beloved Downton Abbey franchise’. 

Last February, The Mail revealed the period drama would be making a surprise comeback for a seventh series.

The return of the show, which covered the many societal changes and world events between 1912 and 1928, is coming this September.

The hugely successful period drama started on ITV in 2011 and has spawned six seasons and two movies.

The first two films, released in 2019 and 2022, grossed a combined $287.3 million worldwide.