This Issue is a Pop Culture Cobb Salad
Downton! Anora! The Studio! Grosse Pointe Garden Society! Murderbot! Throw it ALL in.
Someone bang the dinner gong, because that third Downton Abbey movie is really happening. They sent us the poster this week:
It’s called Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which I assume is the title they landed on after workshopping Downton Abbey: No, Seriously, This Is The Last One, We Swear! Probably. (I jest because I love.) The last time I personally saw concrete news about this allegedly final chapter was about a year ago, when Imelda Staunton accidentally spilled the beans, and at which point I made several plot suggestions, one of which I hope Julian Fellowes has adopted. Sadly, my favorite of those options depended on the Dowager Countess appearing as a vampire who fakes her own death and then impersonates a nosy ghost, but unfortunately, Dame Maggie Smith is no longer with us so I guess that one is out. (I suppose Julian Fellowes could repurpose old footage but that seems unseemly and the Dowager Countess would not approve.)