Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is open to spinoffs, prequels, and even a The Gilded Age cr...

&34;I've learned never to say never,&34; the writer tells EW. Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is open to spinoffs, prequels, and even a The Gilded Age cro

"I've learned never to say never," the writer tells EW.

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is open to spinoffs, prequels, and even a The Gilded Age crossover

"I've learned never to say never," the writer tells EW.

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Laura Carmichael, Harry Hadden-Paton, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, and Michelle Dockery in 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'. Credit:

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*Downton Abbey *is saying goodbye, but there's no reason that couldn't become a "see you later."

With *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, *now in theaters, creator Julian Fellowes is bidding adieu to the Crawley family and the cast of characters that have enchanted audiences for 15 years. But that doesn't mean the world couldn't expand in the future.

Fellowes affirms that the film is the conclusion of the saga he's been telling since 2010 and the last time we'll see this generation of characters. But that still leaves the door open for potential prequels, spinoffs following the children of these characters, and more.

"That's a possibility," he tells *. *"I've learned never to say never anymore, because you have to take it back."

The ensemble of 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'.

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Fellowes admits he's "not against the idea of revisiting *Downton*, but it would have to be in a different period of history so that their problems were different and they were facing different issues. On that basis, I don't see why not, but we'll have to see what happens."

It's not as if Fellowes isn't keeping busy. He's the co-showrunner alongside Sonja Warfield of HBO's *The Gilded Age*, which has just been renewed for a fourth season. The show picks up threads from *Downton, *taking place in America in the late 19th century, in the age of the robber barons.

Elizabeth McGovern and Laura Carmichael in 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'.

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That world is where *Downton's *Cora Crawley (Elizabeth McGovern) comes from, once a young American heiress who married into the British aristocracy to help preserve the *Downton *estate with her dowry. It's a storyline very similar to what Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) went through in season 3 of *The Gilded Age.*

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Fellowes is well aware that fans are hoping to see a younger version of Cora pop up on the show at some point.

"We'll see," he says, as to the crossover possibility. "I've also had requests for prequels of different characters. You just have to see what turns up, really. It isn't like being a banker; there isn't a logical progression. You never know what's coming."

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