Julian Fellowes backs Quentin Tarantino to direct ‘Downton Abbey’ movie?!

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has revealed a somewhat surprising choice of director for the TV show’s long-awaited movie spin-off.

The president of NBCUniversal International Studios officially announced in June that a Downton Abbey movie would begin filming in 2018.

In an interview on Russia Today’s Going Underground programme, host Afshin Rattansi suggested to writer Julian Fellowes: “As a director you could get Quentin Tarantino? Or Brian De Palma?”

Fellowes responded that he “loves Tarantino” and joked that the Pulp Piction and Kill Bill director “would be a natural,” adding that De Palma was “another good idea.”

He added (and we can pretty confidently say he’s not being serious here!): “I’ll feed it all in.”

Downton Abbey: The Complete Collection is available to buy now.

Downton actress Joanne Froggatt (Anna Bates) recently let slip that she still has “no information” about whether the movie is really going ahead or not – and actor Jim Carter (Mr Carson) doesn’t sound too hopeful either.