The legendary swashbuckling The Three Musketeers are returning to the big screen, for a duo of films being made back to back.
Alexandre Dumasā 19th century book
The Three Musketeers has proved fertile ground for film adaptations throughout the years, with every generation getting their own take on the iconic trio. Whether itās the 1940s Gene Kelly version, the 1970s Oliver Reed-starring brace of films, the 90s version with the Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams theme song that we still find ourselves humming in the shower, or the
upcoming animated Dogtanian And The Three Muskahounds , musketeer movies are a regular occurrence on cinema screens.
Now it seems weāll be getting two new films with a distinctly European flavour from Chapter 2, Pathé and a number of other European production companies.
Martin Bourboulon, who most recently directed the upcoming tale of the Eiffel Towerās construction,
Eiffel, will direct both films. The first movie will be titled
The Three Musketeers ā DāArtagnan, whilst the second will be called
The Three Musketeers ā Milady.
The scripts have been written by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière. The budget for the project is said to be $73m.
Casting is coming together nicely, with
La Haine's Vincent Kassel playing Athos,
I Kissed A Girl's Pio Marmaï as Porthos, Romain Duris as Aramis,
Phantom Threadās Vicky Krieps as Queen Anne of Austria, Louis Garrel as King Louis XIII, Lyna Khoudri (soon to be seen in
The French Dispatch) as Constance Bonacieux, and
The Invisible Manās Oliver Jackson-Cohen as the Duke of Buckingham.
Eva Green will play Milady, whilst
Frank's François Civil will take on the role of Dāartagnan.
The film will also be feature the character of Hannibal, the first black musketeer in French history.
“We feel a great deal of responsibility to protect the work of Dumas whilst offering an authentic and exciting cinematic saga for today’s audiences,” said Chapter 2 CEO Dimitri Rassam.
Also of note is the fact that the two films will shoot back to back. It was of course, the back to back shooting of 1973/4ās
The Three Musketeers and
The Four Musketeers that led to the Screen Actorās Guild inserting the āSalkind Clauseā into all contractual agreements, ensuring that single film productions couldnāt be extended into multi-film productions without the actorsā consent.
As for the upcoming version of
The Three Musketeers, weāll bring you more news on this project as we hear it.
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