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Heigl's 'Escape' Caught On Camera and the Three Musketeers Ride Again
RopeofSilicon.com — ... quartet, will either be introduced later in the first movie or in a second installment. Along with the Musketeers we also know that Millenium is working on a new Conan , but Variety also reports they are looking to revive Red Sonja characters, as well as Hercules and Buck Rogers . No word on who is working on "Musketeers" outside saying Millennium's Joe Gatta and Boaz Davidson will produce, and partners Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Trevor Short will be exec producers. [ Variety ] Williams Joins Prince of Providence : Robin Williams is in talks to join Dermot ...

Millenium Films to bring us The Three Musketeers
AMC Entertainment Script To Screen Movie Blog — Remakes are popular lately but there is a wealth of stories that you don’t have to pay royalties to its originator to take advantage of the familiar stories. Public Domain is a term that means the copyright has expired on a story, and for Hollywood that means fair game. The latest story to fall into this category which Millenium Films will make into a feature is The Three Musketeers. Variety says: Millennium Films is going back to the 1600s to take a stab at Alexandre Dumas’ enduring tale of “The Three Musketeers.”New pic will trace how swordsmen Athos, Porthos and Aramis first banded ...

THREE MUSKETEERS Mark MMCMXCVIII1/2!!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — Merrick here... The company that recently resurrected RAMBO (quite well, in my book ) is turning its sights on Alexandre Dumas' THE THREE MUSKETEERS (sort of). New pic will trace how swordsmen Athos, Porthos and Aramis first banded together. D'Artagnan, the last member of the eventual quartet, will either be introduced later in the first movie or in a second installment. Dumas novel is in the public domain. ...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety. So, it's an origin story. There have already been numerous projects involving these characters, including (but not limited to) films from SUPERMAN producers Alexander & Ilya Salkind , a 2001 adventure ...

Another Three Musketeers On The Horizon
Cinema Blend News — ... shows, or animated adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers.” This decade is a little light, with only 2001’s The Musketeer and a 2004 cartoon version staring Mickey Mouse, so thank heaven for Millennium Films and their decision to make yet another one. Their reason for picking this particular story to tell has less to do with the book’s swashbuckling adventure and humor and more to do with good old fashioned dollars and sense. It’s free. As is made clear in the Variety report, Millennium wants to focus on “branded properties.” Particularly branded properties ...

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/Film — Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! Someone on Flickr snapped a photo of Hugh Jackman filming a World War II style scene for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Cinematical has the poster for Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s Traitor, which stars Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce. Millennium Films is developing a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. The story will focus on the group’s origins. Boring. [variety] The LA Times has an article about the music of Scott Pilgrim, in which they talk to the comic creator ...

'The Three Musketeers' To Swashbuckle Again
Cinematical — Filed under: Action, Classics, Independent, Deals, Newsstand, Remakes and SequelsThere must be a Hollywood rule that stipulates a new version of The Three Musketeers every ten years or so. The last outing of the gallant Frenchmen was 1998's The Man in the Iron Mask, so they are right on schedule. Variety is reporting that Millennium Films is the latest to tackle the tale. Details are scarce, but what sets this new take apart is that it will be an origin story for Aramis, Porthos and Athos. As their backgrounds were shrouded in mystery, this means it will not really ...

They're Making a Three Musketeers Movie. . .Again
BuzzSugar — You won't hear me denying the timelessness of Alexandre Dumas' adventure tale, The Three Musketeers. However, I'm fascinated that Hollywood feels the need to endlessly adapt the novel. And by "endlessly," I mean this movie's been made a lot. To name just a few, there's the 1993 version starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Chris O'Donnell. Raquel Welch and Richard Chamberlain starred in a 1973 adaptation, as did Lana Turner and Gene Kelly in 1948. And then there's 1998's The Man in the Iron Mask which is essentially a "sequel" featuring the aging musketeers. Now this new version, announced ...