The Three Musketeers to Get Movie Reboot

Posted on February 11, 2010

The Three Musketeers will ride again very soon. Producer Lionel Wigram, who helped Guy Ritchie re-imagine Sherlock Holmes, is the driving force behind the project. Wigram used to work at Warners where he oversaw the first three Harry Potter movies, so he knows something about creating blockbusters. Screenwriter Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare at Goats will write the screenplay. Variety reports:

"The Three Musketeers" tells the story of the hot-headed D'Artagnan as he joins forces with three veteran musketeers to stop the evil machinations of the villainous Cardinal Richelieu. Straughan's script will play up the action and sexier elements of the story much the same way that Wigram, who co-wrote and produced "Sherlock Holmes," reimagined the detective as a bare-knuckle boxing, martial-arts savvy sleuth molded by Robert Downey Jr.
No director or cast has been attached to the project yet. With work under way on prepping a "Holmes" sequel, the producer sees similar franchise potential in "The Three Musketeers." Dumas penned two sequels to his original novel.

There have been many Three Musketeers movies: the last reboot by Stephen Herek's in 1993 starred Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland. No casting has been announced, but no doubt every young actor in Hollywood will be trying to audition. They'd better brush up on their fencing skills.

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