There have been many attempts to adapt Alexandre Dumas’ beloved swash-buckling story to the big screen. From Disney’s The Three Musketeers to Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers to the D’Artagnan solo story, The Musketeer, Alexandre Dumas’ tale has been told again and again. However, Samuel-Goldwyn Films and Pathé are attempting to tell the story with a faithful adaptation that will take two movies to convey. The new trailer for the French historical epic, The Three Musketeers: Part I – D’Artagnan, has now been unveiled.
The official synopsis from Samuel-Goldwyn Films and Pathé reads,
“In the first entry, D’Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped. When he arrives in Paris, he tries to find his attackers. He is unaware that his quest will lead him to the heart of a real war where the future of France is at stake.
The official synopsis from Samuel-Goldwyn Films and Pathé reads,
“In the first entry, D’Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped. When he arrives in Paris, he tries to find his attackers. He is unaware that his quest will lead him to the heart of a real war where the future of France is at stake.
- 10/20/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Sharpen your sword and show us your war face because Saban Films‘s Boudica: Queen of War trailer is soaking the soil with blood as battle cries echo throughout the plains. In Boudica: Queen of War, Olga Kurylenko plays a mother whose life is stolen when high-ranking members of the Roman Empire storm her lands, slay her family, and brand her a nobody in the eyes of the aristocracy. Unfortunately for the Roman Empire, the people still see Kurylenko’s character as their queen and would follow her onto any battlefield without question. Given the name Boudica by her loyal subjects, the would-be queen inspires her followers to take up arms in the name of freedom from the Roman Empire. What follows is a bloodbath of epic proportions as rage leads to a plan to topple the corrupt Romans and their overlords.
Jesse V. Johnson directs from his own script,...
Jesse V. Johnson directs from his own script,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Reese Witherspoon, Paul Feig, Jackie Hoffman and Christopher Meloni are among the Hollywood notables paying tribute to Raquel Welch, who died at age 82.
Welch’s management confirmed her death to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. The star was known for such film roles in the 1960s and ’70s as Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Bedazzled, Kansas City Bomber and The Three Musketeers.
More recent credits included Chairman of the Board, Spin City, Welcome to the Captain, Date My Dad and How to Be a Latin Lover. She also memorably played herself on a 1997 episode of Seinfeld.
Reese Witherspoon took to social media to remember working with Welch on the hit 2001 film Legally Blonde. “So sad to hear about Raquel Welch’s passing,” Witherspoon tweeted Wednesday. “I loved working with her on Legally Blonde. She was elegant, professional and glamorous beyond belief. Simply stunning. May all her angels carry her home.
Welch’s management confirmed her death to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. The star was known for such film roles in the 1960s and ’70s as Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Bedazzled, Kansas City Bomber and The Three Musketeers.
More recent credits included Chairman of the Board, Spin City, Welcome to the Captain, Date My Dad and How to Be a Latin Lover. She also memorably played herself on a 1997 episode of Seinfeld.
Reese Witherspoon took to social media to remember working with Welch on the hit 2001 film Legally Blonde. “So sad to hear about Raquel Welch’s passing,” Witherspoon tweeted Wednesday. “I loved working with her on Legally Blonde. She was elegant, professional and glamorous beyond belief. Simply stunning. May all her angels carry her home.
- 2/15/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There was a time in horror when a phone call was scarier than a knife. All it took to unnerve someone was a vague but menacing message delivered in a creepy voice. Killers throughout the genre have traditionally used telephones to intimidate their victims. Yet, what happens when the roles are reversed, and the villain […]
The post When a Stranger Calls a Killer: Fred Walton’s 1988 Remake of ‘I Saw What You Did’ [Young Blood] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
The post When a Stranger Calls a Killer: Fred Walton’s 1988 Remake of ‘I Saw What You Did’ [Young Blood] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 5/25/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Pathé and Dimitri Rassam’s Chapter 2, a Mediawan Company, have unveiled the first stills of their sprawling 75 million two-part European film based on Alexandre Dumas’s masterpiece “The Three Musketeers” – D’Artagnan” and “The Three Musketeers – Milady.”
The companies will present a 15-minute promo reel at Cannes. Directed by Martin Bourboulon (“Eiffel”), the two ‘Musketeers’ films are currently completing principal photography after more than 140 days of shooting at prestigious French landmarks, including the Louvre Palace, the Hôtel des Invalides, the Castles of Fontainebleau and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fort la Latte and Chantilly, as well as the citadel of Saint-Malo and the historic city center of Troyes.
Penned by Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte (“What’s in a Name?”), the films are headlined by a galaxy of stars who have an international profile, including François Civil (“The Stronghold”), Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan”), Eva Green (“Casino Royal”), Romain Duris (“Eiffel”), Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread...
The companies will present a 15-minute promo reel at Cannes. Directed by Martin Bourboulon (“Eiffel”), the two ‘Musketeers’ films are currently completing principal photography after more than 140 days of shooting at prestigious French landmarks, including the Louvre Palace, the Hôtel des Invalides, the Castles of Fontainebleau and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fort la Latte and Chantilly, as well as the citadel of Saint-Malo and the historic city center of Troyes.
Penned by Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte (“What’s in a Name?”), the films are headlined by a galaxy of stars who have an international profile, including François Civil (“The Stronghold”), Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan”), Eva Green (“Casino Royal”), Romain Duris (“Eiffel”), Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread...
- 5/4/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Marcus King says he was haunted by the Seventies rock band Free when he was writing his new song “Hard Working Man.” King ain’t lying. The high-octane track explodes with an FM radio chorus, a chunky guitar riff, and enough cowbell to satisfy Christopher Walken. Recorded earlier this year with producer Dan Auerbach for King’s upcoming album Young Blood, “Hard Working Man” sounds as if it arrived in the year 2022 by way of a bitchin’, time-traveling 1970 Camaro.
“I was hearing a lot of Free tracks. Paul Kossoff and...
“I was hearing a lot of Free tracks. Paul Kossoff and...
- 4/22/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Indie Sales has boarded Philippe Van Leeuw’s “The Wall,” an English-language film headlined by rising star Vicky Krieps and set on the border of Mexico and Arizona.
“The Wall” follows Jessica Comley (Krieps), a committed and zealous border patrol agent who one day loses control and kills a harmless migrant in front of three witnesses: her colleague, who tries to cover the crime, and a Native American man with his grandson.
Van Leeuw is a Belgian filmmaker known for his politically-minded films, including “Insyriated,” which won the Berlinale audience award in 2017, as well as “The Day God Walked Away” which earned San Sebastian festival’s New Director Award in 2009. With “The Wall,” Van Leew said he wanted to portray “today’s America.”
Indie Sales is handling global rights on the anticipated feature and will launch it at the European Film Market.
“We’re proud to work with a director whose talent has been proven,...
“The Wall” follows Jessica Comley (Krieps), a committed and zealous border patrol agent who one day loses control and kills a harmless migrant in front of three witnesses: her colleague, who tries to cover the crime, and a Native American man with his grandson.
Van Leeuw is a Belgian filmmaker known for his politically-minded films, including “Insyriated,” which won the Berlinale audience award in 2017, as well as “The Day God Walked Away” which earned San Sebastian festival’s New Director Award in 2009. With “The Wall,” Van Leew said he wanted to portray “today’s America.”
Indie Sales is handling global rights on the anticipated feature and will launch it at the European Film Market.
“We’re proud to work with a director whose talent has been proven,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios and 3 Arts Entertainment are adapting Young Blood the Amazon Original Stories novella by author Andrew Barrer, who will also adapt the screenplay with Gabriel Ferrari. They teamed on Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp, and the upcoming Die In A Gunfight.
Will Rowbotham & Richard Abate will produce for 3 Arts.
Young Blood is set in the near future, where the fountain of youth has been found—running through the veins of post-millennials. It’s a win-win. Older generations can reverse the aging process through weekly transfusions while, far removed from the realities of the outside world, aimless “blood chickens” can live a life of guiltless bliss in idyllic youth farms. But the volunteers soon discover a catch: while life in the youth farms is easy, it’s not quite so easy to leave.
Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, will release an expanded look into...
Will Rowbotham & Richard Abate will produce for 3 Arts.
Young Blood is set in the near future, where the fountain of youth has been found—running through the veins of post-millennials. It’s a win-win. Older generations can reverse the aging process through weekly transfusions while, far removed from the realities of the outside world, aimless “blood chickens” can live a life of guiltless bliss in idyllic youth farms. But the volunteers soon discover a catch: while life in the youth farms is easy, it’s not quite so easy to leave.
Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, will release an expanded look into...
- 10/9/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Fingers is a bit of a genre bender. This title blends comedy and crime elements, along with horror and thriller influences. Developed by Juan Ortiz, Fingers is a title set to be released in September of this year, throughout the U.S. Random Media will handle the release. And, Fingers stars: Sabina Friedman-Seitz ("Young Blood"), Jeremy Gardner (The Battery), Michael St. Michael, Stan Madray and several others. The film's official U.S. release poster is hosted here, along with the film's story details. An initial concept poster was released in early 2019. Now, a more up-to-date U.S. release poster is available here. The graphic shows a hand, missing a couple of fingers. All sorts of tools lay about a hoodied figure. No tagline is required as the background looks to be a forest. The story for Fingers follows an employee, who is missing a pinky. This injury awakens a demon in the employee's boss,...
- 5/26/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Simon Brew May 17, 2019
The 2000s were a decade when medium and small-budgeted movies could do big business before being forgotten. We look back as to why.
By the end of the 2000s, getting number one at the American box office was a valuable marketing commodity. As such, studios pumped more and more money into making sure they at least had a great opening weekend for their product.
The consequence of this was that it was harder and harder for smaller, quirkier films to take a brief spot in the sun. Certainly toward the second half of the decade, it seems that the number one movie each week was pre-ordained in a marketing meeting somewhere.
Still, there were some films that have since fallen out of public view that clawed their way to number one. How many of these do you remember?
Eye of the Beholder
January 2000, One Week
Based on...
The 2000s were a decade when medium and small-budgeted movies could do big business before being forgotten. We look back as to why.
By the end of the 2000s, getting number one at the American box office was a valuable marketing commodity. As such, studios pumped more and more money into making sure they at least had a great opening weekend for their product.
The consequence of this was that it was harder and harder for smaller, quirkier films to take a brief spot in the sun. Certainly toward the second half of the decade, it seems that the number one movie each week was pre-ordained in a marketing meeting somewhere.
Still, there were some films that have since fallen out of public view that clawed their way to number one. How many of these do you remember?
Eye of the Beholder
January 2000, One Week
Based on...
- 5/15/2015
- Den of Geek
Kevin Spacey, Steven Seagal and, erm, Kangaroo Jack: they all nabbed the box office top spot last decade...
By the end of the 2000s, getting number one at the American box office was a valuable marketing commodity. As such, studios pumped more and more money into making sure they at least had a great opening weekend for their product.
The consequence of this was that it was harder and harder for smaller and quirkier films to take a brief spot in the sun. Certainly towards the second half of the decade, it seems that the number one movie each week was pre-ordinained in a marketing meeting somewhere.
Still, there were some films that have since fallen out of public view that clawed their way to number one. How many of these do you remember?
Eye Of The Beholder
January 2000, one week
Based on Marc Behm's book of the same name,...
By the end of the 2000s, getting number one at the American box office was a valuable marketing commodity. As such, studios pumped more and more money into making sure they at least had a great opening weekend for their product.
The consequence of this was that it was harder and harder for smaller and quirkier films to take a brief spot in the sun. Certainly towards the second half of the decade, it seems that the number one movie each week was pre-ordinained in a marketing meeting somewhere.
Still, there were some films that have since fallen out of public view that clawed their way to number one. How many of these do you remember?
Eye Of The Beholder
January 2000, one week
Based on Marc Behm's book of the same name,...
- 5/13/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
BBC The Musketeer’s
The BBC’s new adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic had all of the elements you would expect: sword fights, tightly wound bustiers, carefully styled facial hair and a healthy smattering of muskets. It’s tough to inject excitement into familiar tales but The Musketeers felt surprisingly fresh and exciting.
This version features self-confessed Dogtanian fan Luke Pasqualino as the dashing D’Artagnan whose blend of a short fuse and loose morals means he’s a magnet for both belligerent men and voluptuous women. As the action began, our hero set out on a quest to find Athos (Tom Burke), the man wrongly accused of killing his father. After a lively bout of courtyard fencing, D’Artagnan realized his mistake as the unfortunate Athos was hauled off to jail on yet more trumped up charges. The focus of the Musketeers quickly shifted to unveiling the fiend...
The BBC’s new adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic had all of the elements you would expect: sword fights, tightly wound bustiers, carefully styled facial hair and a healthy smattering of muskets. It’s tough to inject excitement into familiar tales but The Musketeers felt surprisingly fresh and exciting.
This version features self-confessed Dogtanian fan Luke Pasqualino as the dashing D’Artagnan whose blend of a short fuse and loose morals means he’s a magnet for both belligerent men and voluptuous women. As the action began, our hero set out on a quest to find Athos (Tom Burke), the man wrongly accused of killing his father. After a lively bout of courtyard fencing, D’Artagnan realized his mistake as the unfortunate Athos was hauled off to jail on yet more trumped up charges. The focus of the Musketeers quickly shifted to unveiling the fiend...
- 1/19/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you got out to see Frozen over the holiday weekend. December is finally here, and it’s time for us all to start preparing for our preferred winter holidays. In the meantime, this week’s slightly belated Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at Enemies Closer, one of next January’s more low-profile releases.
Premise: Henry (Tom Everett Scott), a forest ranger and ex-Navy Seal, has his quiet life disrupted by the arrival of Clay (Orlando Jones), a former comrade with a vendetta against him. But before Clay can attempt to get revenge, the two men are caught by a ruthless drug cartel led by a man named Xander (Jean-Claude Van Damme). The cartel forces the two men to help retrieve a major shipment of heroin which went missing deep in a forest on the Us-Canadian border.
Premise: Henry (Tom Everett Scott), a forest ranger and ex-Navy Seal, has his quiet life disrupted by the arrival of Clay (Orlando Jones), a former comrade with a vendetta against him. But before Clay can attempt to get revenge, the two men are caught by a ruthless drug cartel led by a man named Xander (Jean-Claude Van Damme). The cartel forces the two men to help retrieve a major shipment of heroin which went missing deep in a forest on the Us-Canadian border.
- 12/4/2013
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
With a new hit fall TV series keeping him busy (Sleepy Hollow on Fox), as well as an action-drama web series he released earlier this year exclusively on the popular Machinima Prime channel on YouTube, titled Tainted Love, Orlando Jones has had a good 2013, as it comes to its end. And he'll enter 2014 with what looks like a bang, starring in a Lionsgate thriller, directed by Peter Hyams (Timecop, The Relic, The Musketeer), titled Enemies Closer, which follows two sworn enemies within a forest on the Us-Canadian border, who are forced to work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there. Jones plays one of...
- 11/27/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
There's been a lot of buzz surrounding Jean-Claude Van Damme lately from his viral splits stunt (parodied by Channing Tatum on the set of 22 Jump Street) to the trailer for his first comedy Welcome to the Jungle. Now we have a trailer for the action film Enemies Closer, but this film also has some hilarity sprinkled throughout, if only because Van Damme truly looks like a mad man in this story about a former Navy Seal named Henry sent to retrieve a lost drug cartel package. But he also has to contend with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta, who is played by Orlando Jones for some reason. Honestly, this looks terrible, but at least Van Damme is keeping himself busy and seemingly having a good time. Watch below! Here's the trailer for Peter Hyams' Enemies Closer, originally from Yahoo: Enemies Closer is directed by Peter Hyams (A Sound of Thunder,...
- 11/27/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
There have literally been dozens of adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel The Three Musketeers… even more if you count sequels, adaptations of other Dumas books (like The Man in the Iron Mask) and even Peter Hyams’ whackety-schmackety The Musketeer with martial arts fight choreography. Forget Charlie Sheen and the Disney version. This new film features 3D, impossible sci-fi action elements and Orlando Bloom acting as a proper dandy. If that’s not an incentive to drink, I don’t know what is. Being a film about famous Frenchmen, I’d suggest a nice French wine for this movie. Of course, considering it has the flavor of a big, dumb American action film, you’d also do fine with a case of Schlitz. And now, to cover our butts… This game is only for people over the age of 21. Please drink responsibly, and don’t go to Orlando Bloom for fashion advice. Take...
- 3/12/2012
- by Kevin Carr
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
An American Pie for American Horror Story
In the year 1999 the two somewhat iconic films, American Beauty and American Pie, launched model and actress Mena Suvari into the public eye. You’ll see her next in another American title, American Horror Story. Imagine that!
Suvari is coming to the oh so scary new series as a lady with some sort of connection to the Harmon house. The character’s nickname is super spooky. It’s The Black Dahlia. Say what? Yes, you heard me. The Black Dahlia, as I’m sure you know from the movies about her, was the high-profile murder victim circa 1947. You know, the murder that was never really solved. It would seem we will get to see a new, and hopefully frightening and creative theory as to what may have happened to the infamous lady. That will all happen during this season’s ninth episode.
Suvari...
In the year 1999 the two somewhat iconic films, American Beauty and American Pie, launched model and actress Mena Suvari into the public eye. You’ll see her next in another American title, American Horror Story. Imagine that!
Suvari is coming to the oh so scary new series as a lady with some sort of connection to the Harmon house. The character’s nickname is super spooky. It’s The Black Dahlia. Say what? Yes, you heard me. The Black Dahlia, as I’m sure you know from the movies about her, was the high-profile murder victim circa 1947. You know, the murder that was never really solved. It would seem we will get to see a new, and hopefully frightening and creative theory as to what may have happened to the infamous lady. That will all happen during this season’s ninth episode.
Suvari...
- 10/25/2011
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
Source Code
Opens: April 1st 2011
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Summary: A decorated soldier discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. The experiment is a program that enables him to re-live another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life which he must do repeatedly to find the truth.
Analysis: Two years ago British filmmaker Duncan Jones delivered his indie debut feature "Moon", a little seen but critically acclaimed sci-fi tale that was essentially Sam Rockwell acting alone or against himself. It was fresh, innovative, somber and overall heralded the arrival of a director to watch out for. After failing to secure funding for his next project, Jones quickly hopped onto the helm of this high-concept action/time travel blockbuster.
Naturally came the calls of Jones being a sell out, after all the...
Opens: April 1st 2011
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Summary: A decorated soldier discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. The experiment is a program that enables him to re-live another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life which he must do repeatedly to find the truth.
Analysis: Two years ago British filmmaker Duncan Jones delivered his indie debut feature "Moon", a little seen but critically acclaimed sci-fi tale that was essentially Sam Rockwell acting alone or against himself. It was fresh, innovative, somber and overall heralded the arrival of a director to watch out for. After failing to secure funding for his next project, Jones quickly hopped onto the helm of this high-concept action/time travel blockbuster.
Naturally came the calls of Jones being a sell out, after all the...
- 3/20/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Summit Entertainment has revealed a marketing poster for the Paul W.S. Anderson directed 3D movie, The Three Musketeers, starring Logan Lerman, Milla Jovovich, Matthew Macfadyen and Christoph Waltz.
The film is another film retelling of the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. The film will be in 3D and its not known how different this will be from previous versions of the story on film. Disney did a fun almost Pirates-esque version a bunch of years ago, while Peter Hyams film, The Musketeer, was as ambitious as it was disastrous, using the Crouching Tiger-style wire stunts for swordplay scenes.
Anderson co-wrote the script with Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Pride and Prejudice) and the aim is for the film was to have a contemporary feel whilst keeping within the realm of the tale’s historical setting. In the film, corsets and feathered hats don’t take center stage. Anderson’s...
The film is another film retelling of the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. The film will be in 3D and its not known how different this will be from previous versions of the story on film. Disney did a fun almost Pirates-esque version a bunch of years ago, while Peter Hyams film, The Musketeer, was as ambitious as it was disastrous, using the Crouching Tiger-style wire stunts for swordplay scenes.
Anderson co-wrote the script with Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Pride and Prejudice) and the aim is for the film was to have a contemporary feel whilst keeping within the realm of the tale’s historical setting. In the film, corsets and feathered hats don’t take center stage. Anderson’s...
- 9/3/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
In news that is sure to have fans of any of the filmed adaptations of ‘The Three Musketeers’ (except for Peter Hyams, 2001 movie ‘The Musketeer.’ That movie flat out blows.) up in arms, Paul W.S. Anderson is developing a new, big screen adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel. What’s more, Anderson plans to bring the story to life in glorious 3D.
I’ll give you a minute to recover from the shock of that last, little piece of information.
According to Heat Vision, Anderson penned the screenplay for the new adaptation with Andrew Davies, who previously worked on the screenplays for ‘The Tailor of Panama’ and ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary.’ The plan for the film is to give it a modernized feel while still holding the period setting.
Says Anderson on the film’s style:
We are definitely modernizing ‘The Three Musketeers’ without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece.
I’ll give you a minute to recover from the shock of that last, little piece of information.
According to Heat Vision, Anderson penned the screenplay for the new adaptation with Andrew Davies, who previously worked on the screenplays for ‘The Tailor of Panama’ and ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary.’ The plan for the film is to give it a modernized feel while still holding the period setting.
Says Anderson on the film’s style:
We are definitely modernizing ‘The Three Musketeers’ without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece.
- 9/2/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Paul W. S. Anderson will bring his very modern sensibilities to The Three Musketeers, a new version of the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel.
Anderson, whose previous films include Resident Evil, Alien vs. Predator and Death Race, will be writing the screenplay with Andrew Davies, who is known for more character-driven fare. Apparently, the two have known each other since Anderson attended the University of Warwick in England, where Davies was serving as a tutor.
Empire reports the new film will have a contemporary feel, but plans are to retain the period setting. "We are definitely modernizing The Three Musketeers without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece," said Anderson. "But in our film, corsets and feathered hats don’t take center stage. Our version is rich in eye-popping action, romance and adventure."
Anderson’s movies are known for special effects and electronic music, not so much for romance, which is another reason Davies,...
Anderson, whose previous films include Resident Evil, Alien vs. Predator and Death Race, will be writing the screenplay with Andrew Davies, who is known for more character-driven fare. Apparently, the two have known each other since Anderson attended the University of Warwick in England, where Davies was serving as a tutor.
Empire reports the new film will have a contemporary feel, but plans are to retain the period setting. "We are definitely modernizing The Three Musketeers without compromising the fun of shooting a period piece," said Anderson. "But in our film, corsets and feathered hats don’t take center stage. Our version is rich in eye-popping action, romance and adventure."
Anderson’s movies are known for special effects and electronic music, not so much for romance, which is another reason Davies,...
- 9/2/2009
- CinemaSpy
So a few months ago I'm enjoying a stupid cigarette outside of my Park City (Sundance, woo) hotel, and I see my old friend Chris Hyams walking my way. Chris is one of the founders and wizards behind Bside.com, an outfit that does everything from mega-nifty festival schedules to full-bore film distribution. So because I am loud (and also a pathetic movie nerd), I say "Hey Chris! Wouldn't it be cool if your Dad was Peter Hyams?"
Chris smiled and said "It sure would be. And he is my dad!" After about four minutes of Chris trying to convince me he was telling the truth, we quickly got rambling about the awesomeness of Outland, which is a film his dad made way back in 1981, and is still the finest "High Noon in space" movie that Sean Connery ever starred in. During my conversation with Chris, my brain kept screaming "Don't mention The Musketeer!
Chris smiled and said "It sure would be. And he is my dad!" After about four minutes of Chris trying to convince me he was telling the truth, we quickly got rambling about the awesomeness of Outland, which is a film his dad made way back in 1981, and is still the finest "High Noon in space" movie that Sean Connery ever starred in. During my conversation with Chris, my brain kept screaming "Don't mention The Musketeer!
- 3/30/2009
- by Scott Weinberg
- Cinematical
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