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[Edmond Dantès]

Porthos, Aramis, Athos and d'Artagnan return to the screen, but this time via the purveyors of drama excellence, the BBC.

Synopsis

A fresh and contemporary take on the classic characters created by Alexandre Dumas in his much-loved novel. The Musketeers are a crack-team of highly trained soldiers, far more than the King’s personal bodyguards, confronting impossible odds and fighting any battle if the cause is just. The series bursts with escapism, adventure and romance and is set to thrill audiences with cracking stories of the week. Co-produced with BBC WorldWide.

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BBC One's previously announced The Musketeers has gotten a new production partner in BBC America.

The stateside cable sibling will co-produce the 10-episode drama inspired by Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, The Three Musketeers. Adrian Hodges, the My Week With Marilyn writer who's TV work includes British series Survivors and Primeval, is penning the venture, currently slated for a 2013 debut.

Billed as a "fresh and contemporary take on the beloved story and characters," the new Musketeers are a group of highly trained soldiers.

"The series bristles with vivid escapism and heroic action adventure," said BBC America GM Perry Simon. "It is a perfect series for our Dramaville slot, which has established itself as a showcase for outstanding and award-winning British drama."

BBC America has previously joined BBC productions The Hour, Being Human, Luther and The Spies of Warsaw.

Filming starts soon, may premiere in late 2013.

The Count continues his wait.

 

[Hex]

Has to be better than the last one with Orlando Bloom.

 

[-griffy-]

Wait, "contemporary" and "highly trained soldiers?"

 

[Meus Renaissance]

But would Dumas have approved?

 

[Trojita]

I didn't realize Dumas, the author, was half African until I saw Django.

 

[Wes]

Adrian Hodges is a mixed bag... Survivors was up and down. Primeval was awful. My Week with Marilyn was decent.

Sounds like their run up to Christmas drama for this year.

Always been a fan of The Three Muskateer adapatations though. I look forward to it. As long as it's not their replacement for Merlin. If they're using this story for that tone of show I'll probably end up disliking it.

 

[Kabouter]

Wait, "contemporary" and "highly trained soldiers?"

Fuck yeah. Will be hard to top this though:

Trailer
Scenes

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Wait, "contemporary" and "highly trained soldiers?"

I'm getting flashbacks of the terrible Romeo and Juliet modern remake.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Wait, "contemporary" and "highly trained soldiers?"

The Monte Cristo adaptation will also be contemporary.

 

[Messypandas]

But would Dumas have approved?

 

[shira]

Alexandre Dumbass?

 

[demosthenes]

I didn't realize Dumas, the author, was half African until I saw Django.

Just said that to a friend.

 

[Loxley]

B-B-But that Paul W.S. Anderson version was just so perfect! How ever can it be topped?

Contemporary? Hmm, color me interested. I suppose after the success of BBC's contemporary Sherlock, the floodgates have opened.

 

[harSon]

I didn't realize Dumas, the author, was half African until I saw Django.

I thought it was common knowledge...

 

[Trojita]

I thought it was common knowledge...

Just something I oddly must have missed. I also didn't know the author of The Count of Monte Cristo is also the author of The Three Musketeers.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Fuck yeah.
Trailer
Scenes

Amazing.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Just something I oddly must have missed. I also didn't know the author of The Count of Monte Cristo is also the author of The Three Musketeers.

Dumas has done far more than my story and d'Artagnan's via the romances (The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Vallière and The Man in the Iron Mask).

The Black Tulip
Queen Margot
The Fencing Master
The Regent's Daughter
The Two Dianas
The Marie Antoinette romances
The Valois romances
The Corsican Brothers

 

[phalestine]

ctrl + f "moffat"...

 

[CiSTM]

It's BBC and they did awesome job with Sherlock so I'll give 'em a shot.

 

[Replicant]

Fuck yeah. Will be hard to top this though:

Trailer
Scenes

I see your challenge and raise it with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQd3MwT2fAM

It comes with awful tumblr gif:

 

[harSon]

It's BBC and they did awesome job with Sherlock so I'll give 'em a shot.

I think Sherlock lends itself better to a contemporary setting than The Three Muskateers. The 17th Century French setting is part of what makes it great IMO, and I'm not sure what they can do within a contemporary setting to set it apart from any other action television show.

 

[Kabouter]

I see your challenge and raise it with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQd3MwT2fAM

It comes with awful tumblr gif:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llblm0WACY1qa9vqgo1_500.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

You know I actually watched both in the same weekend last year, and I assure you that you're going to have to do better than that :D.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Jenna-Louise Coleman would make a pretty good Milady in a contemporary setting.

 

[broadwayrock]

This thread made me think of Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, which as a result has made the theme song stick in my head:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xO72s5EBY&t=0m18s

 

[lupinko]

Needs more d'artagnan

Spoiler

motherfucker! Django sogooooood.gif

 

[Randdalf]

Is this the replacement for Robin Hood/Merlin? One of BBC's perennial other series which is a bit like Doctor Who in format?

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Is this the replacement for Robin Hood/Merlin? One of BBC's perennial other series which is a bit like Doctor Who in format?

Just a one-off series.

Depending on its reception, Twenty Years After could also be done.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Adrian Hodges is a mixed bag... Survivors was up and down. Primeval was awful. My Week with Marilyn was decent.

Lol, my thoughts exactly. Primeval is too bad to even watch for comedy sakes. Everything about it is bad. I don't even care about this show now because of it.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

If the rumoured Monte Cristo adaptation does happen I wonder what the reaction to Idris Elba's casting as The Count will be.

 

[Bombadil]

Finally, after all these years, someone has discovered The Three Musketeers.

I was afraid this masterpiece of literature would be forgotten.

 

[Hex]

While my favorite I think was an Oliver Reed version, I did kind of dig the Disney version.
I think the actors in Man in the Iron Mask would have made a great Three Musketeers movie though Dicaprio was terrible in the movie.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Finally, after all these years, someone has discovered The Three Musketeers.

I was afraid this masterpiece of literature would be forgotten.

Well at least it's not Tolkien.

 

[Htown]

why bother?

it can't POSSIBLY reach the heights of the Milla Jovovich version.

 

[f0rk]

How is the book? I just finished reading Monte Cristo and while lonnnngggg I enjoyed it.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

How is the book? I just finished reading Monte Cristo and while lonnnngggg I enjoyed it.

Better paced than The Count, with a better cast of characters, but falls short as a whole. The Count is Emperor, Three Musketeers, the King in Dumas' pantheon.

 

[Zeppu]

Just watched the first episode of this, and I must say I rather enjoyed it. Looking forward to next week's episode.

Can't be arsed to make an OP but someone should.

 

[ModBot]

Please make a new thread rather than bumping one that's over a year old.