The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers Teaser Trailer, Starring Logan Lerman, Milla Jovovich, and Orlando Bloom
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The Three Musketeers Trailer: Explosions, Sword Fighting, and Orlando Bloom's Mustache

Between the fiery explosions and slow-motion fight scenes, it's obvious that director Paul W.S.
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Between the fiery explosions and slow-motion fight scenes, it's obvious that director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) is trying to give his new version of The Three Musketeers a modern action film feel. Oh, and it's in 3D, naturally.

Logan Lerman stars as D'Artagnan from the classic story, a young man who teams up with the Musketeers (Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans, and Ray Stevenson) to save France and prevent Europe from going to war. The supporting cast includes familiar faces like Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom in an impressive mustache and pompadour, and up-and-comer Juno Temple. While the trailer looks relatively exciting, I do feel like the special effects have turned this into a run-of-the-mill action flick, whereas I'm more interested in the actual story. The film hits theaters on Oct. 14, but let me know if you're digging the preview after the jump.

Pictures of Orland Bloom and Christoph Waltz Filming The Three Musketeers
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Orlando Bloom Stays in Touch and in Character on Set

Orlando Bloom provided quite a contrast yesterday on the German set of The Three Musketeers as he checked his messages while wearing his elaborate, old-fashioned costume.
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Orlando Bloom provided quite a contrast yesterday on the German set of The Three Musketeers as he checked his messages while wearing his elaborate, old-fashioned costume. He started work on the project last week after arriving overseas with his wife Miranda Kerr, who has already stopped by to visit Orlando and his costars between takes. She's making herself at home while Orlando's on location, getting ready to join the exclusive group of model moms that includes Gisele Bundchen and her son Benjamin.

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Pictures of Orlando Bloom, Milla Jovovich, and Christoph Waltz on the Set of The Three Musketeers 2010-09-16 15:30:00
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Orlando Is Well-Suited For a Set Visit From Pregnant Miranda

Orlando Bloom wore a pair of colorful, opulent costumes and got a special visit from his pregnant wife, Miranda Kerr, on the set of The Three Musketeers in Wuerzburg, Germany, today.
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Orlando Bloom wore a pair of colorful, opulent costumes and got a special visit from his pregnant wife, Miranda Kerr, on the set of The Three Musketeers in Wuerzburg, Germany, today. He was joined for the second day in a row by costars Christoph Waltz and Milla Jovovich, who scored the number one spot at the weekend box office with her futuristic Resident Evil: Afterlife. Miranda skipped out on New York Fashion Week, instead opting to join the fun in Europe with Orlando and keep him company between scenes.

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Pictures of Orlando Bloom Getting Musical on the Set of The Three Musketeers
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First Look: Orlando Bloom Gets Into Character For The Three Musketeers!

Orlando Bloom took a break and listened to some tunes on the set of The Three Musketeers in Germany yesterday.
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Orlando Bloom took a break and listened to some tunes on the set of The Three Musketeers in Germany yesterday. The actor and his wife, Miranda Kerr, left LAX together and arrived in Europe over the weekend. She's expecting their first child and showed off her growing baby bump, which she first revealed earlier this month, as they shared lunch together in the country on Monday. The couple spent some downtime together as the Summer came to a close, but now Orlando is back to work, shooting the period piece alongside Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz and Milla Jovovich.

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Pictures of Soon-to-Be-Dad Orlando Bloom Promoting The Three Musketeers
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Dad-to-Be Orlando Bloom Celebrates the News With His Musketeers

Orlando Bloom joined Milla Jovovich and his other costars in The Three Musketeers, Mads Mikkelsen and Christoph Waltz, this morning for a photo call in Berlin.
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Orlando Bloom joined Milla Jovovich and his other costars in The Three Musketeers, Mads Mikkelsen and Christoph Waltz, this morning for a photo call in Berlin. He's focused on his next big-screen project while exciting things happen in his personal life — his brand-new wife, Miranda Kerr, just confirmed the rumors that they're going to be parents! The mom-to-be made the announcement in her upcoming September edition of Spanish Vogue. Orlando's busy with work despite his growing family, and even Miranda has continued to do modeling jobs.

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Orlando Bloom to Play Villain in The Three Musketeers
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Link Time — Orlando Bloom to Swashbuckle in Musketeers

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Actors Playing The Three Musketeers in Paul W.S. Anderson Movie
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Link Time — Introducing The Three Musketeers Cast

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New Three Musketeers Movie in the Works
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They're Making a Three Musketeers Movie. . .Again

You won't hear me denying the timelessness of Alexandre Dumas' adventure tale, The Three Musketeers.
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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 today, "will trace how swordsmen Athos, Porthos and Aramis first banded together."

I've often wondered (especially recently with so many remakes in the works) why Hollywood insists on recycling old material over and over. Then I spotted this quote from producer Joe Gatt, who is behind this new Musketeers movie (along with the adaptations of Conan the Barbarian and Buck Rogers), and who puts it rather bluntly:

There aren't many branded properties like this out there, and it is a seller's market for the high-profile ones. You can either build one from scratch or find the ones that are available and of interest to audiences, which we did with Conan and Buck Rogers.

In other words, "building from scratch" is hard. Redoing old stuff is easy. Is this strategy just lazy? Or do you think each generation deserves its own Three Musketeers movie?

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