The Three Musketeers was a series of novels. A film version of The Three Musketeers was released in 1973. Genetic material from its principal stars, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay were used to create Reprises of d'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis and Porthos in Europa in the 33rd century. (PROSE: Managra)
Behind the scenes[]
- Richelieu was also a leading character in The Three Musketeers.
- Richard Briers, Francis De Wolff, Rodney Bewes and Ben Aris appeared in the 1973 film. C. Thomas Howell appeared in the sequel The Return of the Musketeers.
- In the 1954 series, Laurence Payne played D'Artagnan, Roger Delgado played Athos, Paul Whitsun-Jones played Porthos, Adrienne Corri played Milady de Winter and Peter Diamond as M. de Jussac.
- In the 1966 BBC series, Brian Blessed played Porthos and Milton Johns played Grimaud.
- In the 1993 film by Disney, Paul McGann played Girard and Jussac.[1]
- In the 2011 film, James Corden played Planchet.
- In the 2014 BBC One series The Musketeers, Peter Capaldi played antagonist Cardinal Richelieu until he had to leave to play the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who. Murray Gold composed the music for the same series, and a number of episodes in the first series were directed by Toby Haynes and Saul Metzstein.