«The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan» is the first of a two-part epic saga directed by Martin Bourboulon, based on Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel.
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- The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan is a 2023 action adventure film.
- It’s the first of a two-part epic saga.
- The film was directed by Martin Bourboulon.
- The movie is based on Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel The Three Musketeers.
- The film stars François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, and Eva Green.
- It was released theatrically in France by Pathé on 5 April 2023.
- The second part, The Three Musketeers: Milady, will be released on 13 December 2023.
- The films were co-produced by France, Germany, Spain and Belgium on a combined production budget of €72 million (US$78,2 million).
- It is estimated that was spent around €36 million for each film.
- It’s the most expensive French production of 2023.
- It was filmed back to back for 150 days from 16 August 2021 to 3 June 2022.
- Almost entirely shot on location in France. Out of the 150 days shooting this film and its sequel Les trois mousquetaires: Milady (2023) took, only one day was scheduled for filming in studio.
- Producer Dimitri Rassam said he and director Martin Bourboulon watched several films for inspiration during preparation, including Cyrano de Bergerac(1990), La Reine Margo (1994), The Duellists (1977) and Raiders of the lost ark (1981).
- Vincent Cassel’s father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, played D’Artagnan in Cyrano et d’Artagnan (1964).
- D’Artagnan identifies himself as Charles d’Artagnan. This may be in reference to his real-life inspiration, Charles de Batz de Castlemore.
- Olympic Épée Champion [linknm10741768] was the fencing trainer for François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Pio Marmaï.
- First French film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ novel The Three Musketeers since 1961, when the two-part saga Les trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady) (1961) and Les trois mousquetaires(1961). It was directed by Bernard Borderie.
- Bertrand Tavernier’s 1994 film D’ Artagnans Daughter (1994) was focused on D’Artagnan’s daughter.
- Director Martin Bourboulon’s father, Frédéric Bourboulon, was a producer on Bertrand Tavernier’s D’ Artagnans Daughter (1994).
- Martin was 14 years old when his father took him to visit the set. The memories of that time where one of the reasons why Bourboulon accepted producer Dimitri Rassam’s invitation to direct this film.
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen was originally cast as the Duke of Buckingham but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and was later replaced by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd.
- François Civil was the first choice of director Martin Bourboulon and producer Dimitri Rassam for the role of D’Artagnan.
- Civil was also the first actor who was cast for the project.
- The director and the producer had made a list of the four actors they wanted to play the musketeers, and all four of them (Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Pio Marmaï) accepted their respective roles. The actors were cast in the beginning of 2020.
- François Civil performed 90% of his own stunts in the two films following an intense six-month preparation on fencing, sword-fighting and horseback riding.
- Despite her nickname, Anne of Austria (born Ana Maria Mauricia) was a Spanish princess born and raised in Spain, the daughter of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria. She held the titles of Infanta of Spain and of Portugal. She is often referred to as “Anne of Austria” because the Spanish royal family belonged to the senior branch of the House of Austria, which later became known as the House of Habsburg. She became Queen consort of France at the age of 14 when she married 14-year-old King Louis XIII in November 1615. She never spoke English as the movie shows. She spoke French with a heavy Spanish accent according to historians. She was 26 years old in 1627, the year the movie is set in.
- 2000 costumes, 930 technicians, 650 horses and 9,000 extras were used in the production.
- On 21 October 2022, Pathé and Chapter 2 announced they are developing two spin-off TV series titled Milady Origins and Black Musketeer.
- Pathé and Chapter 2 presented a 15-minute promo reel of the film at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
- The film’s official soundtrack album was released by Milan Records on 5 April 2023.
