According to reports, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) is in negotiations to direct ‘The Three Musketeers’ for Warner Bros. Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare at Goats) has been hired to write the script, which will play up the action and “sexier” elements of the story.
But they will have competition. Paul W.S. Anderson will be directing ‘The Three Musketeers 3D’ for Summit Entertainment. That project is currently casting.
I don’t know how Paul Anderson gets work. Everything I’ve seen that he directed has been awful. And of course they’re going to try to make it “sexier.” As I recall, the 1970s Musketeer films were pretty “sexy” for the time. Personally, there’s not much sexier than a dashing man in tight pants brandishing a sword in a terrifically choreographed action sequence.