The Musketeers

According to TVBTN - link - BBCA is set to co-produce The Musketeers with BBC One, a show based on Dumas' story.

The Musketeers is a fresh and contemporary take on the beloved story and characters created by Dumas. It tells the story of a band of brothers, highly trained soldiers who are assigned to protect King and country. Courageous, impulsive, ready to fight any battle, if the cause is just. The series shares Dumas’ original 17th century setting and will feature a fresh story each week across its 10 x 60-minute run set for 2014.

\o/ Seriously \o/ "The Three Musketeers" together with Sherlock Holmes are something that I watch at least once in every of their incarnations. My favorite adaptation is the French one from the 1960s with Gerard Barray. And my favorite musketeer has always been Aramis, an excellent swordsman but always sneaky and following his own agenda that the others knew nothing about. Though Dumas pretty much ruined the character in the two sequels to the original book and I never forgave him for that...

My only hope? No frickin' gender bending! No Aramis-as-a-girl, hiding her gender. No, just no. There are plenty of strong female characters in the book, expand them and leave my musketeers alone!

Eleanor Rigby

You know, when James McAvoy joined The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, I thought it would be an experimental, independent feature. But it's gaining more and more attention and press interest and now huge stars like Jon Hurt and Viola Davis joined the cast! Who would've thought that!

I'm getting really interested in it too, especially after seeing the pics in which ( spoilers! )

And I just love the photos from the set, seeing James and Jessica Chastain goof around!