As you may know, there are two competing Three Musketeers movies currently in development, and at the moment, Paul W.S. Anderson’s version seems to have a slight lead on Doug Liman’s. It has been announced this week that Anderson has nearly finalized his cast, reeling in just enough big name actors to potentially draw a crowd without unnecessarily inflating the budget. The musketeers themselves are not huge stars; Porthos, Athos and Aramis will be played by Ray Stevenson (Rome, Punisher: War Zone), Luke Evans (Apollo in Clash of the Titans) and Matthew Macfadyen (Frost/Nixon, Robin Hood) respectively.

The supporting cast will be slightly more recognizable, however, with Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) in talks for the character of D’Artagnan, while Orlando Bloom has an offer out to play the Duke of Buckingham. Christoph Waltz and Mads Mikkelsen will play the villains Cardinal Richelieu and Rochefort, while Paul W.S. Anderson’s wife Milla Jovovich will appear as Milady de Winter, a former love of Athos. The movie will be shot in 3D, and will aim for “a contemporary feel… without losing the period setting.” Does this cast make you more or less excited about the film?