The Three Muskateers Getting Remade...Twice

I love studio screwups! To the great joy of classic French literature fans: There are currently two separate adaptations of 'The Three Musketeers' in the works.

The first was announced in September and is being helmed by 'Alien vs. Predator' director Paul W.S. Anderson, who is planning to add a contemporary feel and shooting in … wait for it … 3-D (similar to his Resident Evil IV). Also, like any other sensible people currently making a movie starring humans, the project’s producers were hoping to cast Taylor Lautner. Anderson is now working on the screenplay with Andrew Davies and they better write fast! Warner Bros. is going full steam ahead on their own adaptation, with 'The Men Who Stare at Goats’ Peter Straughan hard at work on the script. While there’s no director set, 'The Devil Wears Prada’s' David Frankel and 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith's' Doug Liman are on the top of the wish list.

Of course we’ve seen this epic battle of the studios before; remember Dreamworks' 'Antz' and Pixar's 'A Bug's Life'? The Illusionist/The Prestige? And isn’t 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' and 'Clash of the Titans' pretty much the same thing?