then The Three Musketeers: Milady, the second part of Martin Bourboulon’s diptych based on Dumas’s work, has arrived in theaters, now is the time to take stock. How did this leading man fare in Pathe’s cinematic rearmament fare?
It was in December 2023 that the continuation of the adventures of the four hatted men and their mistresses came to French screens to prolong the fun. 10 months after the release of the first part, The Three Musketeers: D’ArtagnanThis second film, also scripted by Alexandre de la Patelère and Mathieu Delaporte, Confirm or deny the success of this costume package.
With Eva Green at the helm, François Civil, Romain Duris, Pio Marmai and Vincent Cassel also returned to bring to life the most famous fencers in French literature. But will a panel of stars, an ambitious promotional campaign and a new financing system (including private investors) be enough to build this company? Revival of French cinema envisioned by Jerome Seydoux ?
Nothing is less certain. Analysis of a specific case.
Path ambition
To quickly locate the purposes of Milady, it must be remembered that this is not just financial, or in any case not just on the simple scale of film. Indeed, the Dumasian diptych was a locomotive, withAsterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, the launch of a new type of product launched by Pathé. To follow a more American model and free itself from the closed circuit of CNC financing, Jérôme Seydoux’s company signed a contract with Logical Pictures in January 2023.Open the financing of his films to private investors Manufactured or acquired between 2022 and 2024.
The objective? Collect significant resources more easily to set up large-scale projects, French blockbusters, and maybe manage to line their pockets full of money at the same time. To hit hard while mitigating deficit risks, a duology of Musketeers A good idea was: to bring along A significant budget (72 million eurosAlmost as much as him The Three Musketeers released in 2011 by Paul WS Anderson), and shot both films at the same time.
