The first international character poster has been revealed for the new Three Musketeers reboot. Luke Evans as Aramis is first up and I must say he looks pretty damn good in all that black leather.

The story, which only uses the classic Dumas novel as a jumping off point concerns the hot-headed young D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman) who must join forces with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers (Evans, Ray Stevenson, Matthew Macfadyen – the official website describes them as “rogue”. Of course they’d have to be) who must reunite and defeat a beautiful double agent (Mila Jovavich’s Milady), the villainous Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) and the evil Cardinal Richlieu (Christph Waltz) and keep him from seizing the French throne and plummet all of Europe into war.

After the poster and the trailer that were released last month, I’m still undecided as to what to make of all this. I’m a fan of swashbucklers in general and I suppose if I can enjoy an old Errol Flynn like Captain Blood, I should be able to get into this one. At least it has Ray Stevenson to counterbalance Logan Lerman.

Directed by Paul. W. S. Anderson, The Three Musketeers will thrust and parry its way into theaters, in 3D and 2D, beginning 12 October in the UK and 21 October in the US and Canada.  More to come since I’m sure everyone will get their own poster!