Young Blades 

Based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Young Blades follows a group of youths as they cross swords with dastardly villians while keeping up on their studies at the Musketeer Academy.

Creator:

Billy Brown

Stars:

Tobias Mehler, Mark Hildreth, Zak Santiago

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tobias Mehler	...	D'Artagnan 13 episodes, 2005
Mark Hildreth	...	Siroc 13 episodes, 2005
Zak Santiago	...	Ramon Montalvo Francisco de la Cruz 13 episodes, 2005
Robert Sheehan	...	King Louis XIV 13 episodes, 2005
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Captain Martin Duval 13 episodes, 2005
Michael Ironside	...	Cardinal Mazarin 13 episodes, 2005
Karen Cliche	...	Jacqueline Roget / ... 13 episodes, 2005
Sheena Easton	...	Queen Anne 13 episodes, 2005
Phillip Mitchell	...	Captain Bernard / ... 9 episodes, 2005
Andrew McIlroy	...	Valet / ... 8 episodes, 2005

Storyline

The young blades are French royal 'musketeer' guards (despite the name sword-fighters, not sharpshooters) of the generation after the legendary, now knighted Gascon hero D'Artagnan and his three mentors. They include his son, now known as D'Artagnan, and his companions in arms, stationed in the Bastille, under captain Duvall's command: Siroc the erudite inventor and Ramon, a romantic, poetically gifted Spaniard who deserted the Habsburg camp, France's arch-rival. They are joined by a late musketeer's daughter Jaqueline, who masquerades (only D'Artagnan junior knows) as her imaginary brother Jacques (the real one being no good at fighting and fled to America), looking for revenge and glory. Louis XIII's son Louis XIV, the future Sun king, is now on the French throne although a mere boy, ruled in name by his vain and useless mother, Queen-regent Ann, and in fact by cardinal Richelieu's hand-picked, Italian-born successor, cardinal Mazarin. In this series, the power-hungry prime minister...

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Plot Keywords:

tv series | musketeer | gascon | mentor | sword fight | 

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Taglines:

A new generation of brash, young musketeers

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

M, mint muskétás

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shavick Entertainment, Insight Film and Video Production, Insight Film Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Jacqueline Roget: [Jacqueline is in disguise as a man.]
[D'Artagnan yawns.]
Jacqueline Roget: Is catching a palace spy so boring?
D'Artagnan: Waiting to catch one is. I know a game we can play to stay awake.
Jacqueline Roget: I know that game too. You're the *last* man on earth I'd play it with.
D'Artagnan: [smirks] You're the *only* man on earth I'd play it with.

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Alternate Versions

Re-edited into a single TV movie under the title "The Young Musketeers".

User Reviews

What a pleasant surprise

If you can get past the low budget and occasionally problematic production quality then this ain't bad, not bad at all. In fact the acting is really interesting, almost unusual especially from the younger players. The wit and modern relevance in it reminds me of things like Buffy the Vampire Slayer but there is only one brief occult element here. Dammit, this thing has a personality and charm all of its own ! It made me laugh ... the Musketeers poetry and I thought the performance given by the actor who plays the young King was particularly amusing. Maybe there's more of this out there somewhere ? Why so serious guys ?