Word is that Bloom will play the film’s villain but wasn’t Christoph Waltz already announced as Cardinal Richelieu, the film’s main villain? (Yes, he was.) It seems that Bloom’s character, the Duke of Buckingham, will be less of a villain and more of a “arch-nemesis” to the Musketeers who’s literally described as “so cool that you can chop him into ice cubes and serve with vodka.” Huh? Yeah, I’m not entirely sure either but just roll with it.
In addition to Waltz, Bloom joins a cast that includes Logan Lerman, Mads Mikkelsen, Milla Jovovich, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans and Matthew Macfadyen. Paul WS Anderson is directing the film for Summit with a 3D release planned for the summer of 2011.