Sorry, Musketeers fans. The showrunners for the BBC action-adventure drama recently told SpoilerTV there would be “no chance for season four.”
The series, which stars Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles, and Luke Pasqualino as the Alexandre Dumas characters, is ending after its upcoming third season.
Showrunners Simon J. Ashford and Simon Allen told fans they can expect a lot from season three, including a former Doctor Who guest appearance and plenty of villains:
It’s a new world. A seething, rebellious Paris, at odds with itself, is our backdrop now. What the Musketeers have seen in the war has changed them and what they come home to (the thing they’ve been supposedly fighting for) unsettles and disturbs them.
They’ll have different opinions about what’s going on and how to deal with it. But the bond between them is deep and solid. The brotherhood endures.”
They added that season three will be more serialized, with the season jumping ahead four years after season two ended:
We’ve given the show a real boost of energy, excitement and danger. Nothing can be taken as read in this world.”
When asked if the show would ever continue in the future, Ashford said they’d be interested. However, both were quick to say season three would be the end for now:
No chance for Season 4 I’m afraid.
We knew this was the final season as soon as we got the greenlight. We can’t say anything about deaths.”
The third and final season of The Musketeers is expected to air this summer on the BBC.
What do you think? Are you a fan of The Musketeers? Are you sad it’s ending? What do you hope happens in the final season?
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Please NOOOO!!! I love this show you can’t do this to me, PLEASE Make season four, please reconsider your decision,
Absolutely love this series……so sad it’s not coming back.
I certainly hope that another channel has the power to pickup this series so that it can continue. Tired of quality shows being cancelled!
Why do they keep canceling damn good shows like the Three Musketeers? I watch this show faithful and bought all the DVD set,it truly sucks
This was an Awesome Show and it’s a shame that the BBC follows the pattern of American television by canceling the great, interesting, captivating and quality shows and keeping the senseless and uninspiring copycat garbage they call entertainment. I read about how this show kept getting rescheduled and replaced so much until it’s fans were unable to keep track of it. Which truly sucks especially since it was so well written and very addictive. Only 3 seasons for such an excellent script, story line and cast is a joke. I’m willing to bet that if they brought the show back,… Read more »
Please make a 4th season, I really have enjoyed the last three, the final episode was outstanding, more please.
Please bring the Muskateers back for a 4th season.
Really disappointed really enjoyed this series!!! Sad to read this will be the Finally!!!
I work as crew on these kind of shows presently. I don’t watch much television as a result because of the long hours. People in my business live under: “I got paid, it got made.” I went out of my way to watch this show. I liked it very much for three seasons. This makes me really sick to hear. Just another example of sick human behavior. Reminds me of “Firefly” that way. This show can be saved but it will probably be too late when we find out the real reasons for it being cancelled. They had it all.… Read more »
The BBC always do this… End a good series, and maintain trash series… Unbelievable!!!
Not sure why it is ending because of bbc budget cuts, ratings, time that the show runners had. Either way I hope to get more seasons and make it a part of a project I’m getting going. Forming a non profit organisation for cancelled to shows. Would love to have seen the musketeers deal with a season about Buckingham.
Far to many shows end when the fans want them to continue.
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Love this programme, I don’t think you should cancel as there is not many programmes out there like this. Please keep The Musketeers
I’m a huge fan of the musketeers..sad to hear it will end 🙁 Also anyone know the 3rd season will also be out on Canadian Netflix?
i don’t understand why the cardinal is dead is the centre of the story the real villain of d’artagnan bring the cardinal back and make another series as the series one that is better for me
Peter Capaldi essentially ditched all other TV commitments after gaining his Doctor Who role. It’s a real shame as I re-watch the series, especially as it was clear they wanted to continue with his character at the end of the first series because you could see he suspected Aramis’ and Queen Anne’s affair.