{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|D'Artacán y los Tres Mosqueperros|nolink=1}} | image = Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds - film poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Toni García | screenplay = Doug Langdale | based_on = ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' | producer = | starring = | editing = | music = Manel Gil-Inglada | studio = {{Plainlist| * Apolo Films * Cosmos-Maya }} | distributor = A Contracorriente Films | released = {{Film date|2021|6|13|Huesca|2021|8|18|Spain|df=y}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = Spain | language = Spanish | budget = €8 million<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-06-13 |title=La producción navarra 'D'Artacán y los tres mosqueperros' se estrena en Huesca |url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/cultura-ocio/cultura/2021/06/13/artacan-los-tres-mosqueperros-estrenan-mundialmente-festival-internacional-cine-huesca-730145-1034.html |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=diariodenavarra.es |language=es}}</ref> | gross = $3.1 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt11777920/|title=Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=22 October 2021|archive-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413173811/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt11777920/|url-status=live}}</ref> }} '''''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds''''' ({{langx|es|D'Artacán y los Tres Mosqueperros}}), known as '''''The Dog Knight''''' in North America, is a 2021 Spanish animated adventure comedy film directed by Toni García and written by Doug Langdale, based on the 1981 television series of the same name, in turn adapted from Alexandre Dumas' 1844 story of d'Artagnan and ''The Three Musketeers''. The film is produced by Apolo Films (BRB Internacional's cinema studio) and Cosmos Maya.
==Plot== {{Improve plot|date=May 2026}} Dogtanian, a young swordsman, visits Paris in dreams of joining the Muskehounds. Entering Muskehound headquarters, he meets the ''Monsieur de Treville'', where he explains that his father is framed by the Cardinal Richelieu. The latter concludes that he is unfit to become a Muskehound. Fleeing the headquarters, he accidentally runs into the three Muskehounds, who all engage him in a duel. After the fight with the Cardinal's guards, the Muskehounds praise Dogtanian for being a hero.
One night, Dogtanian rescues Juliette, a lady which Dogtanian has meet, being captured by the Cardinal's guards. Juliette shares to Dogtanian that Richelieu is plotting a war between France and England, so he can seize all of Europe. However, Queen Anne of Austria plans to send a letter to the King of England to ensure peace between the two countries, with a diamond necklace from King Louis included. Juliette warns Dogtanian that if the necklace is stolen by Richelieu, it could lead to war. Dogtanian remembers Count Rochefort, Cardinal Richelieu's spy, discussing about the diamonds to Milady de Winter, a woman.
The next morning, Juliette warns the Muskehounds about the diamond necklace. That night, Dogtanian confronts Milady in a palace. Dogtanian gives chase, but Milady manages to escape. Juliette discovers that Milady is heading to Calais to board a ship. As Dogtanian and the Muskehounds goes to stop her, the group splits up during their journey. Dogtanian arrives at Calais, but finds Milady already escaping on her ship.
Dogtanian meets Captain Bloodhound, a pirate, who agrees to catch up to Milady. Dogtanian and the pirates arrive at Milady's ship, where he duels Milady to retrieve the necklace. Returning to surface, Dogtanian reconciles with the Muskehounds, and they return to Paris. Dogtanian infiltrates the palace, where he interrogates Rochefort; the latter reveals that he orchestrated a plot to frame Dogtanian's father, and confesses that his father is innocent. Richelieu arrives, and he lets ''Monsieur de Treville'' to fire a bullet at Dogtanian, but Pip, his friend, takes the hit. Dogtanian fears Pip is dead, but the former learns that the latter was protected by a gold coin. Milady delivers the necklace to Queen Anne, and Dogtanian officially becomes a member of the Muskehounds, while Richelieu vows revenge.
==Cast== ===Original Spanish cast=== * Miguel Ángel Pérez as D’Artacan, Pom * Eduardo Jover as Padre D’Artacan * Gloria Cámara as Madra D’Artacan and Dama de la Reina * Antonio Ramírez as Rofty, Guardia del Cardenal, and Contrabandistas * Ana Esther Alborg as Juliette * Ana María Marí as Milady de Winter * Luis Bajo as Conde de Rochefort * Carlos Kaniowsky as Treville
=== Catalan cast === {{Small|''Source''}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fitxa de doblatge D'artacán I Els Tres Gosqueters |url=https://www.eldoblatge.com/fitxa/5304 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.eldoblatge.com |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220192655/https://www.eldoblatge.com/fitxa/5304 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Ivan Labanda as D’Artacan * Raúl Llorens as Amis * José Posada as Pontos * Santi Lorenz as Dogos * Eduardo Jover as D’Artacan's father * Núria Trifol as Juliette * Joan Carles Gustems as Richelieu * José Luis Mediavilla as Pom * Domènech Farell as Widimir * Alicia Laorden as Milady de Winter * Juan Antonio Bernal as Rochefort * Jordi Boixaderas as Treville * Pep Anton Muñoz as King Louis XIII * Alfonso Vallés as Captain Bloodhound
===English dub=== * Tomás Ayuso as Dogtanian * Scott Cleverdon as Dogtanian's father, Captain Bloodhound, Parisian #1, Aristocrat #1 * Elisabeth Gray as Dogtanian's mother, Milady, Parrot, Lady-in-Waiting, Flower Girl, Parisian #2, Aristocrat #2, Children * Miguel Ángel Pérez as Sandy, Muskehound #2, Cardinal's Guard #3, Smuggler #3 * Robbie K. Jones as Pip, Treville * Karina Piper as Juliette, Queen Anne of Austria * W. Blair Holmes as Rochefort * Stephen Hughes as Porthos, Anthos, Richelieu, Muskehound #1, Cardinal's Guard #2, Palace Servants, Dubois, Parisian #3, Aristocrat #3, Capitan of the Lis D'or, Smuggler #2 * Julio Perillán as Aramis, King Louis XIII * Jess Espinoza as Widimir, Cardinal's Guard #1, Smuggler #1
==Production== According to their main website, BRB Internacional was planning a new feature-length CGI film to be released in 2016, but was delayed for unknown reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brb.es/en/productions/feature-films/dogtanian-and-trhee-muskehounds |title=DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKEHOUNDS | BRB Internacional |publisher=Brb.es |access-date=2016-09-27 |archive-date=14 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214203941/http://www.brb.es/en/productions/feature-films/dogtanian-and-trhee-muskehounds |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milipictures.com/en/production.html |title=Mili Productions |publisher=Mili Pictures Worldwide |access-date=2016-09-27 |archive-date=17 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817164350/http://www.milipictures.com/en/production.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2019, Apolo Films took over production of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/apolo-films-kicks-off-dogtanian-production/|title=Apolo Films Kicks Off 'Dogtanian' Production|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=23 April 2019|publisher=|access-date=5 May 2019|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427202519/http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/apolo-films-kicks-off-dogtanian-production/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was written by Doug Langdale and directed by Toni Garcia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/uncategorized/dogtanian-and-three-muskehounds-cosmos-maya-apolo-1203500986/|title='Dogtanian' Animated Feature In The Works from Cosmos-Maya, Apolo (EXCLUSIVE)|first1=Naman|last1=Ramachandran|magazine=Variety|date=11 February 2020}}</ref> The film was released in theaters under the title ''Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dogtanian & The Three Muskehounds: the first movie trailer|first1=Simon|last1=Brew|url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/dogtanian-the-three-muskehounds-the-first-movie-trailer/|access-date=12 December 2020|magazine=Film Stories|date=29 September 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127191946/https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/dogtanian-the-three-muskehounds-the-first-movie-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Claudio had been planning to make the movie since at least 2011, as BRB Internacional had been producing less TV series due to the proliferation of dedicated channels aimed at children and their early adoption of new technologies. Claudio, under the principle that cinema is the "audiovisual cathedral", decided to begin production, but there was a lack of money. After obtaining the necessary support from skilled professionals, funding arrived from Televisión Española and Banco Santander. The female characters in the movie gained an increased role, with Milady being compared to Catwoman.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sardá |first1=Juan |title=Claudio Biern Boyd: "Las multinacionales americanas nos están desculturizando" |url=https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/cine/20210820/claudio-biern-boyd-multinacionales-americanas-desculturizando/605690981_0.html |work=El Español |date=20 August 2021 |language=es-es}}</ref>
The film maintains the original series opening main theme tune composed by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis. Additionally, they have composed new songs for the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dogtanian movie: what's happening to the theme tune?|first=Simon|last=Brew|url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/dogtanian-movie-whats-happening-to-the-theme-tune/|access-date=13 Dec 2020|magazine=Film Stories|date=3 Nov 2020|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123214454/https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/dogtanian-movie-whats-happening-to-the-theme-tune/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Release== In Spain, it was originally slated for an opening in theatres on 22 January 2021, but its release was postponed to August 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Jesús |title=RTVE.es estrena el teaser tráiler de 'D'Artacán y los tres Mosqueperros' |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20200916/rtvees-estrena-teaser-trailer-dartacan-tres-mosqueperros/2042214.shtml |website=RTVE.es |access-date=27 July 2022 |language=es |date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007040702/https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20200916/rtvees-estrena-teaser-trailer-dartacan-tres-mosqueperros/2042214.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=García |first=Alejandra |title='D'Artacán y los tres mosqueperros' – estreno en cines 18 de agosto |url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/dartacan-y-los-tres-mosqueperros-estreno-en-cines-18-de-agosto/#:~:text=Producci%C3%B3n%3A%20Apolo%20Films.,18%20de%20agosto%20de%202021. |access-date=27 July 2022 |work=audiovisual451.com |date=15 August 2021 |language=es |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727223047/https://www.audiovisual451.com/dartacan-y-los-tres-mosqueperros-estreno-en-cines-18-de-agosto/#:~:text=Producci%C3%B3n%3A%20Apolo%20Films.,18%20de%20agosto%20de%202021. |url-status=live}}</ref>
The film had its world premiere at the Huesca International Film Festival on 13 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-05-17 |title=THE 49TH HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WILL PRESENT DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKEHOUNDS SPAIN'S PREMIERE |url=https://www.huesca-filmfestival.com/en/the-49th-huesca-international-film-festival-will-present-dogtanian-and-the-three-muskehounds-spains-premiere/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca |language=en-US}}</ref>
The film was released in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/dogtanian-the-three-muskehounds-getting-uk-cinema-release/|title=Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds: The UK movie trailer|work=Film Stories |date=9 June 2021|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613202540/https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/dogtanian-the-three-muskehounds-getting-uk-cinema-release/|url-status=live |last1=Brew |first1=Simon }}</ref>
In 2022, Viva Pictures released the film on streaming services in North America, retitled '''''The Dog Knight'''''.
== Reception == {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|57|3=7|ref=yes|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dogtanian_and_the_three_muskehounds |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en}}</ref>
==Sequel television series== A new ''Dogtanian'' television series, titled ''Dogtanian, The Hero'', is in development. It takes place after the events of the 2021 film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apolofilms.es/en/dartacan-el-heroe/|title=Dogtanian, The Hero|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925212620/https://apolofilms.es/en/dartacan-el-heroe/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also == * List of Spanish films of 2021
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|11777920}} * {{discogs release|21029911}}
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