Hansel and Gretel (Renner and Arterton)

[WyldeMan45]

March 2nd, 2012

I have no idea how such a crazy sounding project slipped past me but it could be very interesting. 2012 is definitely the year of revisionist fairy tale movies. That would be insane if this too ended up being yet another franchise for Renner. I don't see how he could maintain his current pace though with Mission Impossible, Bourne, Avengers AND this......

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is an upcoming American comedy action-horror film directed by Tommy Wirkola. The film will be made in 3-D and is slated for release on March 2, 2012.

Catching up with Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) 15 years after the traumatic incident involving a gingerbread house, the siblings have evolved into vengeful bounty hunters dedicated to exterminate witches. Over the years, the siblings became expert hunters, famous for their proficiency at tracking and taking down their prey. Although still recovering from their ordeal, their work is relatively easy as for an unknown reason harmful spells and curses do not work well against them. Now, Mayor of Augsburg recruits them to rid the town and nearby forests of the evil Muriel (Famke Janssen) who is planning to sacrifice many local children at the witches' gathering during the upcoming 'Blood Moon' night in two days time. To make things worse, the duo also has to deal with the brutal Sheriff Berringer (Peter Stormare) who has taken power in Augsburg and conducts a very indiscriminate witch-hunt of his own. Ingrid Berdal will portray one of the witches who is a killing machine.

Filming began in March 2011 and is taking place in Potsdam Babelsberg and in the city of Braunschweig, Germany.