Paramount has confirmed that the $60 million budgeted action horror comedy feature, "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters", directed by Norwegian film-maker Tommy Wirkola, will be R-rated for release January 2013.
The upcoming feature is a 'continuation' of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel", starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton and Famke Janssen as the leader of a coven of evil witches that the siblings seek out to destroy :
"...catching up with 'Hansel' (Renner) and 'Gretel' (Arterton) 15 years after the traumatic incident involving a gingerbread house, the siblings have evolved into vengeful bounty hunters dedicated to exterminating witches. When the 'Mayor of Augsburg' recruits them to rid the town and nearby forests of an evil sorceress (Janssen), who is planning to sacrifice people at the witches' gathering during the upcoming 'Blood Moon' night, the duo also has to deal with brutal 'Sheriff Berringer' (Peter Stormare) who has taken power in Augsburg to conduct a very indiscriminate witch-hunt of his own..."
Produced by Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy, Adam McKay and Kevin J. Messick, "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" is from Gary Sanchez Productions, Spyglass Entertainment and MGM.
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