'Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters' Could Become A TV Series
A Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters TV series is in early development at Paramount TV, after years of effort to make a movie sequel happen.
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Tommy Wirkola Won't Direct 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' Sequel
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters sequel director Tommy Wirkola has exited the project, citing a desire to "not just do sequels."
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Sequel Bits: 'Better Call Saul', 'Annabelle', 'The Purge 3', 'Magic Mike XXL'
Laika isn't making a sequel to The Boxtrolls, because it just doesn't want to. Which is not something we hear a lot around these parts. Also after the jump: Check out concept art from the Maze Runner follow-up The Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2 script is in... ... but no one's called Jeremy Renner about…
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'Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters' Red-Band Trailer: Don't Eat The Effin' Candy
The fairy tale trend continues in full swing in 2013, with Tommy Wirkola's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters kicking things off later this month. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton star as the titular siblings, now all grown up and exterminating witches for profit. (Though, as Gretel mordantly notes, "we'd do this shit for free.") Earlier trailers…
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Posters: 'Jack The Giant Slayer', 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters', 'Side Effects'
2012 saw a couple of high-profile fairy tale releases, but the trend is really just getting started. 2013 has a couple such titles due out in just the first three months, including Tommy Wirkola's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters in January and Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer in March. Of course, that's not to say there aren't…
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'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D' Red-Band Trailer: More Sex, More Violence, More Jokes
The very title of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters suggests a very self-consciously silly good time, as does the involvement of director Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow). So one of the disappointing aspects of the first trailer was how seriously it seemed to take the concept. Though star Jeremy Renner got to toss off a few witticisms, for…
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'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' To Get R-Rated Release?
Briefly: This is news mostly because studios rarely release an R-rated version of a fantasy action movie aimed at teen demographics, but Paramount has reportedly decided to release Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters without the safe shelter of a PG-13. The film is from Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow), and stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton…
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First Look: Jeremy Renner And Gemma Arterton In 'Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters'
Now that we've seen the trailers for both of next year's Snow White adaptations, it's time to turn our attentions to another fairy tale that's getting the Hollywood revamp treatment. Starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters picks up with the titular siblings years after their traumatic encounter with a cannibalistic…
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Casting Bits: Benicio Del Toro In 'Savages;' Derek Mears In 'Hansel & Gretel;' Emma Roberts In 'Adult World;' Kenan Thompson In 'Party Starters'
Oliver Stone is assembling Savages, which adapts the book of the same name by Don Winslow and has Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch set to star as best friends and pot growers who get roped into working for a drug cartel when the bad guys kidnap their friend/girlfriend. Salma Hayek is a possible pick to…
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Peter Stormare Cast In 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'
The cast for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, to be directed by Dead Snow helmer Tommy Wirkola, is looking pretty damn good. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton play the title roles, while Famke Janssen is their spell-casting adversary. Now the film has added Peter Stormare, who can be so much fun as a scene-chewing villain,…
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'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' Gets March 2012 Release Date
Briefly: Paramount has got Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters just about packaged and ready to shoot, with Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in the lead roles as grown-up Hansel and Gretel, who have dealt with their childhood trauma at the hand of a witch by hunting other witches. (Cheaper than therapy, and probably more fun.)…
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Fairy Tale Update: Julia Roberts Locked For 'The Brothers Grimm: Snow White;' Famke Janssen Joins 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'
Minor news on the Snow White battle front today. We've talked twice about Julia Roberts possibly joining the cast of Relativity's The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, to be directed by Tarsem Singh. First time was when she was rumored, then when it looked like she would take the plunge. Now we've got confirmation that Tarsem's…
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Gemma Arterton Cast In 'Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters'
Will 2011 be a year of cinematic fairy tale revamps? There are dueling Snow White films in the works, and now Paramount has taken the next step to move forward with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Jeremy Renner was said to be circling the role of the adult Hansel, which is now apparently a locked…
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