First Trailers and Poster for HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS Starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton
Paramount has finally released the first trailer(s) for HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, and Famke Janssen. 15 years after their traumatic gingerbread-house incident, siblings Hansel and Gretel have become a formidable team of bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. It’s hard not to laugh at that mini-synopsis and the trailer doesn’t really do a great job of selling the film well. There’s an awkward voice-over by Renner to start, the dialogue seems wooden, and the story does not really present itself too clearly here. I still think the film can be a lot of fun as long as the studio decides to take the R-rated route. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters hits theaters January 11, 2013.
Trailer courtesy of Apple.
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. 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.
The Mayor of Augsburg recruits them to rid the town and nearby forests of an evil sorceress (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 (Stormare) who has taken power in Augsburg and conducts a very indiscriminate witch-hunt of his own.