Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arteton will be staring in the spring movie, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters set to release on March 2nd 2012. They will be recreating the old time German fairy tale, published by the infamous Brothers Grimm in 1812. Paramount pictures will be releasing the first trailer next Thursday, stay tuned on GameFob.com for it!
Here is a transcript from an interview with Gemma Arteton and Entertainment Weekly:
How does this movie incorporate the original Brothers Grimm tale? Is that story kind of a prologue?
GEMMA ARTERON: Yes, it continues it. You see a series of flashbacks with their experience of killing that first witch, which is brilliant. I remember being on set for the final few days of that. The candy house, and the witches are really repulsive and quite frightening. The make-up is out of this world. It’s this bone-chilling scene. Very dark. The girl who plays my character is brilliant, with the horrified expression she has.
Folk-tales like this have been told over and over again, changing every time.
Folk-tales like this have been told over and over again, changing every time.
What’s the constant that your movie picks up?
GEMMA ARTERON: They resonate with your fears, that’s how these fairy tales worked. They scared you into behaving. This one in particular is about abandonment and being lost and parents leaving you. The heart of it is that these kids grow up to be bloodthirsty witch hunters. It’s a bit tongue in cheek, really.
GEMMA ARTERON: They resonate with your fears, that’s how these fairy tales worked. They scared you into behaving. This one in particular is about abandonment and being lost and parents leaving you. The heart of it is that these kids grow up to be bloodthirsty witch hunters. It’s a bit tongue in cheek, really.
What would Hansel and Gretel be in 15 years time?
GEMMA ARTERON: Though it’s comedic, deep down it’s about abused kids becoming kind of hyper-responsible? But it’s also very, very dark, and bloodthirsty and there’s a lot of cursing. It’s kind of got a [Quentin] Tarantino feel, really.
GEMMA ARTERON: Though it’s comedic, deep down it’s about abused kids becoming kind of hyper-responsible? But it’s also very, very dark, and bloodthirsty and there’s a lot of cursing. It’s kind of got a [Quentin] Tarantino feel, really.
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