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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a american film of genre Fantastic directed by Tommy Wirkola released in USA on 25 january 2013 with Jeremy Lee Renner
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 january 2013
Length 1h28
Directed by Tommy Wirkola
OriginUSA
Themes Films about families, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Witches in film, Musical films, Films based on Norse mythology, Comedy horror films, Steampunk films, Children's films
Rating60%
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a 2013 American-German dark fantasy action-horror neo-noir film written and directed by Tommy Wirkola. It is a continuation to the German folklore fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel", in which the titular siblings are now grown up and working as a duo of witch exterminators for hire. The film stars Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Thomas Mann, and Derek Mears.
Originally scheduled for release in March 2012, Hansel & Gretel was delayed for ten months to accommodate Renner's appearances in The Avengers and The Bourne Legacy and to give Wirkola time to shoot a post-credits scene. It premiered in North America on January 25, 2013, in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D, as well in D-Box motion theaters and select international 4DX theaters, and was rated R in the United States. The film had its home media release on June 11, including a longer, unrated version on Blu-ray Disc.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters was generally panned by mainstream critics, particularly for what they saw as its weak script and gratuitous violence. However, many horror genre critics were more positive, viewing the film as unpretentiously entertaining. The film topped the domestic box office on its opening weekend and was a major hit in Brazil, Russia, Germany, and Mexico. Its worldwide theatrical run gross exceeded $226 million for the production cost of $50 million. Due to the commercial success of the film, which was planned as the first part of a series, its sequel is currently in development, and has been set for a 2016 release date.
Synopsis
Abandoned by their father deep in a forest, young Hansel and Gretel enter a gingerbread house and are captured by a cannibalistic witch. The witch forces Hansel to continuously eat candy to fatten him up, and enslaves Gretel, ordering her to prepare the oven, but the siblings outsmart her and incinerate her in the fire of the oven. In the fifteen years that follow, Hansel and Gretel become famed witch hunters, slaying hundreds of witches. The pair find that they are somehow immune to spells and curses, but the incident in the gingerbread house has left Hansel diabetic. He needs a shot of insulin every few hours or he will get sick and die.Actors
Jeremy Lee Renner
(Hansel)
Gemma Arterton
(Gretel)
Famke Janssen
(Muriel)
Pihla Viitala
(Mina)
Peter Stormare
(Sheriff Berringer)
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