Director Tommy Wirkola, whose Dead Snow was so brilliantly high-concept (Nazi zombies!) that you wonder why no-one had done it before, is making his English-language debut with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. He is set to cast Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Noomi Rapace (Swedish-language The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) as the two leads, reports Twitch, via Dagsavisen.
You don’t need to be a genius to figure out the plot but as Wirkola has shown, a simple premise can yield great results, and the fairytale characters kicking witch ass fifteen years after their exploits in the story we all know is enough to get the juices flowing. Especially as Renner, hot property after his Oscar-nominated turn in The Hurt Locker, can enhance this kind of fodder as he proved in 28 Weeks Later and S.W.A.T.
What do you think of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters? Are you pleased with the casting?