According to CinemaBlend and Deadline, Famke Janssen is set to play the leader of a band of witches in the film, “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters”. The film, also starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as Hansel and Gretel, follows the brother and sister duo fifteen years after their incident at the gingerbread house as children. They have now become witch bounty hunters, destined to destroy the witches that nearly killed them in the gingerbread house. Seeing as this film is going to be a fantasy action-adventure film, Janssen is a good match for the project. According to CinemaBlend, Janssen is probably best known from her turn as Jean Grey/Phoenix…

The Hollywood Reporter.com is reporting that Dante Harper has been attached to work on the script for the action/horror project “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.” Tommy Wirkola, who directed and co-wrote the Nazi zombie horror comedy “Dead Snow” is directing the project for both Paramount and Gary Sanchez Productions. The film will be about the classic fairy tale siblings after their gingerbread house experience, which inspires them to become a witch-hunting duo. Gary Sanchez’s Kevin Messick, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and Chris Henchy are producing the project. Stay tuned for more about “Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters” right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)

“Dead Snow” director and co-writer Tommy Wirkola is helming “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” a new take on the classic child’s tale, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting. Wirkola pitched the idea to Gary Sanchez Productions of the now-grown siblings having become witch hunters, 15 years after escaping the Gingerbread House. Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, the head honchos of Gary Sanchez Productions, jumped at the idea of bringing the project, described as a sort of “Shaun of the Dead” and “Evil Dead 2″ comedy action. “The idea is, they’ve grown up and they hunt witches, [...] It’s a hybrid sort of old-timey feeling, yet there’s pump-action shotguns. Modern technology but…

Here’s another brand new movie poster from the upcoming Norwegian horror film “Dead Snow” by director Tommy Wirkola (Remake) and starring Ane Dahl Torp (Cold Lunch), Jenny Skavlan (Fatso), Charlotte Frogner (Hvaler), Jeppe Laursen (Limbo) and Stig Frode Henriksen (Kill Buljo: The Movie). Synopsis: A group of teenagers had all they needed for a successful ski vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains had other plans. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Dead Snow” movie news and trailers.

Check out this brutal new movie poster from the upcoming Norwegian horror film “Dead Snow” by director Tommy Wirkola (Remake) and starring Ane Dahl Torp (Cold Lunch), Jenny Skavlan (Fatso), Charlotte Frogner (Hvaler), Jeppe Laursen (Limbo) and Stig Frode Henriksen (Kill Buljo: The Movie). Synopsis: A group of teenagers had all they needed for a successful ski vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains had other plans. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Dead Snow” movie news and trailers.

Watch the official Sundance movie trailer for the upcoming Norwegian horror film “Dead Snow” by director Tommy Wirkola (Remake) and starring Ane Dahl Torp (Cold Lunch), Jenny Skavlan (Fatso), Charlotte Frogner (Hvaler), Jeppe Laursen (Limbo) and Stig Frode Henriksen (Kill Buljo: The Movie). Synopsis: A group of teenagers had all they needed for a successful ski vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains had other plans. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Dead Snow” movie news and trailers.