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Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (American action comedy) Norwegian premiere February 1, the first Hollywood movie to Tommy Sten, Norwegian who previously created "Dead Snow" and "Kill Buljo." According to several prior reports $ 60 million in the budget, while Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton plays the title roles of adults hair dye and brutal witch hunters.
- The first time I remember I mentioned the idea of a film was in my school in Australia for 6-7 years ago. We had a pitch competition for the teacher, where we had one minute each to present our idea and he would pretend he was a Hollywood producer. I pitched hair dye my idea of "Hansel and Gretel" and he responded by telling me that I had to mention the concept once again to someone before I got the chance to do it for a producer in Hollywood. Then he guaranteed me that I would get lucky.
So I kept my mouth shut, and made "Kill Buljo" and "Dead Snow" at home in Norway. The latter was selected for Sundance, I was invited to LA, and my first meeting was with Gary Sanchez Productions. Where I pitched the idea, as they digga, and two days later they took me to the Paramount, where we pitched it together. Paramount said there and then that they would have it.
- Two of the film's producers are Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, who is among the heaviest names on the comedy front in Hollywood. Where have they been involved in the project, and how do you think it has been working with them?
- It was their producer Kevin Messick, who first saw "Dead Snow". He saw it in Sundance, and called once my agent and said he wanted them to be the first who met me when I came to LA. And since day one, they have been 100 percent behind me.
Will is not on a daily basis, but of course read the script and also the movie several hair dye times along the way. He's obviously very busy with films that are also outside hair dye their company, so there is a limit to how much he can undertake. McKay, however, has been very involved in both manuscript rounds and cut in rounds. There is nothing to say that they and the rest of the gang their are wonderful people.
It certainly sounds like a cliché, but I can not say anything else. They are earthy, extremely hair dye funny, not to mention smart people who have given me lots of good advice during the process. Not least, they supported me and my decisions, and have always known what kind of movie I would make.
- The major sources of inspiration for me when it comes to "Hansel and Gretel" is without doubt the early work of both Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson. The way the combined action, thriller, blood and gore with humor has always been something I've really looked up to, and is something we've tried to do with "Hansel and Gretel".
"Hansel and Gretel" is the more an action-adventure movie than a chiller, but we have all these ingredients mixed with humor, which I hope means that the film can stand out from the more classic hair dye adaptation of the adventures that we have seen in lately. "Hansel and Gretel" has too much of my peculiar sense of humor (yes, I know that scares some), but I'm incredibly proud that we've got this film through the studio system, and it has been as it has been in terms of the mixture of humor, gore and action.
- Action section, which really dominates the film, is primarily inspired by Steven Spielberg, and the way he shoots action scenes in "Indiana hair dye Jones" films. A classical approach in which we have avoided an excessive use of hand-held camera, nor gone to a style where you actually SEE what's going on. The intensity is right there, of course, through clips and music, and action sequences are some of the things I'm most proud of "Hansel and Gretel".
- I'm a big James Bond fan and think it's really cool that the whole two Bond ladies are in the movie. One of them is the one and Famke Janssen, who must be one of the all-time hair dye femme fatales of the film! This should tell you more about!
- I've had a crush on Famke since "Goldeneye", where she played Xenia Onatopp, and also liked the job she did in "X-Men" films. It's no doubt that she is a very talented actor, but in addition she has a physical presence that was very important for this role. I wanted you to feel that if she came into a room with "Hansel and Gretel", so she could easily knock the living daylights out of them, and there we were with Famke.
She plays Muriel, the main witch in the movie. Muriel is a character I will not say too much about, except that she has any links to their past and that she is onto something that can do just about witches invincible, which of course makes her a great concern for the main characters.
- There are also some cool people who have supporting roles in "Hansel and Gretel", including the New Zealand stunt woman Zoe Bell (who has worked some with Tarantino). The public can also look forward to some Nordic faces?
- Since we filmed in Europe, in Berlin, I got pretty free rein when it came to cast the supporting cast. I have spent many