Paramount Schedules ‘Hansel & Gretel 3D’ For March 2, 2012; MGM Co-Financing

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• 3D. My interest-o-meter has just swung from high to low. Anyone seen the script able to tell me it’s so good I can overlook the lack of luminance, the ‘flat pack’ look and the headache and nausea will be worth it?

  Comment by Ripsnorter — Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 2:18pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Everyone who’s read the script at Paramount has been awestruck, and all parties are very excited. However as everyone knows, anything can happen during production, and directors do often attempt to make their own mark on a film by changing certain elements.

    That can certainly happen, but as it stands now the project looks solid.

    Although I still don’t understand Jeremy Renner’s coming off the new MISSION IMPOSSIBLE to star in HANSEL & GRETEL. Seems like two steps back in terms of pure perception.

    Comment by on staff — Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 8:10pm PST  Reply to this post

• Script looks very entertaining. I agree about the 3D though, wish we could just move on from this fad.

  Comment by guru — Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 2:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• Thiss will be terrible. The first feature by this director, Bujo something or other, was never distributed it was so bad.

  Dead Snow was equally terrible. And Hansel & Gretel was actually a short Wirkola did at school. If any of you saw it you wouldn’t have words to describe how bad it is.

  But the defenders will say, its stupid comedy, and not to take the films seriously. That’s a BS excuse. Bad is bad.

  Comment by Captain Obvious — Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 4:23pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Well, as a Norwegian I can say that you are, firstly, very wrong when it comes to Kill Buljo. Sure, a low brow comedy, but it was made for practically nothing, and it got a cult-following here in Norway. Not only that, but it sold to many countries overseas.
    And Dead Snow, well, I loved the movie, and so does many others it seems as well (IMDB). Can’t wait for this one!

    Comment by BillyBatts — Friday February 18, 2011 @ 2:25am PST  Reply to this post

  • Wrong. Kill Buljo was a big hit in Norway, and was also sold to many other countries. Not bad for a movie made for nothing.
    As for Dead Snow, I thought it was great, fun and gory. Looking forward to this one.

    Comment by Vader — Friday February 18, 2011 @ 2:32am PST  Reply to this post

  • kill buljo startes as a film made by a couple of friends with regular cameras you can buy from any electronics store. iit was a fun romp with lots of hit and miss humor. but it was a big success in norway none the less

    Comment by Johan — Sunday April 3, 2011 @ 1:19pm PDT  Reply to this post