Debut 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' Trailer - Starring Jeremy Renner & Gemma Arterton

Long delayed and now R-rated, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters finally has a trailer courtesy of Apple. The film stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the brother-and-sister duo, along with Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Thomas Mann, and Zoe Bell. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters was directed by Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) and opens January 11, 2013. Synopsis and trailer after the jump.

Catching up with Hansel (Renner) and Gretel (Arterton) 15 years after the traumatic incident involving a gingerbread house, the siblings have evolved into vengeful bounty hunters dedicated to exterminating witches. Over the years, the siblings became expert hunters, famous for their proficiency at tracking and taking down their prey. Although still recovering from their ordeal, their work is relatively easy as for an unknown reason harmful spells and curses do not work well against them.

The Mayor of Augsburg recruits them to rid the town and nearby forests of an evil sorceress (Janssen) who is planning to sacrifice many local children at the witches’ gathering during the upcoming ‘Blood Moon’ night in two days time. To make things worse, the duo also has to deal with the brutal Sheriff Berringer (Stormare) who has taken power in Augsburg and conducts a very indiscriminate witch-hunt of his own.