EXCL: PROJECT X STAR TALKS HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS

The DLB recently sat in on a roundtable with the young stars of the party movie Project X, opening this weekend, and got a quote from actor Thomas Mann about his involvement with Dead Snow director Tommy Wirkola’s upcoming Hollywood debut Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters which casts Jeremy Renner (upcoming The Avengers) and Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans) as the titular siblings who have grown up to become, um, witch hunters.

On the film’s tone:

The tone of the film, it’s sort of Tarantino-esque. It doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a really fun movie, but it’s also very dark and gory. It’s a hard R, lots of blood and guts. It’s like the original fairytale Hansel & Gretel but it takes place 15 years later so Hansel and Gretel are grown up and they’re with bounty hunters. So basically they hunt witches.

On his character Ben:

And I’m like their biggest fan. They come to my town where there’s like a witch infestation. I become like their sidekick.

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters opens January 11, 2013.