Upcoming movies 2012

2012 could also be called "Season of the Witch", it seems, as there are at least four movies coming out and one currently airing TV show that feature evil witches, all of them based on Grimm's fairy tales.

The picture to the left is from Snowwhite and the Huntsman starring Charlize Theron as evil witch, as well as Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart. As you can see in the picture (and the trailer), the evil witch seems to have superhuman strength which might or might not be the case for some of the other movies as well. You'll find a link to the trailer at the bottom of this post. The movie will be released in the summer of 2012.

The second movie featuring evil witches is called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and is a modern take on the popular fairy tale. It stars Gemma Arterton as Gretel, Jeremy Renner as Hansel and with Famke Janssen another of Hollywood's classic beauties as evil witch. The only thing that has been released so far is one picture showing Hansel and Gretel. A trailer should come out soon and the movie will be released March 2nd, 2012. Among the cast are also Zoe Bell and Monique Ganderton, which might mean some ass-kicking, and Peter Stormare. From what I've read about the movie from people who have (supposedly) attended screenings this one might actually be a lot of fun, ubergirls or not.

Speaking of the lovely Gemma Arterton ... Neil Jordan, director of Crying Game, Interview with a Vampire etc. is currently filming Byzantium, a movie about a mother-daughter duo of vampires on the run, starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan (Hanna). The film is scheduled for a late 2012 release and in this early stage it is hard to tell if this will be interesting, but it's definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Back to the witches.

Gretl is yet another take on the Hansel and Gretel story, this time made for TV. It was supposed to be released this year but it's release date has been changed to February 2012, maybe because of Hansel and Gretel's release date. Among the cast are Shannon Doherty as Gretel and the lovely Erica Cox (Bitten) as lead witch. The movie plot sounds somewhat similar to Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters with Hansel out for revenge against the witch that supposedly killed his sister who is now the witches protege.

Finally, there are Once upon a time and Grimm, both TV shows that are currently airing on ABC and the CW respectively. Once upon a time features Lana Parilla as evil witch; it doesn't seem all too likely that we will see any superstrength scenes in this show, though, however, the evil witch does have some sort of telekinetic powers. So far, six episodes have aired. In one of the last episodes of Grimm there was a female werewolf who did a little bit of fighting, but nothing special.

That's it for now. Here is the trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman (the throatlift happens at ~0:23):