Harper’s last genre film was Black Hole, which David Fincher has been developing (also at Paramount). But as for H&G: Witch Hunters, “[Wirkola] pitched and plotted out the story line, which picks up the fairy-tale siblings 15 years after their traumatic gingerbread house incident, which provoked them to become witch bounty hunters.
Sanchez execs Kevin Messick, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, and Chris Henchy are producing the horror-action comedy, which is pitched as having a gory-but-funny ‘Shaun of the Dead’ vibe.”