Watch first full trailer for ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’

Move over Abraham Lincoln, this time Hansel and Gretel will be battling supernatural creatures.

Jeremy Renner, who stars in the new “Bourne Legacy” film and Hawkeye in the blockbuster “The Avengers” will now join Gemma Arterton as the famous siblings who escape a cannibalistic witch in a haunted forest.

The story follows the titular characters, who have grown up to become full-fledged witch hunters.

Femke Janssen also stars as Muriel with Zoe Bell, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Monique Ganderton all cast as various witches.

“Hansel and Gretel” comes to theaters January 11, 2013.

Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner in “Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters” photo/Paramount Pictures

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