DEAD SNOW director Tommy Wirkola’s Hollywood debut HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, is still to be released, yet he is already looking to his next project. Wirkola has been tapped to direct a big-screen effort of Red 5’s mini-comic book series AFTERBURN. The series, written by Scott Chitwood and Paul Ens, will star Gerard Butler as a treasure hunter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, on the hunt for valuable artefacts, whilst battling bloodthirsty mutants, lawless gangs and bounty hunters.
HANSEL AND GRETAL: WITCH HUNTERS, starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, was expected this summer; until a decision was made to move it to January 2013. Wirkola replaces TRAINING DAY’s Antoine Fuqua on AFTERBURN, who appears to have huge number on projects on his slate.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
