Posters: ‘Jack The Giant Slayer’, ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’, ‘Side Effects’
2012 saw a couple of high-profile fairy tale releases, but the trend is really just getting started. 2013 has a couple such titles due out in just the first three months, includingTommy Wirkola’sHansel & Gretel: Witch Huntersin January andBryan Singer’sJack the Giant Slayerin March.
Of course, that’s not to say there aren’t promising non-fantasy movies due out as well. One we’re especially looking forward to isSide Effects,Steven Soderbergh’s possibly final theatrical release. Check out new posters for all three films after the jump.
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Kicking off the fairy tale onslaught isHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, which opensJanuary 25.Jeremy RennerandGemma Artertonstar as… well, you may probably figure it out from the title.Famke Janssenplays the villain. The Brazilian poster shown here is similar in style to the American ones that have been making the rounds, but I think it looks ever so slightly more badass.
A few weeks later, onMarch 1, we getJack the Giant SlayerwithNicholas Houltin the title role. Here’s the synopsis:
Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack (Nicholas Hoult) into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.
The trailer received some criticism (including fromRuss) for looking off-puttingly fake. But the poster, I love. It’s simple, but does a bang-up job capturing the film’s epic fantasy feel.
And in the non-storybook category, we have Soderbergh’sSide Effectsslated forFebruary 8. The film is notable for being Soderbergh’s last pre-hiatus effort to hit theaters. But it’d look worth checking out even if that weren’t the case.Rooney Marastars as Emily Taylor, a young woman whose dependence on anti-depressants spins out of control.Jude Lawplays her doctor Jonathan Banks (unrelated, we assume, to the otherJonathan Banks), whose interest in her doesn’t seem totally healthy.
