He throttled into 2012 with turns in The Avengers and The Bourne Legacy - and now Jeremy Renner is adding high-octane action to a story of a different kind.
The actor, alongside his on-screen sister, former Bond girl Gemma Arterton, has turned witch hunter in the latest big screen adaptation of Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel.
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Action man: Jeremy Renner plays a grown up Hansel in Tommy Wirkola's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Where it all started: The story begins as the young brother and sister stumble upon a candy-covered house in the woods
A new trailer for the film shows the pair prowling the woods for little old women who like to devour lost children as they seek revenge for their childhood run-in with a witch whose wicked ways with confections nearly killed them.
Of course, as the Brothers Grimm story goes, the young brother and sister, captured by the witch living deep in the forest, escape her candy-covered house, burning the cannibal in her own oven.
Behind the doors: An evil witch waits for the children to enter
Sealing their fate: The siblings manage to outwit the cannibalistic witch who lured them inside - burning her in her own oven
Action man: Jeremy Renner and Gemma Aterton play a grown up Hansel and Gretel in Tommy Wirkola's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Fast forward 15 years and Jeremy Renner’s Hansel and Gemma Arterton’s Gretel are all grown up and have evolved into merciless bounty hunters, famous for their proficiency at tracking and taking down blood-thirsty spell binders.
Now immune to harmful spells and curses, they are recruited by the Mayor of Augsburg to rid the town of the evil witch Muriel, played by Famke Janssen, who is planning to sacrifice local children at the witches' gathering during the upcoming 'Blood Moon' night.
But things are not all that they appear as the pair discover on their hunt a much darker power may be responsible for the childrens' mysterious disappearances.
Dark forces: Hansel and Gretel have become famous for their proficiency at tracking and taking down blood-thirsty spell binders
Not what it seems: The pair are recruited by the Mayor of Augsburg to rid the town of the evil
Evil lurks: Hansel and Gretel hunt the evil witch Muriel, played by Famke Janssen, who is planning to sacrifice local children at the witches' gathering during the upcoming 'Blood Moon' night
Renner and Arterton - with a little help in the editing bay - show of their weaponry skills in the action-fantasy-horror film, lensed in the medieval town of Brunswick, Germany.
Renner dodges an arrow in one Matrix-style move, and the pair are expert at setting traps for their prey, until they finally meet their match.
Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola described 3D film as a mix of 'blood and gore and action, all the stuff that I love'.
Hunter: Gretel, played by Gemma Arterton, is an expert bowman - until her luck runs out when a witch steals her weapon
Kidnapped? The heroine fights off evil forces in a dark forest while her brother fights to free her
Line of fire: Renner and Aterton - with a little help in the editing bay - show of their weaponry skills
He told ShockTillYouDrop while working on the first draft: '[The film] has a lot of blood and guts. First and foremost, it's an action movie, I think, with horror elements.
'And of course some dark humor as well. But the action and horror are the most import feelings I want.'
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is set for release January 11, 2013.
Supernatural: Renner dodges an arrow in one Matrix-style shot
Up in flames: The townspeople flee in horror as a dark force rips though their village
Have they met their match? Hansel and Gretel appear to emerge from the flames unscathed - but have they saved the children?
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