Molly To Star In Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & The 420 Witch

With Paramount wrapping its Jeremy Renner-starrer “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” a trio of indie companies is prepping an alternate take on the Grimm brothers’ classic fairy tale, titled “Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & The 420 Witch.”

Duane Journey will direct from David Tillman’s script, which concerns a witch living in Pasadena who lures teens into her house with a special blend of marijuana so she can eat them in order to maintain her youth.

“Twilight” thesp Michael Welch and “Castle” star Molly Quinn will play the endangered siblings, while Lara Flynn Boyle (“Men in Black II”) will play the sinister witch.

Brett Hudson of Kerry, Kimmel and Pollack will produce with James Cotten of Dark Highway Films. KK&P’s Michael Pollack and Mark Morgan (“The Twilight Saga”) will exec produce with William Beasley (“21″) and Jonathan Heine of Uptik Entertainment.

Production is skedded to start Nov. 12 in Los Angeles.

“420 Witch is not your average fairytale adaptation. It’s a reinvention of the story with a dark edge that I think audiences will love,” said Hudson.

KK&P is an independent production and financing entity that recently acquired feature film rights to Marcus Sedgwick’s novel “White Crow.” Company is currently prepping the epic miniseries “Quattrocento” in Budapest.

Boyle, who recently starred in “Life is Hot in Cracktown,” is repped by Buchwald/Fortitude and Rugolo Entertainment.

Welch is repped by Innovative Artists and Curtis Talent Management, while Quinn is repped by APA and Luber Roklin Entertainment.

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