HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS 2 May Be Scrapped in Favor of a TV Series

A couple of months ago, Paramount set director Bruno Aveillan to helm Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2, a sequel to their 2013 action/horror/comedy. The original movie made more than expected overseas, so the studio figured that there was enough interest to justify a sequel; now it seems they're having second thoughts, as Deadline reports that development of the movie has come to a stop as Paramount executives rethink the franchise.

Instead of a movie, the studio is "formulating a new plan that likely will make it a cable series through Paramount TV." There's no confirmation of this yet, and Deadline's report says the studio is "still figuring it out," but "the filmmakers were all taken by surprise." Yeah, I'd imagine it'd be pretty damn surprising to be hired to direct a movie and then all of a sudden hear that the movie's not happening and a TV show might take its place. I wonder if Aveillan will stick with the project as it transitions between mediums or if he'll bail and move on to something else.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters was ravaged by critics upon release (it currently has a 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, if you care about that sort of thing), but it seems like general audiences embraced the campy, sillier aspects of the movie and ended up enjoying it. Most of the commenters here seem to dig it, so I'm interested in what you all think about the sequel possibly being moved over to a TV show. Is that something you'd watch, especially if Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton don't come back to reprise their roles (which I don't expect they'll do)?