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All Your Fava Are Belong To Us!! NBC Orders 13 Episodes Of Bryan Fuller’s Lecter-Centric HANNIBAL: THE SERIES!! Fuller’s Script Is SO Awesome They Don’t Even Need A Pilot!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
Yeah baby!! NBC has ordered direct to series an hourlong that will examine the early relationship shared by serial killer Hannibal Lecter and FBI profiler Will Graham.
Bryan Fuller, creator of “Dead Like Me,” “Wonderfalls” and “Pushing Daisies,” wrote the pilot that sold it.
Graham was the troubled hero of “Red Dragon,” Thomas Harris’ first Lecter novel, which was made into Michael Mann’s excellent 1986 thriller “Manhunter” (starring Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor) and Brett Ratner’s rather less accomplished 2002 Anthony Hopkins remake.
The “Red Dragon” novel begins long after Graham captured Lecter. The new series would presumably deal with Graham hanging out with Lecter when the two collaborated on cases. Or perhaps afterwards, as Graham worked to hunt Hannibal The Cannibal down.
“CSI” icon William Petersen played Graham in the 1986 movie; Edward Norton stepped into the role for the remake.
“The Silence of the Lambs,” which depicts (among many other things) Lecter’s escape, was the Graham-free sequel to “Red Dragon.”
Martha De Laurentiis, a member of the filmmaking clan behind all five Lecter movies, is producing the series as well.
Find all of Deadline’s story on the matter here.
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Lecter doesn't fit into it. A ten part miniseries would work, cause it has a definite end, but something that is designed to go on indefinitely? Urgh
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And is it going to be set in the late 70s/early 80s?
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Feb 15, 2012 12:32:34 AM CST
Also, a follow up to the films sounds like it would have more possibilites
by silv
With Hannibal still on the run it could force an older Graham out of retirement, setting up a nice little season/series long chase.
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Seriously, do they have to ruin everything with endless sequels and prequels that just diminish the original piece?
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It all hinges on the actor playing Lecter.
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Read it way back in high school, and still one of my favorite books. Got me into criminal profiling. Too bad the series went downhill after silence of the lambs. I enjoyed Fuller's wonderfalls so I hope he can bring some life to this franchise.
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On its own this series generates zero interest for me. I liked the Silence of the Lambs, but don't love it as most people do. Manhunter is pretty cool, but very dated aas well and all the other Hannibal Lecter stuff has been crap. But I've never seen a bad thing written by Bryan Fuller. so I will defintitely give this a chance. I feel exactly the same way about his munsters reboot.
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Fuller did such a good job of making Sylar into this mythically evil figure in the first season of 'Heroes', especially in the early episodes, before he ever actually appeared. If Bryan can cast the same mojo towards 'Lecter' this could be a treat. I hope they go their own way with the characters and not worry too much about following the books.
I love 'Red Dragon' & 'The Silence of the Lambs' but Thomas Harris' writing really took a nose dive in 'Hannibal'. By the time he got to 'Hannibal Rising' he was barely even comprehensible. I haven't seen a great series go south like that since... well, since, Bryan Fuller left 'Heroes' after season one. Maybe B.F. can give Harris' world the same resuscitation he couldn't give to 'Heroes' after he returned towards the end of season three.
R.I.P. Pushing Daisies (may you find life after death through the power of cannibalism) -
If this is set present day,it just wont work. Needs to be set in late 70s early 80s before forensics and technology robbed us of murder mysteries..
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Feb 15, 2012 4:27:28 AM CST
Don't you mean "NBC is so desperate, they don't even need a pilot" ?
by v'shael
This is the last act of a desperate network.
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Feb 15, 2012 6:30:41 AM CST
Guess I'm the only one who like HANNIBAL, both book and film
by benbraddock
Harris really surprised me with the direction he took in the LAMBS sequel. Having Hannibal in Italy, and his getting kidnapped for revenge by his former victim was, I thought a great plot device.
He also gave us a bunch of interesting new characters (Pazzi, Verger, Margot) and milieu, instead of just completely retreading the same old ground he did in LAMBS.
I'm kind of glad Scott changed the ending to the movie cos the book's was just too nuts for most readers (me included) but overall I liked HANNIBAL.
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But I guess you are.
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That this thread hasn't been completely Cox'd?
You can't get Hopkins, so why not the man who played him first? -
The book got too batshit insane with Hannibal and Clarice becoming lovers but the movie worked out well.
Anyway, I'm sure this will succeed because prequels never fail.
When the hell is The Sarah Connor Chronicles coming back from hiatus? -
I really hope they nail the right actors for the part
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also wondering if the show will include plot points from Hannibal Rising..?
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no way, more Fuller pimping?!? get out!!! i love his work, well Pushing Daisies anyway, that's all I've seen of it, and it was a brilliant show, so fuller deserves the praise, but you could really help his cause a lot more if you at least Pretended to be impartial here.
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Both the book, and the movie... although I prefer the book because of the ending. The book was called Hannibal, he was our hero, and like in every story he defeated the villain and got the girl... just in a totally fucked up Hannibal way.
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Feb 15, 2012 11:12:35 AM CST
Johnny Lee Miller Cast As Holmes In Elementary...Hmm, Ain't No Cumbersnatch
by freebeer
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That's quite strange considering Miller and Cumberumberding did Boyle's Frankenstein together..saying that Miller has allready been the star of a show that's been cancelled in Eli Stone.
It's a shame cos Miller is a watchable presence on screen, he just can't seem to get the parts his cohorts can. -
With the emphasis on the TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN
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Feb 15, 2012 11:29:28 AM CST
Read the story on entetainemt.ie by the way, don't know the original source. But you're right, Miller is good when he can use his own accent...
by freebeer
...Much like Colin Farrell, he seems to lose a lot when trying to act and do an American accent at the same time.
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Feb 15, 2012 11:31:45 AM CST
But anyway, who would make a good TV Hannibal? I reckon Ian McShane
by freebeer
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Feb 15, 2012 11:33:30 AM CST
But it's a prequel, so McShane may be too old. Cumbersnatch would rock, but that will never happen. Hugh Laurie is free now that House is cancelled
by freebeer
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...http://entertainment.ie/celebrity_gossip/showbiz/Jonny-Lee-Miller-cast-in-US-Sherlock/102021.htm
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Feb 15, 2012 11:50:43 AM CST
Karl Urban as Graham...Tome Hiddleston as Hannibal..There, sorted
by freebeer
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No more remakes of 90s movies. Get some original ideas!
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Was just a huge "fuck you" and I loved it. He was really annoyed that people made Hannibal into some sort of anti-hero and wrote a big fuck you letter to them with that book. Love it.
Manhunter is an awesome movie. Silence of the Lambs is the best. Red Dragon isn't horrible but it's not good either.
This idea simply won't work. I get that they know a couple of the movie did well. They want a Dexter like show so here it is... This will fail. -
First they make the sequel to Silence without Jody Foster and some Dilaurentis or another crows about why Foster wasn't necessary. Now, they decide to do a reboot. I'm sorry, but enough!!! Hopkins as Lecter in moving the story forward or NOTHING. I won't be watching.
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Damn it.
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Feb 15, 2012 3:14:52 PM CST
Seems like Tim Minear would be a better fit. I liked the Inside
by domi'sinnerchild
Maybe they were spitballing this series together while working on Wonderfalls.
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Feb 15, 2012 3:29:18 PM CST
Seeing the words "Bryan Fuller" just makes miss "Pushing Daisies" and pout.
by pollaxt
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If he gives it the seal of approval, or even contributes, then it's a no-brainer for me. Bring it on.
Even if he isn't, I'm cautiously interested. I'd love to read Fuller's pilot. Are Will and Hannibal supposed to be all buddy buddy, or at least professionally acquainted on a regular basis?
I'd have to go back and check, but I didn't get the sense from Red Dragon (the book) that they had all that much contact before Will caught him. I thought one of the people killed was being treated by Lecter and Will went to interview him for one reason or another, saw some books on his bookshelf and it clicked that Lecter was the killer...am I misremembering?
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Feb 15, 2012 4:52:26 PM CST
I agree that Hannibal as some sort of an anti-hero doesn't work
by mugato5150
The audience gets a perverse sense of pleasure in Hannibal escaping and getting revenge on his doctor in Silence of the Lambs but he still killed a lot of innocent people. Yeah, he made a child molester mutilate himself but he's still an asshole. Although the part about he and Clarice becoming lovers isn't completely unrealistic. Girls are frequently attracted to assholes. But I can understand Jodie Forster being turned off by it.
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Feb 15, 2012 5:16:54 PM CST
Is it heretical to prefer Red Dragon to Manhunter?
by siouxcitysarsaparilla
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He drops Brian Cox references every other talkback and on the one topic where it's appropriate, he's no where to be seen.
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I saw it when it was released in the theaters. Michael Mann took a lot of liberties with the story, tailoring it to his style, but I still love that movie.
Red Dragon is more faithful to the book but Ed Norton didn't seem a good fit to me.
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Red Dragon was far better than Manhunter. Brian Cox over acted terribly as Lecter and even though I love Michael Mann (no one can shoot a cityscape like him, Heat is one of my favorite movies and he even made Tom Cruise look cool in Collataral), the movie was REALLY 80's. Not even ironically '80s like Drive but just really dated. It's like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard were '80s crime movies too but weren't nearly as dated.
I'll admit that they shoe-horned in some extra scenes with Lecter and Michael Mann is a great director while Brett Ratner is a tool but I'm judging the movies on their own merits.
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Feb 15, 2012 5:58:17 PM CST
What's the song on Manhunter when Graham figures out the connection between the families?
by tangcameo
That moment when he realizes and there's that rising, rising music behind him as he rushes to the phone and gets his colleagues to check his theory.
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is used to taking risks, coming from cable, but network TV has no subscribers, and therefore no guaranteed revenue stream and less viewer loyalty.
He'd better hope Hannibal turns out better than The Firm did, or it's just going to be another full order to be burned off on Saturday nights as well. -
Feb 15, 2012 7:33:40 PM CST
He must devote his full attention to The Munsters
by lesbianna_winterlude
or we will not get the masterpiece we deserve.
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Red Dragon changed the novel. Lecter killed one of his own students and Grahan went to question him about her. He saw a rare book on his shelf and, in that weird Graham way they talk about in the book, he just knew it was Lecter. They never collaborated on cases.
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It was an instrumental in that scene, I think by Tangerine Dream. So awesome. He touches the window as he knows he's right.
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I'm very glad you brought it up-it's Graham's Theme by Michel Rubini, and it's one of my favourite pieces of film music. There are variations of it throughout the film (most memorably during the the "Just you me now sport...I'm gonna find you, you son of a bitch" scene in the airport) but the rising version through the revelation scene can be found by just typing "Grahams Theme Manhunter" into YouTube. Look it up, you won't regret it
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but I reckon they'll go down an X-Men: First Class route and make it like Lecter and Graham were best buds before an inevitable betrayal. Yeah, Lecter helped him out and they were probably pretty civil to each other, but Graham was driven to mental meltdown trying to suss out that it was Lecter he was trying to catch, and Hannibal relishes in fucking with the guy, they didn't spend years pal-ling around. Playing up their friendship could be interesting, but it'd need to get to the point where Graham catches him and the dynamic changes, and where do they go from there? Just remake Red Dragon within the later half of the series? Actually, seeing as Ratner's version was pretty "meh", I can see it happening
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I had it in my head that they worked on at least one case together, but yeah, I think they did originally just met for a few minutes before the arrest. So yeah, this will be a complete Smallville-esque redo, presumably where everyone knows everyone. Graham will probably get a case working with the Starling family at some point, knowing the way this stuff works
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He has yet to dissapoint. Heroes went downhill when he left; then with 1 episode, he made the series great again. Then he left, we all know what happened next...
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Feb 16, 2012 4:47:45 AM CST
Cheap attempt to ape Dexter - Morally bankrupt audiences will love it
by behemoth
Oooh, what's the serial killer going to do tonight? You think he'll eat someone? Hannibal ... soooo cool.
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They're doing the same thing with the Hannibal character as they did with Fred. Initially, the latter was a horrific murderer. Then, over the next few films, he becomes a wise-cracking, "lovable"-in-a-sense antihero who appears in music videos. Forget about the nature of his original crimes, America. Let's just dress our kids up as Freddy and ignore the irony.
Same crap with Hannibal. Started out as a genius lunatic, maniacal killer, now has become yet another omnipotent brainiac whose killing methodology is to be celebrated and enjoyed. Just like Dahmer. What? You mean Dahmer wasn't funny or enjoyable on any level? Oh, OK.
Well, eat up, America.
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Feb 16, 2012 6:27:24 AM CST
This COULD Work... If it were twelve episodes, had a planned end after two seasons and kept NBC executives out of the decision making process.
by dr_pepperspray
Nice try NBC.
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HANNNNNNIBALLLLLLLLLLLL!
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'Hey, why are there census forms scattered all over the floor? And who ate all my fava beans?'
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Just kidding. I like all of Fullers shows.
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