Alright... no more of this Tim Roth bs! YEAH! Ol Scott Lecter below extracted the latest morsel of info about the upcoming film version of Thomas Harris' HANNIBAL from Hopkins' own lips on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD. So be happy... Looks like the film is beginning to take shape. Talks with Moriarty have produced NO NEW INFORMATION, as the common belief is he is slacking on this subject that he was once excited about. Though... of course the promotion of another... enemy evil genius may be counter-productive to his own chances to rule the world. So... we'll have to wait and be at one with our universe awaiting the next bite of information...

Here's some news you might want to know on Dr. Lecter and Anthony Hopkins. It can be found at my site SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - THE SEQUEL SITE and also in the 'Hopkins Mailing List'.

...he was on Access Hollywood [9/24/99] because he narrated the Sigfried and Roy IMAX movie that opened Friday in NY (or LA, I'm not sure), and they asked him about HANNIBAL and he said that he's definitely gonna play Lecter and that he's heard the script is amazing, but he doesn't have a final copy. He said that he should have a finished script in 2 or 3 weeks and at that time he and Jodie and Ridley would get together and discuss. Jodie will prolly decide at that time what she's gonna do. And I read somewhere that the expected principal photography start date is March 2000.

They said he seemed enthusiastic about it. A brief description of what he's looking like lately: longer than usual hair, length to a little over his shirt collar (when he did SoL, his hair was this long in the screen tests). And they said he's looking GOOD and looks like he's lost some weight.

Thanks so much. I hope you can use it.

Scott Lecter