Am I the only one who hadn't heard about this?
Still failing to realise that too much of a good thing can actually be pretty bad, those greedy Hollywood types are transplanting one of the most iconic movie characters ever to the smaller screen.
After the huge success of The Silence Of The Lambs (still the only horror film to have won a best picture Oscar), Hannibal Lecter became a household name (sorry Manhunter). Then there was Ridley Scott's Hannibal which was undoubtedly weaker but still conjured up some fascinating moments. After that we saw Red Dragon, which was solid but a bit too Brett Ratner-y.
Finally, if anyone can even remember, there was a pointless prequel entitled Hannibal Rising which was instantly forgotten. In September, it was announced that we'd be getting a TV series based around the famous cannibal and now, we have some more information.
NBC have picked up the show, called Hannibal, in the US, and it will be written and exec-produced by Bryan Fuller, best known for working on Heroes and Pushing Daisies. Apparently he's a fan of Lecter's dark, sick side but how this will fly on network TV is a tough one.
Fuller will write a script and if NBC approve, the show will bypass the pilot stage and go straight into a 13-episode order.
Details on the plot are still sketchy but all that's been said is that the series would “centre on Lecter’s early days, namely his time going head-to-head with FBI agent Will Graham.”
It's not the only TV series based on a movie that we have to look forward to. The Tom Cruise/John Grisham thriller The Firm is also coming onto our screens next year.
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainme...nnibal-tv-show
Can this work as a network show? Were it not for Bryan Fuller, I'd write it off completely. Even so, I just can't see it being good if they stay 'true' to the film. However, if they turn it into the kind of show the original inspired, Criminal Minds, for example, then it might prove entertaining enough if you forget the origins. Apparently, Fuller has seven seasons planned out for Hannibal.
Fuller's bringing back some of his previous contributors for his latest crack.
Caroline Dhavernas and Chelan Simmons (Wonderfalls) are set to star, with Simmons playing the same character she did in Wonderfalls as part of a crossover. There's also Lara Jean Chorostecki (Freddie Lounds), Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford) and Gina Torres (Crawford's wife). Hannibal will be played by Mads Mikkelson and Will Graham by Hugh Dancy.
Rather than make another thread, I'll just mention here that Fuller's also rebooting The Munster's. Now called Mockingbird Lane.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/new...r-reboots.html
Still failing to realise that too much of a good thing can actually be pretty bad, those greedy Hollywood types are transplanting one of the most iconic movie characters ever to the smaller screen.
After the huge success of The Silence Of The Lambs (still the only horror film to have won a best picture Oscar), Hannibal Lecter became a household name (sorry Manhunter). Then there was Ridley Scott's Hannibal which was undoubtedly weaker but still conjured up some fascinating moments. After that we saw Red Dragon, which was solid but a bit too Brett Ratner-y.
Finally, if anyone can even remember, there was a pointless prequel entitled Hannibal Rising which was instantly forgotten. In September, it was announced that we'd be getting a TV series based around the famous cannibal and now, we have some more information.
NBC have picked up the show, called Hannibal, in the US, and it will be written and exec-produced by Bryan Fuller, best known for working on Heroes and Pushing Daisies. Apparently he's a fan of Lecter's dark, sick side but how this will fly on network TV is a tough one.
Fuller will write a script and if NBC approve, the show will bypass the pilot stage and go straight into a 13-episode order.
Details on the plot are still sketchy but all that's been said is that the series would “centre on Lecter’s early days, namely his time going head-to-head with FBI agent Will Graham.”
It's not the only TV series based on a movie that we have to look forward to. The Tom Cruise/John Grisham thriller The Firm is also coming onto our screens next year.
Can this work as a network show? Were it not for Bryan Fuller, I'd write it off completely. Even so, I just can't see it being good if they stay 'true' to the film. However, if they turn it into the kind of show the original inspired, Criminal Minds, for example, then it might prove entertaining enough if you forget the origins. Apparently, Fuller has seven seasons planned out for Hannibal.
Fuller's bringing back some of his previous contributors for his latest crack.
Caroline Dhavernas and Chelan Simmons (Wonderfalls) are set to star, with Simmons playing the same character she did in Wonderfalls as part of a crossover. There's also Lara Jean Chorostecki (Freddie Lounds), Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford) and Gina Torres (Crawford's wife). Hannibal will be played by Mads Mikkelson and Will Graham by Hugh Dancy.
Rather than make another thread, I'll just mention here that Fuller's also rebooting The Munster's. Now called Mockingbird Lane.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new version of the sitcom will feature Jerry O'Connell (Piranha 3D) as Herman Munster and Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development) as his wife Lily, with Eddie Izzard as Grandpa Munster.
"We wanted this to look like if Hitchcock was directing a Harry Potter film," Fuller told the crowd, and noted that he was inspired to retell the Munsters story after visiting an art exhibit by Tim Burton in New York.
"We wanted this to look like if Hitchcock was directing a Harry Potter film," Fuller told the crowd, and noted that he was inspired to retell the Munsters story after visiting an art exhibit by Tim Burton in New York.
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