He just won best actor at the Cannes Film Festival the other week, now Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has landed another high profile gig - he'll play Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the upcoming NBC series "Hannibal" says Variety. "Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller is producing the series which expands upon the early events alluded to in Thomas Harris' … [Read more...]
Lecter Has His Show So “Clarice” Gets Hers
May 29, 2012 by
With Hannibal Lecter having essentially retired from the film world, the small screen is exploiting Thomas Harris' properties in a big way. As we know NBC has scheduled "Hannibal" for next season. That show is set in the years before the events of "Red Dragon" and follows Lecter's relationship with profiler Will Graham in their early days … [Read more...]
Hannibal Lecter Ordered To Series
February 15, 2012 by
NBC obviously liked what they saw in the script as the network has given a full direct-to-series commitment to Gaumont's "Hannibal", a one-hour drama written by Bryan Fuller ("Pushing Daisies," "Dead Like Me") that essentially serves as a prequel to the Hannibal Lecter films. Expanding upon the early events alluded to in Thomas Harris' novel "Red … [Read more...]
Hannibal Lecter Gets A TV Series
September 12, 2011 by
French studio Gaumont is launching a new worldwide television production and distribution division with several projects in development reports Broadcast. Chief among them however is "Hannibal", a one-hour drama written by Bryan Fuller ("Pushing Daisies," "Dead Like Me") that essentially serves as a prequel to the Hannibal Lecter films. Expanding … [Read more...]
