Dr. Lecter Invites you to Dinner. The ''Hannibal'' Thread

[Sawyer]

Phone calls? Pffft... that's his alarm clock to get up in the morning. He always sleeps with his eyes open, seated in a thoughtful-looking position.

[Pink Ranger]

[Schlosser85]

For some reason, I could almost see Keaton as Lecter.

[Doctor Jones]

Originally Posted by Pink Ranger

Many people make the mistake that Jones' avatar is the scene from Batman Returns. In actuality, that's how Michael Keaton prefers to get phone calls to his home these days.

but

Originally Posted by Schlosser85

For some reason, I could almost see Keaton as Lecter.

I just want to see Keaton in something new again.

[Slushy]

Just no, Mikkelsen is a fantastic actor but he never gets the chance to really show it on his English-language output, so I hope this role will be as great as his Danish roles

This. He owned in King Arthur. He owned in Clash Of The Titans. And he fu**ing OWNED in Casino Royale!

I was totally against a Lecter series, but with Mads in the role, I know he will do well.

[Sawyer]

TV Guide:

How the Hannibal Books Spawned Two Different TV Projects
by Michael Schneider

Has Hollywood overdosed on too many fava beans with their nice chianti? Two characters from the same series of Thomas Harris books wound up in development simultaneously, and how that happened is an all-too typical story of tangled Hollywood rights.

NBC had already ordered 13 episodes of Bryan Fuller's Hannibal (based on The Silence of the Lambs killer Hannibal Lecter) when TV Guide Magazine broke the news last month that Lifetime is developing Clarice, revolving around Lambs' Clarice Starling character.

Similar projects wind up in development (and even on TV) all the time, but it's unusual for two different takes on the same franchise to show up at once. In this case, it all begins with late mega-producer Dino DeLaurentiis, who was behind Manhunter, the first movie based on Hannibal Lecter, as well as the sequels Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising. DeLaurentiis' widow, Martha DeLaurentiis, also produced those movies, and brought the Hannibal franchise to NBC.

Here's the catch: Dino DeLaurentiis didn't produce 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. That movie came from Orion Pictures, which MGM later acquired. As a result, MGM has asserted its rights to the Clarice character. Under new TV head Steve Stark, MGM TV is looking through its library to find potential franchises to revive, and Clarice seemed like a good fit for Lifetime. Those two different rights deals are why Hannibal won't be seen on Clarice, and vice versa.

Fuller, whose Hannibal will focus on the relationship between the serial killer and FBI criminal profiler Will Graham, says he understands the appeal of the franchise. "Hannibal has a great legacy of elegant horror," he says. "I took inspiration from the lyrical, surreal horror movie moments from some of David Lynch's films and tried to give this project a sense of beautiful dread. I was drawn to the bromance, for lack of a better word, between two uniquely crazy people who need each other's crazy to understand their own."

In casting Mads Mikkelsen to play Lecter, Fuller says it wasn't until the actor was mentioned that he or pilot director David Slade "completely understood who this Hannibal was. Dr. Lecter is a capable, complicated character and we found an amazingly capable, complicated actor."

Fuller also likes the fact that Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy, who plays the FBI's Graham, have worked together before and like each other. "There is a real friendship between these gentlemen and I'm excited about how that will inform their twisted camaraderie onscreen," Fuller says.

So that's how Clarice came to be. It's not the same people behind it. Just MGM seeing an opportunity.

[Randal Graves]

Fuller, whose Hannibal will focus on the relationship between the serial killer and FBI criminal profiler Will Graham, says he understands the appeal of the franchise. "Hannibal has a great legacy of elegant horror," he says. "I took inspiration from the lyrical, surreal horror movie moments from some of David Lynch's films and tried to give this project a sense of beautiful dread. I was drawn to the bromance, for lack of a better word, between two uniquely crazy people who need each other's crazy to understand their own."

This has me excited.

[Sawyer]

According to David Fury's twitter, he got the chance to write an episode of the series before the writing for the new season of Fringe began.

This guy has written for damn near every show I've ever loved... Buffy, Angel, LOST, 24, Fringe... if he's part of the writing team, I consider that a good sign.

[Shifty]

That bodes well and hopefully he stays on once he's done with Fringe.

[Sawyer]

SDCC Panel:

Saturday, July 14
1:00-2:00 A Conversation with Bryan Fuller— Acclaimed television writer/executive producer Bryan Fuller (Heroes), the creative force behind Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls, and Dead Like Me, for a Q&A with fans as he discusses two of his highly anticipated projects, Hannibal and Mockingbird Lane, both at NBC. In the midseason drama Hannibal, one of the most fascinating literary characters comes to life on television for the first time: psychiatrist-turned-serial-killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The recently shot pilot Mockingbird Lane is an imaginative reinvention of the 1960s comedy The Munsters. Room 7AB

[Sawyer]

After listening to him in an interview, I really wonder what Mikkelsen will do with his voice... Keep the accent he has, or go with something different.

[Sawyer]

EW.com:

Fuller also talked about Hannibal, another reboot he’s working on for NBC that will star Hugh Dancy as Det. Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. (The drama, which Fuller described as an “elegant horror movie” for primetime, has been picked up for 13 episodes). Fuller promised the first season is about the “bromance” between Graham and Lecter while the second is about their “horrible breakout.” By season four, viewers will see “Red Dragon.”

To prepare for a drama that features a cannibal, Fuller said he interviewed a culinary expert about how to prepare human body parts for consumption. “There are a lot of great ideas on how to cook people,” said Fuller, who promised to release the recipes they use online. Goodness.

[Sawyer]

Bryan Fuller's SDCC Panel:

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[Schlosser85]

To prepare for a drama that features a cannibal, Fuller said he interviewed a culinary expert about how to prepare human body parts for consumption.

Surely I can't be the only one questioning what gives this culinary expert expertise about preparing human body parts for consumption.

“There are a lot of great ideas on how to cook people,” said Fuller

I LOL'ed.

who promised to release the recipes they use online.

Hopefully doesn't give real cannibals ideas

[Sawyer]

I'm assuming it's all hypothetical knowledge. Though I do have to wonder whether human meat would be closer to beef, ham or poultry.

[Eklypze]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! This has me so excited now!

[Sawyer]

Laurence Fishburne circling the role of Jack Crawford

I could see it. Not who I would've chosen, but I think it'd work.

[Crockett]

Fishburne gets the job done, Crawford wasn't that much of an interesting character in the movies (don't know if the same applies to the books) so it's not that big of a deal for me if he does indeed gets cast for the role.

[Sawyer]

Now I guess it's just down to the two roles whose genders have been changed. I really can't imagine what they'd look for in a female Freddy Lounds...

[The Question]

Originally Posted by Schlosser85

Surely I can't be the only one questioning what gives this culinary expert expertise about preparing human body parts for consumption.

He knows how cooking meat works. Seems pretty obvious to me.

Originally Posted by Sawyer

I'm assuming it's all hypothetical knowledge. Though I do have to wonder whether human meat would be closer to beef, ham or poultry.

Apparently we're pretty simulator to ham.

[Doctor Jones]

I want this trailer to open up like a lighthearted cooking movie with Lecter to be cooking what appears to be meat and having a good time with guests. All party and having a good time.

[Pink Ranger]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jones

I want this trailer to open up like a lighthearted cooking movie with Lecter to be cooking what appears to be meat and having a good time with guests. All party and having a good time.

One of the guests should be Tony Bourdain, as himself, just for laughs.

[Sawyer]

And have Bourdain be the only one who knows that he's eating human and really has no problem with it.

[Sawyer]

Fishburne is Officially In

[Sawyer]

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