Bryan Fuller & Mads Mikkelsen - Hannibal returning
PostPosted:Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:12 pm
While nothing is official yet, these two have been a bit loud over the progress of talks about getting this cult-classic TV series going again. Of all of the recent shows getting back on the air, this one is one of the most intriguing based on the fact that it hasn't been very long since the series went off the air. Curb Your Enthusiasm took a much longer break in comparison, and everyone was expecting that to be back sooner or later. Most of the other shows were gone for 1-2 decades.
As a bit of an update, Jon Demme, who held the rights to Silence of the Lambs, sadly passed away this year. I am not sure if that is the reason the rights reverted this month, or if it was going to happen anyway. This is the timeframe Fuller and Mikkelsen want to explore next. It'll be interesting, but it's one of the toughest jobs they'll ever have. In my opinion, there is no way they'll live up to the film - Silence of the Lambs is not just better, but significantly better than almost every movie that has come out in the past two decades. Unlike a lot of classics, Silence of the Lambs isn't showing age, people could watch it today without prior knowledge (of the actors or film) and think it was made in 2017. This film could release fresh today, without any differences, and there's little doubt it would easily win multiple Oscars, including best picture. It'll be a difficult task.
I look forward to seeing an expanded story of Clarice Starling's story dealing with Buffalo Bill. They could do a very similar sort of arc that they did in regards to the Chesapeake Ripper, where there are a lot of murders occurring, and other killers at play, but Buffalo Bill continues to go unsolved for months - some of the other killers could be mistaken as Buffalo Bill in the process - in the movie, he murdered 5, and the story was stretched out over months - in other words, no use rushing it through in a 4-5 episode arc, it could be the main arc of one or two full seasons.
As a bit of an update, Jon Demme, who held the rights to Silence of the Lambs, sadly passed away this year. I am not sure if that is the reason the rights reverted this month, or if it was going to happen anyway. This is the timeframe Fuller and Mikkelsen want to explore next. It'll be interesting, but it's one of the toughest jobs they'll ever have. In my opinion, there is no way they'll live up to the film - Silence of the Lambs is not just better, but significantly better than almost every movie that has come out in the past two decades. Unlike a lot of classics, Silence of the Lambs isn't showing age, people could watch it today without prior knowledge (of the actors or film) and think it was made in 2017. This film could release fresh today, without any differences, and there's little doubt it would easily win multiple Oscars, including best picture. It'll be a difficult task.
I look forward to seeing an expanded story of Clarice Starling's story dealing with Buffalo Bill. They could do a very similar sort of arc that they did in regards to the Chesapeake Ripper, where there are a lot of murders occurring, and other killers at play, but Buffalo Bill continues to go unsolved for months - some of the other killers could be mistaken as Buffalo Bill in the process - in the movie, he murdered 5, and the story was stretched out over months - in other words, no use rushing it through in a 4-5 episode arc, it could be the main arc of one or two full seasons.