NBC has picked up 13 episodes of Bryan Fuller's Hannibal TV series based on Thomas Harris’ cannibal-come-serial killer books.
Fuller - who’s created quirky shows such as Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, and was also involved in Star Trek: Voyager, Deep Space 9 and Heroes – is renowned for an idiosyncratic touch.
According to EW the logline for the new show reads: “One-hour contemporary thriller series featuring the classic characters from Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon – FBI agent Will Graham and his mentor Dr Hannibal Lecter – who are re-introduced at the beginning of their budding relationship.”
Fuller is focusing on damaged FBI profiler Graham instead of Clarice Starling (the character played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs). Graham is the agent who captured Lecter when he was on his killing/eating spree.
With Fuller’s Hannibal now confirmed, the next big question is – who’s going to fill the heinous killer's boots?
