TheBaxter wrote: i don't think anyone's going to watch because of that spoiler, who wouldn't have watched otherwise.
DerLanghaarige wrote:I've read in an interview (forgot where it was)that this might be the first scene of the new season. According to Bryan Fuller, they already knew how the season would end, but he didn't want to wait for so long until the certain moment happens, so they are gonna use it as a framing device. Still a spoiler, but apparently only for the very beginning.
DerLanghaarige wrote:I've read in an interview (forgot where it was)that this might be the first scene of the new season. According to Bryan Fuller, they already knew how the season would end, but he didn't want to wait for so long until the certain moment happens, so they are gonna use it as a framing device. Still a spoiler, but apparently only for the very beginning.
Hercules wrote:How does it start?
With an exciting flash-forward. Dr. Lecter carves raw meat with a knife that catches the reflection of Jack Crawford. Then: “12 weeks earlier.”
Ribbons wrote:I had read somewhere that this series was intended to be three seasons long, with the third veering heavily into "Red Dragon" territory. I guess we'll get a chance to see how true that still is.
By the way I'm a week behind, but the "Shiizukana" episode (which I just watched) unofficially helps justify the joke title of Manimal.
JEN YAMATO wrote:EXCLUSIVE:
Sony Pictures Animation has set Jimmy Miller’s Mosaic and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions on Manimal, the feature based on the cult 1980s TV show about a man who fights crime using his ability to morph into animals. Miller, Ferrell, and McKay will produce along with original series co-creator Glen A. Larson, and Key & Peele EPs Jay Martel and Ian Roberts already have been tapped to write.
The original 1983 series starred Simon MacCorkindale as Dr. Jonathan Chase, a dashing and wealthy man raised in Africa who was also “master of the secrets that divide man from animal.” It was cancelled after eight episodes, only to live on in the hearts of a devoted cult fandom (flash back with a clip from Manimal below). Sony Pictures Animation’s live-action/animation hybrid will reinvent that concept as an action-comedy with heavy visual effects and animated elements. SPA President of Production Michelle Raimo Kouyate and SVP Michael Lachance are overseeing for the studio.
After finishing Anchorman 2, Ferrell and McKay zeroed in on the Manimal project as a prime addition to the growing Gary Sanchez lineup that includes TV and film projects and the new female-oriented Gloria Sanchez offshoot. “I think it’s right down our alley, it’s what we do,” said McKay. “It’s tongue-in-cheek and has an action component, but overall it’s a comedy.” Miller, Ferrell, and McKay will next hunt for a director.
“Like The Catcher In The Rye or The Sound And The Fury, Manimal has always been one of those elusive projects every producer dreams of taking to the silver screen,” said McKay. “I know the movie will be funny and entertaining, but will it be the first film to win a Pulitzer? We’ll just have to see.”
Miller’s Mosaic previously teamed up with Ferrell and McKay to produce The Other Guys, Step Brothers, and Talladega Nights and recently produced Bad Teacher. TV super-producer Larson created popular series Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider and Magnum, P.I. Gary Sanchez Productions’ credits include Step Brothers, The Other Guys, and Anchorman 2. Martel and Roberts were previously tapped by Gary Sanchez to write the Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard, which WB will release in March. Sony Animation is at work on Hotel Transylvania 2, coming in 2015; a fully animated Smurfs pic in 2016; animated Popeye from director Genndy Tartakovsky; animated feature Medusa from director Lauren Faust; and the live-action/stop-motion hybrid Superbargo from the exec producers of Robot Chicken.
Ribbons wrote:I hope not. I've been reading a couple interviews lately where Fuller talks about season 4 like it's a sure thing. I know the ratings aren't great, but maybe someone at NBC really likes the show.
Ribbons wrote:I've got all the episodes saved up. I was planning on watching them sometime this week or next. I read some comments about how the first half of this season is confusing and slow, but hopefully that won't be as frustrating if I shotgun the whole thing.
TheBaxter wrote:given a Hannibal who occasionally grew antlers, and a final villain who occasionally grew wings, the name of this thread is actually fairly accurate.
John Nugent wrote:Back in 2015, NBC cruelly murdered Hannibal, the small-screen adaptation of Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter series, cancelling after three seasons owing to low ratings. A fan campaign to save the show started almost immediately, and series creator/showrunner Bryan Fuller promised that talks would open about reviving the show after two years – as that would mark the point at which the rights to The Silence of The Lambs expire. Well, it's been two years, and true to his word, Fuller is exploring his options.
In a tweet response to a fan, Fuller confirmed that producer Martha De Laurentiis had "started those conversations", but acknowledged that these things "take time". Yesterday, De Laurentiis posted a photo of herself and Fuller, with a Hannibal figurine, sending the Hannibal online fandoms into a frenzy.
The show, which starred Mads Mikkelsen in the title role, largely incorporated elements of the Red Dragon and Hannibal novels, but until now has not featured plotlines from The Silence Of The Lambs, the most famous entry in the series immortalised by the 1991 Jonathan Demme film. That looks to be changing now.
In earlier interviews, Fuller has stated that he would interested in doing a season of "six to eight episodes", described as "Inception meets Angel Heart". With Mikkelsen and co-star Hugh Dancy said to be on board for a potential fourth season, all the pieces seem to be coming together – all it needs is a home. Having cancelled the show first time around, NBC are unlikely to recommission, but Hannibal has enough fans and criticial praise to find a streaming suitor.
It's still early days for the project. Fuller has also tweeted that negotiating rights, arranging various schedules and actually writing and producing the thing means any new season is "at earliest 4-5 years away". It may be require patience, but Hannibal's return is increasingly looking to be a case of 'when', rather than 'if'. Pass the chianti.
Bryan Fuller On Hannibal's Possible Future
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