San Diego Comic Con has certainly been a place of great revelations: new trailers, teasers and gossip and the HANNIBAL panel was no exception…
Bryan Fuller and the cast of HANNIBAL including Hugh Dancy, Richard Armitage and exec producer Martha de Laurentiis stopped by Comic-Con to answer one question on fans’ minds: will HANNIBAL find a new home? We certainly hope so…
“We are still looking,” Fuller said on the Saturday evening panel in San Diego, California. “We don’t have a lot of answers and we’re looking at the possibility of a feature.”
It has also been confirmed this week that Netflix and Amazon do not wish to take on the project and broadcast more episodes after NBC’s cancelation of the daring series after three seasons, but that has not prevented the cast and creators from remaining hopeful about its future – even if it is in the form of a feature film – now that we would like to see!
“We’d like to continue with the show so the way this season ends, there may be an opportunity for a little break and then hopefully we’ll find a way to bring Mads [Mikkelsen] and Hugh [Dancy] back to you,” This was great news for the packed room full of fans donning flower crowns (a sign of the passion and devotion to the series) and holding up signs that read, “Fannibals Forever.”
“NBC allowed us to do some crazy sh-t for three years,” Fuller said, applauding NBC, despite axing the series. As for Netflix and Amazon passing on a pickup, Fuller explained the difficult situation.
“Netflix couldn’t do it because of the Amazon streaming,” the creator explained, referring to Amazon holding the rights to the first three seasons. “Amazon would liked to have done it but they wanted to do it very quickly and I wanted to be able to get all the scripts in advance before we starting shooting…the schedule with their desire to put it on immediately was just impossible for us.”
We are hoping that this will not be the case, but Fuller addressed the issue of the possibility of having to say goodbye to the show and revealed how much he’d miss the fans.
“For me, it would be the fannibals and the connection that we’ve had with this very special fan community that has been so overwhelmingly supportive and passionate. First and foremost is the fannibals, a close second is the cast.”
“To be part of something that feels like it was so embraced and engaged with,” Dancy chimed in, “has been an amazing experience.”
Confirming that he’d want to continue with HANNIBAL, if it does indeed find a new venue, Dancy added, “It’s an emotional thing for all of us. It’s not over in the sense that we were fully committed and were living this thing for several years and that’s still true in this moment.”
However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom for the audience, as they were treated to the official trailer, complete with shots of Hannibal Lecter in a cage, and a very naked Richard Armitage:
