Hannibal

NBC’s Fall 2012 Schedule: COMMUNITY Moved to Friday; Watch Clips from the New Shows Including Ryan Murphy’s THE NEW NORMAL

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 13th, 2012 at 12:26 pm

The upfronts are upon us! Yes, it’s that time of year again. All the networks will be unveiling their fall 2012 schedules throughout this week, announcing time slot shifts for seasoned shows and debuts for the pilots that made the cut to full-series.  Today NBC announced their line-up with a pretty disparaging shake-up to the old schedule: Community has been moved from its prime Thursday night slot to Friday (aka where your favorite shows go to die).  The fan-favorite series wasn’t guaranteed a fourth season pick-up, but the TV gods were merciful as the show was recently given a renewal for a 13-episode fourth season.  However, the Friday slot isn’t exactly great news.  The show’s young and vocal fanbase has kept the series alive, but I wonder how many will actually choose to stay in on Friday nights to watch the show live.

There is hope, as previous ratings-challenged yet critically loved series like Friday Night Lights and Fringe managed to squeak by on Friday.  That said, with a short episode order and the new Friday timeslot I’m getting the feeling that NBC doesn’t have much faith in the show’s future post-season four.  I guess we should be thankful that it’s even coming back at all.  Nevertheless, the network has a slew of new series (some promising) that they hope will catch on.  After the jump you’ll find descriptions and clips of all of NBC’s new series, so take a look at plot out your new fall 2012 TV schedule accordingly.

Bryan Fuller Talks NBC’s HANNIBAL and STAR TREK TV Series Reboot

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: April 19th, 2012 at 12:23 pm

Though the wonderfully inventive series Pushing Daisies was cancelled way before its time, creator/executive producer Bryan Fuller is coming back to television with two new series.  The first is a reboot of The Munsters for NBC called Mockingbird Lane, and the second is a small screen incarnation of novelist Thomas Harris’ infamous character Hannibal.  Fuller recently revealed a few details regarding the latter, including sex changes for a couple characters and his intention to do a cable model on network television with 13-episode seasons.  Moreover, Fuller gave a brief update on his plans for a TV series reboot for Star Trek.  Hit the jump to see what he had to say.

Hugh Dancy Lands Will Graham Role in NBC Pilot HANNIBAL

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 22nd, 2012 at 4:34 pm

NBC has found one of its two leads for the drama pilot Hannibal. The contemporary thriller series comes from Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller and centers on the relationship between FBI agent William Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter from Thomas Harris’ series of novels. Deadline reports that Hugh Dancy (King Arthur) has landed the role of Graham in the 13-episode series. The character was previously played by Edward Norton in Brett Ratner’s Red Dragon and William Peterson in Michael Mann’s Manhunter. Fuller is developing two high-profile pilots this season. In addition to Hannibal, he’s working on a Munsters reboot called Mockingbird Lane with director Bryan Singer. Fuller will write and executive produce Hannibal, and I’m eager to see whom the producers land on for the all-important role of Dr. Lecter.

HANNIBAL Series, NOTORIOUS Pilot Ordered by NBC

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: February 14th, 2012 at 5:24 pm

Thomas Harris’ classic character is about to make the jump from feature film to small screen. Hannibal, a Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) project, has been ordered direct-to-series by NBC. The 13 episode thriller will go back to the beginning, as suggested by the logline:

“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.”

NBC also greenlit a pilot order for Notorious, a detective story/soap opera from writer Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights). Hit the jump for more on both projects.

NBC Picks Up HANNIBAL TV Series from PUSHING DAISIES and DEAD LIKE ME Creator Bryan Fuller

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: November 7th, 2011 at 2:21 pm

Having spent plenty of time in the company of death, though albeit on a slightly more whimsical and comedic scale, Bryan Fuller seems like the right choice to bring everyone’s favorite cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter to the small screen. That’s why it’s good to hear news from Deadline that Fuller has written and will be executive producing (with Martha De Laurentiis) a new TV series for NBC simply called Hannibal which just got picked up for a script development deal against a 13-episode commitment from the network. What does that mean? Well if the network likes the initial script, there won’t be any need to shoot a pilot and wait for approval since the project will go straight to series if Fuller’s first script is good enough. Taking cues from one of the most iconic lines in cinema history, Fuller’s TV take on the iconic killer is said to dive into the dark, sick side of Hannibal who loves to feast on his victims, but that’s all we know for now. The question is who has the screen presence to fill the shoes that fit Anthony Hopkins so perfectly.

Weekend Box Office – THE RITE Stays On Top with $15 Million; The Mechanic Ties for Third with $11.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: January 30th, 2011 at 10:11 am

After finishing in first on Friday, The Rite stayed on top with a three day estimate of $15 million from its 2,985 locations.  No Strings Attached followed in second place, holding on to 58% of its first weekend total.  The Mechanic opened in third for the weekend with $11.5 million, a figure that was well above most projections for the R-rated action film.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	The Rite	$15,000,000	$15
2	No Strings Attached	$13,700,000	$39.7
3	The Mechanic	$11,500,000	$11.5
4	The Green Hornet	$11,500,000	$78.8
5	The King’s Speech	$11,100,000	$72.2
6	True Grit	$7,600,000	$148.3
7	The Dilemma	$5,470,000	$40.6
8	Black Swan	$5,100,000	$90.7
9	The Fighter	$4,055,000	$78.3
10	Yogi Bear	$3,165,000	$92.5

THE HANNIBAL LECTER ANTHOLOGY Blu-ray Review

by Brett Weinstock    Posted: October 12th, 2009 at 7:58 am

Debuting twenty-three years ago with “Manhunter”, there have been five films chronicling the enigmatic and terrifying serial killer Hannibal Lecter.  Though many of us have seen the first three (which are included in this collection), they were previously unreleased on Blu-Ray format until this past month.  If you haven’t seen these films, you owe it yourself to see them at whatever cost, but the Blu-Ray versions don’t necessarily add anything spectacular to the series.  Though worth watching, this collection of films doesn’t differ much from the previously released versions, and I am still waiting for some sort of “Ultimate Collection.” Keep reading after the jump to see why.

Vin Diesel is Full of Shit

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 12th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

I like Vin Diesel. I really like “Pitch Black” and “The Chronicles of Riddick”. In fact, I like both movies so much that when I had an opportunity to speak with writer/director David Twohy last week for his new movie “A Perfect Getaway”, I made sure to ask him everything I could think of about a 3rd “Riddick” movie. And you know what he said? “I think we will make another movie when Vin commits fully to it”. He went on to say “I’m calling him out. Did you see me?” Meaning, he’d love to make one, but it’s not on him.

So I have to ask: Does this sound like a writer/director getting ready to turn in a new script next month on a third “Riddick” movie? Because according to Vin Diesel (via Facebook) that’s what he’s doing. So I think it’s finally time to say it. Vin Diesel is full of shit. Find out why after the jump:

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