Get ready to pass out the fava beans, because NBC is planning on releasing a Television series about Hannibal Lecter, who is arguably the greatest movie serial killer of all time, in early 2013. Recently cast is an actress named Caroline Dhavernas (in the picture below), who is set to portray Dr. Alana Bloom, known in the previous books and films in the Hannibal Lecter Series as Dr. Alan Bloom. Alan Bloom isn't the only male character becoming a female for the series. Character Freddy Lounds will become Fredricka Lounds.
The series will star Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Hugh Dancy as FBI profiler Will Graham, and Laurence Fishburne as Jack Crawford. The pilot will be directed by David Slade. The series will be based on the characters of the Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon. The first few seasons will take place before Red Dragon (therefore, before Lecter's incarceration), and season four is planned to adapt the novel. This is the third time Red Dragon has been adapted making it the Hannibal Lecter novel with the most adaptations. The first was the 1986 box office failure, titled Manhunter, the second being the 2002 film of the same name, which served as a prequel to The Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal.
Official Synopsis: One of the most fascinating literary characters comes to life on television for the first time: psychiatrist-turned-serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In this new drama from Bryan Fuller ("Pushing Daisies," "Heroes"), based on the characters from Thomas Harris' classic novels, we see where this incredible story began.
Will Graham is a gifted criminal profiler who is on the hunt for a serial killer with the FBI. Graham's unique way of thinking gives him the astonishing ability to empathize with anyone -even psychopaths. He seems to know what makes them tick. But when the mind of the twisted killer he's pursuing is too complicated for even Will to comprehend, he enlists the help of Dr. Lecter, one of the premier psychiatric minds in the country. Armed with the uncanny expertise of the brilliant doctor, Will and Hannibal (known as a serial killer only to the audience) form a brilliant partnership and it seems there's no villain they can't catch. If Will only knew...
Starring brilliant young actor Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, "Hannibal" will breathe new life into a deadly classic.
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