A new article has surfaced on Entertainment Weekly with Bryan Fuller talking about “Hannibal” this time. There’s a reinventing of the iconic character, which he talks about when detailing the upcoming NBC series. He also reveals that he pitched a seven-season arc for the television show, which is quite inspiring and will hopefully come to fruition! Check out an excerpt of the article below, then head to the source for more.

NBC’s new take on serial killer Hannibal Lecter is shaping up to be quite an interesting (and series-TV-friendly) departure from films like Silence of the Lambs.

Bryan Fuller (“Pushing Daises,” “Heroes”) is taking five pages of backstory about the infamous cannibal psychiatrist from Thomas Harris’ book Red Dragon and using it as the basis for the first couple seasons of his planned drama.

“Hannibal,” which has received a 13-episode series order, features Lecter solving crimes with empathic FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy). For the first time, viewers will spend quality time with Lecter while he’s at large and before the world knows his secrets, working side by side with a similarly brilliant man who is destined to catch him.

“It’s before he was incarcerated, so he’s more of a peacock,” Fuller tells EW.com. “There is a cheery disposition to our Hannibal. He’s not being telegraphed as a villain. If the audience didn’t know who he was, they wouldn’t see him coming. What we have is Alfred Hitchcock’s principle of suspense — show the audience the bomb under the table and let them sweat when it’s going to go boom. So the audience knows who Hannibal is so we don’t have to overplay his villainy. We get to subvert his legacy and give the audience twists and turns.”

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Out of curiosity, would Bryan Fuller fans and BFO readers be interested in a Press Archive on the site? In it, there would be a library of past articles and interviews featuring Bryan Fuller (similar to this). If I get enough positive feedback, I’ll start working on one!

Deadline reports that David Slade has been tapped to direct the pilot episode of “Hannibal,” the first episode in a line of thirteen. Although known for working on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, this will be the second time Slade will work for an NBC pilot episode (he was recently behind the cameras on this past season’s freshman drama, “Awake”).

As an aside, according to Film Music Reporter, Jim Dooley – composer of “Pushing Daisies” – will reunite with Bryan Fuller to create the music for “Hannibal.” Dooley himself made the announcement at a WonderCon panel earlier in the month.

Hugh Dancy – star of movies such as Hysteria and Adam – is the first actor to be cast in Bryan Fuller’s “Hannibal.” Dancy will be playing FBI agent Will Graham, so it seems those anticipating the release of this show will see a lot of him in coming months. Remember: NBC already gave “Hannibal” a full-series order just last month, for a total of thirteen episodes. The Hollywood Reporter also has this to say about the upcoming series:

“Hannibal,” from Gaumont International Television, is described as an hourlong contemporary thriller and revolves around FBI agent Will Graham and his mentor, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who are reintroduced as the beginning of their budding relationship.

Bryan Fuller will write and executive produce the series with Martha DeLaurentiis also serving as executive producer.

Bryan Fuller will finally be brought back to the small screen as NBC has ordered a full season of “Hannibal,” the re-imagined television series based on Thomas Harris’s cannibal serial killer. A total of thirteen episodes will air in the fall; casting has yet to be announced. According to EW, the logline for the show is as follows:

“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.”

On a semi-related note that was otherwise never reported on BFO: Bryan’s “Mockingbird Lane” is experiencing a delay due to casting complications. The pilot now aims to be shot in June.

It’s been a long while since Bryan Fuller’s talents have been seen on the small screen, but it looks like we’re one step closer to his grand return. According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC has purchased the “Hannibal” television series that BFO reported on two months ago. A source confirming to EW has stated that the deal is a “straight-to-series order.” That means, if NBC likes the script, we won’t have to wait on the network approving a pilot to see an entire series. Here’s to hoping everything goes well!

Edit: Deadline is also reporting that NBC is close to picking up the much anticipated adaptation of “The Munsters.” This has been a project in development for a very long time, but it seems the network – and new chief, Bob Greenblatt – have a lot of faith in it. Nellie Andreeva at Deadline stated that NBC may order a full series as early as this week, after Bryan Fuller submitted the redeveloped script last Friday.

It looks like Bryan has yet another project up his sleeves, this time a television series focusing on the Hannibal Lecter franchise. Deadline is reporting that Gaumont (a French film studio) is branching and bringing a production company to the United States, where they’ll develop new comedy and drama television programs.

Under this new title – Gaumont International Television – are already two shows: “Madame Tussaud,” a six-hour miniseries written by Michael Hirt (“The Tudors”), and… “Hannibal,” a one-hour drama series written by none other than Bryan Fuller! Hopefully we’ll see this new project come to fruition. In the meantime, check out a summary of its premise below:

Hannibal will explore the early relationship of Thomas Harris’ signature character, renowned psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lector, and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler named Will Graham, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers. Fuller is executive producing with Martha De Laurentiis who has produced three Hannibal Lector features: Hannibal, Red Dragon, and Hannibal Rising.