Thanks to Titania1000 for the heads up.
@MikeBarbre I'M SORRY TO REPORT @amazon AND @netflix HAVE PASSED ON #HANNIBAL S4 BUT WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING POSSIBILITIES
— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) July 6, 2015Hannibal - Amazon and Netflix have Passed on the Show
7 Jul 2015
HannibalThanks to Titania1000 for the heads up.
Poor Hannibal.
ReplyDeleteMoving from denial to anger: flips figurative table in outrage. F*CK THIS SHIT!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo disappointing. :(
ReplyDeleteI'm INCREDIBLY surprised that Netflix would pass on Hannibal. Hannibal at least has (most) critics on its side. If Netflix was game for a final season of The Killing, I would've assumed they'd do at least one more season for Hannibal.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what other venues Fuller's seeking? The options are getting slimmer...
Good thing I was prepared for this. I just feel happy I can enjoy the remaining few episodes. So, screw everyone, who didn't believe in this show. It doesn't need an ending. It's brilliant as it is.
ReplyDeleteHow rude of them...
ReplyDeleteNetflix can't pick it up, since Amazon have exclusive rights to online streaming. This means that if it's not gonna be on Amazon, it's not gonna be online. Only cable is left and I kind of doubt HBO, AMC or any other respectable network is willing to get it, even if it's cheap.
ReplyDeleteF**king hell, argh, f**kers. (basically)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm happy too that Amazon isn't prospering with their original productions. They had their chance and they didn't take it. I doubt people are suddenly gonna start watching the shows they made that basically no one watches.
ReplyDeleteSad... I'm already losing hope :( So which are the others possibilities?
ReplyDeleteAfter reading through the Hannibal wikias comments I'm starting to find solace in the thought that they cancelled the show on purpose to not get people weird ideas, I quote a user from the wikia: "Hannibal is an inner demon and he is totally sane. in many ways,he is like myself. " needless to say that I was freaked out after reading this. Giving idiots highly sensitive material apparently is only going to make them go more insane. No seriously, whoever wrote that comment needs mental help and should stay as far away from Hannibal related media as possible
ReplyDeleteHulu, Crackle, another network that sees potential, direct-to-DVD market.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Netflix was able to pass on the show seems to indicate that Amazon was willing to let the streaming rights be passed along to other distributors. Netflix can't pass on the show if they never had a chance at reviving it in the first place.
ReplyDeleteFuller's upcoming work at Starz with American Gods could work in the show's favor. I'd reckon Starz is the most viable cable network for a potential pick-up.
WGN- they have Salem, Manhattan a few upcoming shows, and could get a lot of positive press by "saving a show".
ReplyDeleteI doubt that Netflix is still in the business of saving shows. They did that in its early days to get a sympathy bonus and fandoms to subscribe. But now Netflix is a neccessity, they don't need a sympathy bonus anymore because they already have our money.
ReplyDeleteAlso Hannibal is too big of a product, all the shows they saved are license wise absolutely no-names.
Longmire and Arrested Developement have never been big time blockbusters.
Plus it stars some pretty heavy names
what about the character cup?
ReplyDeleteWGN would definitely be an interesting place for Hannibal to end up, but there's really no founding to hopes that they'd be in.
ReplyDeleteI agree just making my pitch for WGN.
ReplyDeleteNetflix has 17 upcoming shows for the next two years plus the returning shows, you are correct that there is very little upside for Netflix to continue to save shows.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't cross Netflix out of the game of revivals just yet... I mean, their revival of Longmire hasn't even premiered yet. They also have Wet Hot American Summer in a few weeks, as well as With Bob & David at the end of this year, which is essentially just a long-time coming revival of their HBO series from the '90s. The Magic School Bus, Winx Club, Trailer Park Boys, Full House (a big name), Care Bears, and the Dreamworks cartoons (blockbuster franchises). Not to mention Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
ReplyDelete...Yes, I'm just looking at Wikipedia.
I'd very much say they're still in the game of revivals/continuations/blockbuster franchises (Daredevil, etc.). Their number of true originals actually seem to almost pale in comparison.
I really don't think Hannibal's association with a blockbuster novel and film franchise inherently puts it out of the running with Netflix. It's probably something else. What else, I don't know, but I am very curious.
Amazon only has the rights to the first two seasons, Netflix would get the 3rd and next seasons to come. But they probably weren't interested because of that.
ReplyDeleteI surprisingly don't feel that bad, even with all the unfortunate news. I'm just hoping it'll get a proper ending this season. Please don't leave with everyone's life left in the balance, like s2.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't Amazon have the rights to season three?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good question. I would think if Amazon has the rights to seasons 1 and 2, they would have the rights of first refusal to season 3 at the very least.
ReplyDeletewhat about it?
ReplyDeleteSeason 2 would have been an awesome ending to the series, everyone dies and Hannibal is on the plane with Bedelia.
ReplyDeleteWet Hot American Summer is a cult camp movie and from what I heard the show was filmed like a movie for each castmember (thus less effort in ensemble).
ReplyDeleteBob&David is a sketch show so that really doesn't flow in there
The cartoon revivals and dreamworks productions are NOT really in any shape or form comparable to this. We're talking shows that are going to be syndicated like sh*t on kid themed networks all over the globe. Netflix is just the first distributer.
Hannibal is unique, in the sense of being license wise expensive and success wise underwhelming
I thought it was supposed to be today lol
ReplyDeleteCheck for yourself, it's not on Amazon yet... and still being broadcasted on NBC.
ReplyDeletethought it was supposed to be today
ReplyDeletePitch the idea to A&E. Unforgettable was cancelled twice by CBS and A&E picked it up.
ReplyDeleteHmm, fair enough. I'm just pulling names out of a hat. I didn't even think about potential global distribution and syndication. So yeah, you're right there... Hannibal would definitely be a steeper price for Netflix. Not that they seem against sinking in a pretty penny. Sense8, House of Cards, and Lilyhammer are far from cheap. And with the size of Orange Is the New Black's cast, that's probably pricey, too (despite its cheap sets and awful green screens). Bloodline's probably roughly the same cost as Hannibal. I guess in the long run then, Hannibal wouldn't be the wisest investment.
ReplyDeleteStill, The Killing lol...
I think the show is dead. With no streaming options and probably no cable options either, I think this show is gone for good after the season wraps. The show is obviously more geared for cable, but with the show barely getting cable-like ratings on a major network, that alone is probably a turn off for an FX or AMC. Network TV is already out of the question if no one was watching on NBC.
ReplyDeleteyeah but shows only go live on streaming services after the home video release
ReplyDeleteI'd assumed that simply means they don't get the rights to stream until the season finishes. I don't follow how Amazon's rights usually operate. I do know that Netflix rarely is allowed to stream a new season until about the time of the dvd release.
ReplyDeleteBummer....
ReplyDeleteI don't think Hulu will work either, because I would assume if Amazon would of changed/amended their contract, Netflix would of picked it up...
I think they probably have to look to channels at this point: SYFY, A&E, or WGN and with shorter season episode order(s), but it's going to be scheduling that might be the death of this now...
I'm having a hard time believing that amazon is standing in the way of another streaming service picking it up, just another scapegoat strategy to blame it on someone.
ReplyDeleteFor what it's wort: if Netflix really was interested and amazon actually did claim domain over an unproduced fourth season (wich is unlikely) they could have easily retitled the show to "Hannibal: [Insert random title]" and treat it as a sequel amazon wouldn't have the rights to.
If Netflix wanted, they could. But they don't
Netflix brings back Degrassi but passes on Hannibal.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder if the right people are running these companies...
I hate when producers give FALSE HOPE to the fans. The Fans of FOREVER has been given False hope as well.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they'll do that since
ReplyDelete1. This versions plots are already inverted from the novels, so they do not directly 'connect' with the film versions. This season will have one of the book's/Film down more fully (Red Dragon), which's beginning is already different since Will Graham already knows about Hannibal and because there is a Hannibal novel/film plot placed right before...The timeline is also 20 some years different...
2. Anthony Hopkins may continue to be committed to Westworld pending if his character survives the first season. Plus I am not sure how he would feel being attached to Fuller's version.
If you do a movie, which it really should be a mini-series, then you Introduce Clarice and smash SOTL and any left over arcs from Hannibal and Hannibal Rising + Bryan's own radicalization of final plots together. Hannibal is about the family he lost, how he lost it, and how Clarice comes to be his salvation to get those things back...
And about Kimmy Schidt: that show is considered a Netflix original since it was cancelled before the series even premiered and picked up by Netflix as a whole.
ReplyDeleteSense8, as far as I know, is a global co-production with investements made from all over the globe featuring actors that appeal to a different Netflix demographic around the globe, so I wouldn't even call that show too expensive for Netflix given the other companies that hold a stake in it. House of Cards is Netflix flagship show so of course it is and OitNB...I don't watch that show so I can't really speculate on its budget but given the location being a prison I doubt that it's that expensive (the case seems fairly cheap as well) Many shows around the globe do prison shows because the locations are cheap, close and ideal to shoot (there're literally hundreds of shows created because of that cost effective procedure)
Disagreed on Bloodline: the show has absolutely no license fees as its a original Netflix project and not based on a popular novel series that spawned a successful 90s movie franchise.
Also the actors are cheap as well (except Sissy Spacek and Linda Cardellini I recognize not a single name in that cast).
The Killing was a classic "subscribe to us, we have what you like" move ^^
You really think that's comparable?
ReplyDeleteDegrassi is a daily teen concept, they didn't buy the sets, the actors and any of the crew. Netflix bought the name and concept, you know how much this is going to cost them compared to Hannibal? A Nick soap costs about $250K per episode to produce, given the cast being mostly unknown and fresh and the crew being minimalized due to already set up fixed camera angles and lighting. Everything on these sets is fixed, for some Nick shows you only have 4 people on set and all is set.
Hannibal is a different sort of show my man
You really think that's comparable?
ReplyDeleteDegrassi is a daily teen concept, they didn't buy the sets, the actors and any of the crew. Netflix bought the name and concept, you know how much this is going to cost them compared to Hannibal? A Nick soap costs about $250,000 per episode to produce, given the cast being mostly unknown and fresh and the crew being minimalized due to already set up fixed camera angles and lighting. Everything on these sets is fixed, for some Nick shows you only have 4 people on set and all is set.
Hannibal is a different sort of show my man
I think this show is too expensive for Hulu. The problem that this show is facing is that it's regarded as a failure because no one watched it on NBC. No cable network wants to pick up sloppy seconds that failed on a major network. It was getting cable ratings on a major OTA network, so chances are the ratings would be worse on a basic cable network.
ReplyDeleteNetflix bought the title and concept, not the entire leftovers of the show. In fact 10 years of cheap as hell Degrassi is going to cost them 20% of what one season of Hannibal would cost them.
ReplyDeleteNo idea what Westworld is but many actors do both movies and TV shows given their open schedules.
ReplyDeleteYou don't smash it, you integrate the show into the movies and pretend that it could be possible, ignore the inconsitencies with the show, just tell a good story.
it's a strategy to make the fandom do all the work for you, if a show is canned but hope is still out there the fandom will go ballistic and blackmail networks into getting these shows back on the air.
ReplyDeleteThat's why so many shows end of cliffhangers these days, producers saw how it was helping some shows to get back on the air in one for or another and thought they'd copy that concept.
WELL FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
ReplyDeleteWell considering other shows with low ratings sometimes get renewed or get saved elsewhere, (Netflix saved Degrassi, Longmire, The Killing) it does make you think that someone is to blame, granted Hannibal is expensive. Netflix just seemed rather obliging when I spoke with them on the phone. They acted like they were interested. They even payed their workers overtime the day it was canceled. Amazon also came out and told "us" no straight away, while Fuller was allegedly still in talks with them--so they just don't sit right with me. That to me was bad PR.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard anyone, besides myself consider spinning off the show, and so I kind of think Fuller or the places he has shopped didn't try it, but just kept pitching it as it is. I don't think they can re-title it only either. They would need a lot of new cast, or a new structure/execution style, and/or or new character focal point for it be something other than "Hannibal".
I think scheduling is bigger obstacle at this point
Damn, you're just putting me in my place left and right lol. Well rebutted on every single note.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, in regards to Bloodline: that entire cast is firmly established and probably relatively expensive.
You're not involved with the show aren't you?
ReplyDeleteIf you're not, customer service is not the place to ask to get your show picked up, the best this is going to achieve its Netflix employees being incredibly annoyed with the fandom.
And of course someone is to blame, the person that was given another season against all odds and didn't use that, clearly intended to be the final season, as a way to give fans closure. In fact said person attempts to get his fans to do all the work for him
Blaming companies for not wanting to invest in something that CLEARLY doesn't make them any money is really a stupid conclusion to make
lol sorry, but don't worry, I get the same treatment on here myself alot :P
ReplyDeleteI just get a little nerved up with the Hannibal fandom right now, the show was good and all but the fault for it ending without closure is clearly with the person that decided to not use the season he was given despite all odds as the final season
Amazon, Netflix, NBC all just companies that would probably make a loss with this show, so I really don't blame them.
You can't interrogate it because many of the plots from the films/novels have ALREADY been used in these first 3 seasons!!!--this Florence plot with Inspector Pazzi for instance minus Clarice, but is instead substituted with many (Alana, Will, Chiyoh, Bedelia) IS the first half of the Hannibal film and novel. Red Dragons plots will be mostly absorbed by the time this season is over (Red Dragon = 3.08 - 3.13).
ReplyDeleteThe only things left are Hannibal film and novel endings (both are different), All of Silence of Lambs, Hannibal/SOTL characters: create prequel/in between plot building an expansion like with red Dragon, and if he chooses to invert characters from Hannibal Rising into the contemporary and unfold Hannibal's past as we go.
Anthony Hopkins I also imagine is expensive. Westworld is a recontexualization of Michael Crichton's film of the same name, about a future were there is an Western themed amusement park were tourist can interact with "androids". Anthony Hopkins is the lead. It's being produced by JJ Abrams, J. Nolan, L. Joy, and J. Weinthrob and is suppose to still debut on HBO this year!
So Netflix can't hang with the big dogs....is that what you're trying to say?
ReplyDeleteI didn't blame any one person/group. I have been going through the motions and talking about many aspects of this as we go---like I also mentioned scheduling too!!!. All I said was they didn't seem disinterested when I spoke with one representative and the feeling of many who also spoke with them, felt positive, despite that for whatever reason, they are going to pass.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame anyone for not wanting to invest. It's an expensive show to produce, but I also think this is an unusual case where it was on the wrong network to begin with and that it's fan base is actually bigger than it's live ratings...
How did you get through to a representative?
ReplyDeleteMost shows have more fans than live ratings, take most/all CW shows. They're overall rated poorly but sell better than any other show on home video and streaming services.
Sure Nielsen is antiquated but networks still go by it
If ratings were actually accurate a LOT of the shows that are currently on top would fall deep given the age gap between Nielsen owners and younger viewers (why do you think procedurals are doing so well? Because they're good? Hell no, because the households that watch are older and more older households are Nielsen owners)
It's being rumored that the reason Amazon passed on it was due to the year delay for Bryan Fuller to write Gods.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that will be nothing close to Hannibal.
Hopefully someone saved it somewhere. If not, I'm hoping for a Fringe alternate reality.
what I'm trying to say is Degrassi costs them 250K MAX per episode while Hannibal would dangle between 3 mil. per ep
ReplyDeleteAnd of course they can hang with the big dogs, look at Daredevil/House of Cards. They just don't care about a show that has proven again and again that it has a teeny-tiny audience
If you had to organize a dinner would you buy the most expensive piece of meat while knowing that you're going to serve vegetarians and no one's going to touch it?
"Hopefully someone saved it somewhere. If not, I'm hoping for a Fringe alternate reality."
ReplyDeleteLets go to Reiden lake and cross right now! ;)
Well, if you can't integrate a failed product (wich Hannibal sadly is) into a successfull franchise (wich the Hannibal movie franchise with a lifetime gross of over 1 Billion bucks without a doubt is) there is no future anyway.
ReplyDeleteI was going with ignoring the show and still using Mikkelsen and Dancy as young versions of the characters for a flashback storyline. But yah....
Didn't hear about Westworld, totally flew by me :O
What time should we expect to come over?
ReplyDeleteI'm bringing the dip
ReplyDeleteWell part of the problem is that this recontexualization focuses so much on Will Graham, where the source material does not. Will Graham is no longer important to Hannibal (not in any other novel) after the first novel Red Dragon, where Clarice becomes the creme de ala creme---connecting the last three novels together, because of simply what she means and what Hannibal comes to want from her...
ReplyDeleteUn-fucking-believable.
ReplyDeleteIt's being rumored that the reason Amazon passed on it was due to the year delay for Bryan Fuller to write Gods.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that will be nothing close to Hannibal.
Hopefully someone saved it somewhere. If not, I'm hoping for a Fringe alternate reality.
Oh, I don't blame them, either. I'm just a bit sad to see the show go. I only just got into it a few weeks ago. And despite the problems I have with Hannibal, I do think it creatively deserves to finish its story. I understand that it's a commercial flop. I was prepared to see NBC cancel it. I just really thought a streaming service would pick it up if only to get some critical accolades.
ReplyDeleteanother idea would be the Sundance Channel, they give more on positive reviews than anything
ReplyDelete"I don't blame any one for not wanting to invest. It's an expensive show to produce, but I also think this is an unusual case where it was on the wrong network to begin with and that it's fan base is actually bigger than it's live ratings..."
ReplyDelete#SixSeasonsAndAMovie
Thank you, Yahoo.
Sundance is FANTASTIC in that regard, but all of their full-blood originals are pretty much dirt cheap. Their expensive shows are co-productions with foreign distributors.
ReplyDeleteThere's no way in hell Sundance would pay 3mil or so per episode of Hannibal. Maybe if it cost 100k per episode and they did a six episode order... ;P
It's probably ridiculously expensive. The art direction was awesome. Hannibal as the protagonist was not. I honestly think the era of anti-heroes is ending. Or maybe I'm just being blindly optimistic.
ReplyDeleteCalling Hannibal an anti-hero is too light a description for the character. He's a ravenous villain.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's not making him the protagonist that's the problem... It's that there's simply not enough story there to sustain numerous seasons. I haven't read the novels, so I can't speak for how things pan out there... But on the show, the story absolutely feels like it's being stretched very, VERY thin.
I thought the only reason NBC kept renewing Hannibal and its anemic, cancellation-worthy ratings was because it was a cheap (and critically acclaimed) international production that was very popular outside the US. Why couldn't Hulu easily pick this up on the cheap as well?
ReplyDeletePerhaps I am broadly including villains as protagonists in the Anti-Hero Trend Era, but there's really no where else to put them and it goes along with the idea that people want to watch a show from the POV of a horrible person instead of a protagonist you can root for--at least for me.
ReplyDeleteF^k..
ReplyDeleteWhat about "DirecTV"? It picked uo "Damages" for a final season... Why not "Hannibal"?
ReplyDeleteIt was actually quite cheap. And I couldn't disagree more. Hannibal as one of the protagonists (a protagonist isn't a good guy it just means they're a main character- Hannibal was both that and a antagonist) was an excellent decision and paid off massively. I'm more of a hero fan myself (though Will is definitely an anti-hero) but the end of this show and it's brilliance is a sad day for TV and pop culture. It is worse off without Hannibal in it.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope a cable channel picks it up. Still think A&E, SyFy, and BBC America would be great places for it.
ReplyDeleteDude the show beyond what three and a little bit of two has barely touched the novels. It won't until episode 8 which will adapt Red Dragon.
ReplyDeleteHannibal was from Will and Hannibal perspective. And Will is himself can be rooted for. He was a villain protagonist.
ReplyDeleteKeep Hopkins out. Mikkelson's Hannibal is different and is unrelated continuity wise anyway and needs to be judged on its owen merits without Hopkins' interference.
ReplyDeleteMac I very much doubt Fuller didn't try his best. The proof is in the show, his interviews, everything. He loved Hannibal he wouldn't manipulate the fans to do this for him. Nor would he give false hope. He's already set up to run/ write a new show anyway. And he's never been that kind of show runner. When Dead Like Me was cancelled he fought like hell and got a movie made. When Pushing Daisies died he planned to try to do a film adaptation and still has some interest believe. Hell he even made a comic that unfortunately lost his publishing. The guy is extremely passionate about his work and will fight for his shows and often achieves some success. He'd never bullshit not if he thought there was a chance.
ReplyDeleteFuller wants to do 9-10 episodes if by some miracle the show keeps going, and that would make scheduling the actors a little easier than 13 episodes.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think the era of anti-heroes is ending.
ReplyDeleteIt pretty much is in the last 2 years Walter White, Jax Teller, Nucky Thompson and Don Draper have all departed our TV screens.
What about DirecTv? They saved Damages for two more seasons, which is enough for Hannibal to finish their story.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise here.Sorry to see no one is interested to pick this up.Such a shame. R.I.P Hannibal.
ReplyDeleteI don't get this, it's a fantastic show and it's already got a solid base, it's not like they would be starting from scratch. Poor Hannibal indeed.
ReplyDeleteIt's too niche for them. They need shows with mass appeal in order to take them on and make it worthwhile for them.
ReplyDeleteI think they want to create their own identity, without mixing it up with existing content.
ReplyDeleteI didn't call Hannibal a hero I called him a protagonist because I am well aware of basic definitions.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. Season 1 Will had that role. But they minimized him and made him progressively less and less a root for able hero as season 2 progresed. And I for one by the end of season 2 subsequently felt they'd thrown all their storytelling eggs into Hannibal's basket.
ReplyDeleteI was actually referring to the fact that he will probably have to at least wait a year before he could get around to writing/filming the next season of Hannibal. I'm not sure what the order amount for American Gods is and/or if it's a fuller order and/or if it will be split into half seasons or not, but that could take a lot of time...
ReplyDeleteIf this season doesn't radicalize Red Dragon's ending too much, he could more easily relaunch Hannibal (or a spin off) with just MM, LF, and maybe HD. Everyone else shouldn't be needed, if he was finally going to introduce and focus on Clarice...
Hannibal is based on novels and films adaptations of those novels. So the choice to make him a certain way, was something Thomas Harris laid down when he wrote them between 1980's -2009. It's not really Fuller and gang alone that changed that. We just happen to live in the time of the anti-hero in terms of TV and Hannibal fits right in.
ReplyDeleteIn Red Dragon (and IMO in this prequel until we get to season 4) he is an antagonist. In Silence of the Lambs he is neutral, and in Hannibal and Hannibal Rising he's a protagonist/anti-hero
Ultimately in the full scope of his story, he is a protagonist/anti hero, but in terms of how the novels unveil him, he is an antagonist in Red Dragon, neutral in Silence of the Lambs, protagonist in Hannibal, and a protagonist in Hannibal Rising.
ReplyDeleteI would argue that in the first three seasons of Fuller's work he is more of an antagonist, because his back story is missing and because we have yet to meet Clarice, but I expected that change once we moved passed this season, as I suspect that Fuller would of continued to bring HR characters into the contemporary and kept unveiling his past as we went...
*****Hannibal Rising Novel Spoilers
Although his back story is altered in this version, his origin story has him be a victim and by product of several traumas during WWII. His parents die from Russian tank moving in and German bombs falling for the sky. He has to fiend for his sick little sister alone in a cabin in the heavy snow, until local Lithuanians, who have backgrounds from both sides, are hired HS, but then pretend to be Red Cross where they go around and steal and loot art from houses/Lecter castle and off of the dead bodies. They come across Hannibal and his sister. They are starving. They eat his sister in front of him, cook her in her own copper bath tub. Hannibal escapes, but is found by a Russian officer. Takes him back to Lecter Castle, that is now an orphanage. He doesn't speak and only remembers what happened in his dreams. He protects the smallest children from the bigger bullies, until his Uncle comes to take him to Paris, where he lives with him, his Aunt Murasaki, and her young protege, Chiyoh. There is then an altraction with Mursaki and a crude fisherman/butcher, accosting Murasaki. Robert learns of this and confronts him, but dies. Hannibal later kills Paul and offers his head to Murasaki's ancestors...the rest of the novel is Hannibal's coming of age/revenge story as he starts to remember and hunts down the men responsible. Murasaki leaves him at the end before he leaves for America, because he no longer is peaceful. She can no longer find the better part of him that she was trying to save...
The show is dead, American Gods blocked it, Fuller won't be available for a year.
ReplyDeleteThey made his character more complex in motivation and flirted with his dark side, but he will catch him. Making Will a straight up hero would quite honestly be boring and a waste. Plus with Jack involved now a much more straight laced character that shouldn't be a problem. But Hannibal has never been about morality in a black/white sense. It's not the story it's interested in telling. Nor should it be. If I wanted that I'd watch Criminal Minds.
ReplyDeleteWhen DirecTV picked up 'Damages', they also secured the rights to the previous seasons. The amazon deal probably would prevent that for DirecTV.
ReplyDeleteThat's a double-edged sword. It's possible that Fuller could have a schedule gap after the amazon deal expires, which might revive interest from other streaming markets.
ReplyDeleteI think the issue would the same as it is with Netflix--the previous seasons can't go with it. When DirecTV picked up Damages, they brought the prior seasons over as well.
ReplyDeleteThat's not the issue. The issue is that Netflix wouldn't be able to show the first 3 seasons of Hannibal in the U.S. for a several years because of amazons exclusive contract.
ReplyDeleteI need more Hannibal in my life, it just can't end... :(
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