'If we get a chance to tell The Silence of the Lambs, I think it would be very interesting to have a black or non-white Clarice because as much as you want to say, 'Oh, race doesn't matter!', race totally matters. There are a lot of rumors brewing that if a new season of Hannibal is made, it will include a fresh take on THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and it's really something that Fuller wants to do. Ill-feeling towards the rights incident made MGM unwilling to play ball at the time but time could heal all wounds.

Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins starred in the 1991 film adaptation of Harris' novel and the film earned them both Academy Awards as well as rare Best Picture win for a film in the thriller/horror genre.

Hannibal Lecter in stopping 'Buffalo Bill', a serial killer who skins his female victims and wears their hides. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS followed rookie FBI agent Clarie Starling as she seeks the aid of notorious prisoner Dr. So that's why it's been sort of a sticking point to try to get the Clarice rights because they were like, 'Why would we help you when to…' They're basically Bill Pullman in Sleepless in Seattle.' So there's been a little bit of animosity between the studios because MGM's like, 'Hey, you were gonna do it with us', and she was like, 'Yeah, but you didn't give me the better deal', and they were kind of upset about that. What happened early on and why there was sort of a sticking point for us with the Clarice rights is that MGM was originally working on a deal with Martha De Laurentiis that had everything in one package, and then Gaumont came along and offered Martha a significantly greater deal that MGM couldn't match. In a recent interview with ' Collider', Fuller breaks down how studio in-fighting prevented them from bringing that story to life.

Showrunner Bryan Fuller dived into the world of Thomas Harris' crime novel series give audiences a fresh look at Hannibal and his supporting characters but one of Harris' well-known Hannibal works, 'The Silence of the Lambs', was never touched. Hopes have remained high that the show will get another life on a streaming service and thanks to its growing popularity via Netflix, that may actually happen. Despite only running for three seasons, the show was a huge critical success and a major hit with fans. The Hannibal TV show is widely considered one of the greatest television adaptations of existing material that has been put to the small screen.

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