Since the time that NBC announced the cancellation of American psychological horror-thriller series "Hannibal" last year, fans have not stopped hoping that show, in whatever way possible, would return with Season 4. But what are the possibilities, or is there?
"Hannibal," no doubt has been highly acclaimed by critics: top-notch acting, highly creative visions, and impeccable storytelling. But according to Christian Today, the show found its demise because of low viewer ratings.
It was shopped for a while but neither the Amazon nor the Netflix deal materialized. Consequently, the show was cancelled and the cast and crew were released from their contracts.
In a recent interview with Collider, Hugh Dancy, who played Will Graham, said that should "Hannibal" have gone on to Season 4, it should have gone back to the events of Season 1 in an unexpected twist.
"Bryan [Fuller] pitched it to me..." Hugh Dancy said. "Well, he, described to me in an overview with what he wanted to do with the 4th season, had there been an interest, and it was really fantastic."
"It was a complete restart, without describing it because who knows, God knows, maybe some way we may be able to do it in the future but it took us back to the first season in a very unexpected way, and made total sense of that cliffhanger ending; it seemed justified. It was born out of a part of one of the books so it was still coming out of that universe, but it wasn't the Clarice/Silence of the Lambs storyline," the actor added.
Dancy said further that currently, Bryan Fuller is busy, he is busy and Mads is busy but if there was a possibility of the return of "Hannibal," they would happily come back.
Could the comeback be possibly in the form of a film? Dancy replied, "The answer is I don't know."
"I think we'd all be happy to return in some capacity, and the idea of a movie is really interesting," he said. "Obviously, one of the things that we did with the show, that Bryan did really, was very languorous, very image-rich storytelling, so how to fit that in a movie, I'm not sure. But the version of the season he described to me... I just know I'd like for it to happen."