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Just four days after being canceled, Hannibal brings home a few Saturn Awards. This week has brought some devastating news to the Fannibals of the world: Our beloved show has been canceled by and will not return to NBC after Season 3 ends. Nonetheless, showrunner Bryan Fuller said in an interview with Vulture that the show is being shopped around, in hopes that someone else will pick it up for a fourth season. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works mainly in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film,television, and home video.  The award was initially, and is still sometimes, loosely referred to as a Golden Scroll. Despite its cancellation, Hannibal is still being recognized for the amazing show it is — just four days after NBC dropped it, the series won three Saturn Awards. Hannibal was nominated this year for a total of seven awards: Best DVD Television Release; ...

“Hannibal” is not coming back  for a fourth season. HANNIBAL — “Aperitivo” Episode 304 — Pictured: (l-r) Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, Laurence Fishburne as Jack Crawford  NBC has made it official, opting not to pick up a fourth season of its well received drama Hannibal. Despite good reviews and devoted cult following, 'Hannibal' could not grow into a broad network show. The writing had been on the wall, with NBC opting to hold Season 3 for the summer, where the drama has delivered soft ratings. (It most recently logged a 0.5 Live+Same Day in adults 18-49.) Likely more suited for cable, Hannibal has been solid on DVR and on-demand and has done very well on social media but that was not enough to sustain the show on a Big 4 net.  The third and now final season will air in its entirety in the Thursday 10 PM slot, and the show will still present at Comic-Con as planned.  There is an effort to find a new home for Hannibal as part of a #SaveH...

'Hannibal' Season 3 Cast Spoilers: 2015 Premiere Date Heads Into 'Red Dragon' Territory, Gillian Anderson, Laurence Fishburne Return Fannibals are in for a long wait - NBC's glorious, gruesome drama series  Hannibal  won't return to our screens until 2015. To make the wait a little easier (or maybe harder?),  there are  8 delicious teasers for season three, which opens one year after  t hat  finale. .. Share on Faceb Share on Twitter More spoilers have recently come to light for the upcoming third season of "Hannibal." Executive producer and writer Steve Lightfoot said that season three will be more fun. Laurence Fishburne, Mads Mikkelsen, and Hugh Dancy in Hannibal "I feel there's more opportunity for more fun, for sure. The roof had come in so low and so intense in season two with all those people under it … we can't bring everyone back and have them be even more intense than before, so we've got to mix ...

'Hannibal' Season 3 Renewed: NBC Officially Picks Up Its Best Drama With A Third Season Renewal "Hannibal" renewed !   Trumpet  it to the masses:  "Hannibal" season 3 is officially a go . After leaving us in suspense for  a little longer than any would have liked , NBC has  finally picked up "Hannibal"  for a third season, not too long before the upcoming, inevitably  dramatic ending of season 2 .  It's fantastic news: the show is one of the best dramas on network television, and came compete with high drama for cable. Drama With A Third Season Renewal The "Hannibal" season 3 renewal just came through on Friday, and actually comes as a bit of a surprise to some. Although the demographics of the viewership are quite young and favorable, the overall ratings numbers have been pretty low, slightly below NBC's average. But those good, if small, demographics clearly helped the show out. But not as much as its producti...

Hannibal Lecter is a cannibal. Unfortunately Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) and the rest of the FBI did not get this particular memo during the first season of NBC’s Hannibal, which concluded with poor Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) being framed for murder by Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and locked up in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.  "If injustice makes you squeamish  then look away now." Laurence Fishburne in  Hannibal.    (Photo: Brooke Palmer/Courtesy of NBC) Hannibal fans can now finally start counting down the days until season two begins.  “I can’t get you out of my head. ” That’s what FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) tells people-eating psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) in the season-two premiere of  Hannibal.  If TV shows could exist like people, I would say the same thing to this NBC series while backing away slowly:  I can’t get you out of my head.  At whic...

Feeling hungry? Then check out this new promo for "Hannibal" Season 2 in which our titular character is cooking up something tasty to whet your appetite for the show's return. “Hannibal” stars Mads Mikkelsen as brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who is working with the FBI and gifted criminal profiler Will Graham, played by Hugh Dancy, to look into the mind of serial killers. The series also stars Laurence Fishburne as Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit. Caroline Dhavernas and Hettienne Park co-star, and Season 2 guest stars include a returning Gillian Anderson, Eddie Izzard, and Raul Esparza along with newcomers Michael Pitt, Katharine Isabelle, Jeremy Davies, Jonathan Tucker, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Amanda Plummer.       The second season of the critically acclaimed “Hannibal” will contain 13 episodes, beginning with “Kaiseki,” premiering Friday, February 28th, following "Grimm." "Hannibal" Episode...

Last year, NBC’s drama  Hannibal  closed out its freshman season on a note that was so horrifying—and so well scripted— Hannibal  found itself with a second season  renewal , with the contracts for leads Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen left intact. If you’ve been dying to see what direction the characters are headed in, you’re in luck. On Sunday, NBC released it's first look at  Hannibal 's new season, which will begin airing on the network this winter.  Many are rarely vociferous about TV trailers, but this one’s a must-watch, giving us an intense look at the episodes to come.  The trailer begins with a voiceover from Laurence Fishburne’s Jack Crawford, a man who has seen a lot of murder and darkness in his time. We then see Dancy’s Will Graham behind bars after getting arrested for the murderous acts investigated during Season 1. He proclaims his innocence, declaring Mikkelsen’s Dr. Hannibal Lector to be the real root of evil. Graham’s actua...

Prepare for the return of NBC's HANNIBAL in this all-new promo and teaser art! The show's second season will premiere on February 28 at 10/9c on NBC. About HANNIBAL: The dark and haunting series "Hannibal" returns for a second season, with more shocking revelations and games of psychological cat and mouse. Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is locked in a mental asylum accused of Hannibal Lecter's crimes (Mads Mikkelsen). Now that Will sees Hannibal for what he truly is, he faces a fight to prove his own sanity and convince those closest to him he is innocent of murder. Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) is dealing with his own feelings about Will, and whether his protégé is in fact a cold-blooded killer. Looking for answers, Jack turns to Hannibal, a man he has come to trust. With Will locked up, Hannibal becomes Jack's new consultant on cases. Hannibal is torn between self-preservation and his desire to keep Will close to him, despite advice from ...

The TV series about Thomas Harris’s big-screen baddie Hannibal Lecter has been picked up by Broadcasters in France and Canada . Gaumont International Television has licensed the 13-hour series to Canal Plus in France for pay-TV and CityTV in Canada for free-TV. The show has already sold to ProSieben in Germany. “As evidenced by these sales, Hannibal is proving to be an incredibly successful and sought-after title across all forms of media in all parts of the world,” said Erik Pack, head of international distribution and coproduction for the distributor. Gaumont International Television, the sales arm of French film studio Gaumont, will be in Cannes next week shopping Hannibal as well as Netflix commission Hemlock Grove and its reworking of 1960s movie Barbarella for Canal Plu Starring Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne and Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal is being made for NBC in the US and AXN worldwide. Bryan Fuller (Heroes) is exec producing, with David Slade (Twilight Ecl...

The cast for NBC 's upcoming  Hannibal  television series looks to be shaping up: talks have picked up and Laurence Fishburne ( The Matrix ) is close to signing a deal to play the character of Jack Crawford.  Fishburne's character, would be that of Jack Crawford, "the agent-in-charge at the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI who is tasked with tracking down a certain flesh-eating serial killer." Since NBC is shooting for an original with this adaptation, it's hoped that this role will see the return of his Morpheus glasses.  How bad-ass would Jack Crawford be? Hannibal wouldn't mess with him. Bam, plot twist. Along with Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy , this looks like a nice cast is forming for the show getting underway. David Slade ( Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night ) is set to direct the pilot episode and 13 one hour episodes are already purchased. Bryan Fuller produces while director David Slade is set to helm this story. The project is descr...