islandclaws

From ContactMusic (who?):

SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS is teaming up with director SIR RIDLEY SCOTT to bring his most infamous villain HANNIBAL LECTER back to the big screen.
The actor will reprise his cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel to the 1991 hit film The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won a Best Actor Oscar.
Hopkins also appeared in 2001's Hannibal before starring in the 2002 prequel Red Dragon.
And actress Cate Blanchett has been tipped to take over the role of Clarice Starling after Jodie Foster pulled out to direct Claire Danes in the forthcoming Flora Plum.
A spokesperson for film-makers Universal says, "Hopkins and Scott are both very committed. We like what we've got, and the revised script is really, really good."

Link here:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...0again_1103500

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No, thanks. I'm good. I really didn't need to see Hannibal, and I really don't want to see this.

Zen Peckinpah

I can't yet can believe this story at the same time. I'll just see what happens I guess...

RichC2

Silence was great and I loved Hannibal (I thought it was a fantastic black comedy), but really hated Red Dragon. I'm game for just about anything Scott does, though.

However, this seems like a really dated story, as nobody outside of Foster is really attached to Flora Plum anymore. (And Jodie Foster did Maggie Simpsons voice on last weeks The Simpsons? Really?)

RagingBull80

I thought Hopkins said he would never play Hannibal again?

Daytripper

First, Scott is one of my top 5 all-time favorite directors. But I loathed "Hannibal". It was not only his worst movie IMO. But one of the worst films I've ever seen. But I loved "Red Dragon". Fantastic cast. And miracle of miracles, Brett Ratner actually captured some of the essence and spirit that made "Lambs" so great and suspenseful. Not equal, but an admirable effort. And I was extremely entertained. That said, I'm not crazy about Scott being attached to another "Hannibal" film. And why the hell wouldn't Jodie Foster do another? Sure, I can see why she didn't want anything to do with "Hannibal". But if this script is a good as they say it is....why not? Cate Blanchett is one of the best actresses working today, but there are too many people playing this character at this point.

GoldenJCJ

Isn't Scott attached to about 4 projects at this point? Every time I hear about directors with films piling up I have to believe the majority of them won't come to fruition.

riley_dude

I would rather Ridley do another Alien movie. After that last Hannibal prequel. Do we really need another movie??

dsa_shea

The last movie, the Hannibal prequel, was the worst in the series in my opinion. Maybe they're trying to redeem the series before it fades off into the sunset.

RichC2

I couldn't disagree more with this. While Hannibal was drastically different from Silence in every way possible, it took a couple of good characters and gave them something different to do. I was entertained and as I mentioned, it was utterly hilarious (and the brain eating sequence is one of my fondest movie-going experiences, the audience reaction was priceless.) Red Dragon just felt lazy, the beginning suggested there might be some suspense to come but the acting from everybody except Fiennes and Watson grated on my nerves, I've never seen such a disinterested performance as the one Ed Norton gave. Even Hopkins came off as more hammy than haunting. It just failed in every way possible.

That said, yeah, the series is probably as good as dead at this point.

DonnachaOne

The Contact Music article is simply a reprint of this article from 2000. How did you stumble upon this one anyway, Killer?

People, pay no attention to Contact Music. ever.

BullGooseLoony

I read this on IMDB, too.

But I agree, it is unnecessary.

Charlie Goose

I read Hannibal when it was first released. Throughout the entire book, I kept thinking to myself that it was totally unfilmable. I was right of course.

islandclaws

Arrow in the Head had it up, as did IMDb. I figured it was, and should be, total bullshit. But, given the date posted, I felt it merited discussion.

Daytripper

Well, unfortunately it's not just Contact Music that is reporting this. It's everywhere:

http://news.google.com/news?sourceid...N&hl=en&tab=wn

Torchur317

Red Dragon was top notch so I'm down for another Hannibal flick....
Hannibal was a decent follow up but I thought RD was alot better....

Hokeyboy

Daytripper

Glad you're amused. Many enjoyed the film a great deal. And thought it was much better than "Hannibal". And "Manhunter" aside, it was the best reviewed movie of the prequels/sequels.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1104385-hannibal/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/red_dragon/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hannibal_rising/

benh911

Is Anthony Hopkins going to moisturize his mug in a slab of human face flesh, again?

Fuck no. He saw "Hannibal Rising" too remember.

About 48-hours-ago a news item surfaced suggesting the 71-year-old actor was set to reprise his signature role, that of greasy-haired maniac Hannibal Lecter, for a fourth time. And according to so-called official sources, Ridley Scott, who directed the lackluster but successful "Hannibal", was eyeing a return to the director's chair. Oh, and Cate Blanchett is the frontrunner to play Clariiiiiiiiiice..

Dubious? You betcha - and the story isn't just far-fetched, it's as false as my grandmother's teeth.

Not to say the story is a fake - it isn't, in fact it's quite real; even the quotes are legit.... thing is, it's a story from seven years ago.

Why has it only emerged now? Well, either time-traveling Jacob from "Lost" is fucking with with the movie nerds, or "It's an old New York Post story - one without a date, that's suddenly popped up in Google News", a friend from Universal tells us via email. "The NY post website probably reposted a few archived articles, and unfortunately Google has picked this one up, believing it's re-posted date to be the same day the story was written. They even quote a Variety article in there - you're going to be hard-pressed to find such an article at Variety after 2001. Bottom Line : It's the old pre-"Hannibal" story getting another-run again. There's no new movie".

Of course there's not. Don't people remember who was tipped to replace Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling before Julianne Moore got the "Hannibal" gig? Cate Blanchett. And why did Jodie Foster opt to do that film in the first place? She - as this 'new' article suggests - was busy directing the long-gestating "Flora Plum". You only have to do a web search for "Hannibal" news items to see that this new item is a near replica of ones published pre-911. Even the quotes are old.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news folks, but... Wait!, this isn't bad news at all, we all saw the first "Silence of the Lambs" sequel, right?!

http://www.moviehole.net/200919097-s...-lambs-already

mdc3000

I forgot they even made that horrible other Hannibal flick... I liked Red Dragon but HANNIBAL was fucking terrible and I think this franchise is beyond dead.

Vipper II

Hannibal was absolute crap. No more Ridley Scott for this series, please.

Red Dragon was surprisingly excellent. In fact, if they get a decent enough script, I'd be willing to give Ratner another shot.

Hokeyboy

That's the living definition of "damning with faint praise".

Daytripper

My, you are certainly one self amused individual.

Giantrobo

I'd see it. I love the characters from the series, and I liked all the films so far with the exception of "Hannibal Rising". I'm guessing I'm one of the few who dug "Hannibal". I read the book and I loved the "fuck alla yuze" ending Thomas Harris wrote in regards to the fate of Hannibal and Clarice. It's a shame they changed the ending for the film.

Supermallet

Hannibal wasn't a bad film, if you took it as a separate movie from Silence of the Lambs, which is pretty much perfect. Red Dragon was competent but too by the numbers to really make a lasting impression (which is no surprise when you consider the director). I'll take the stylish flamboyance of Hannibal over the humdrum of Red Dragon anyday.

gmanca

Something else to consider about Red Dragon is that Ratner had three films to pool ideas from. There were hints of Silence with Lecter's cell, keeping the same actors to play the doctor and guard, The dinner scene and the first fight with Lecter had that Hannibal flamboyance. And he had Manhunter to lift visual cues from when he shot Graham's photo with Lounds, the quick cuts going to the different forensic specialists, and Dollarhyde stalking his co-workers in the van.