Hannibal

Name: Hannibal
Genre: Drama, Crime
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson

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Hannibal (2013-2015)

Seasons: 3, episodes: 39

Episode runtime: 45 min

Average rating: 8.3/10 645 429

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Video for the series Hannibal — Hannibal: Season 1 Trailer

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Premiere

2013-04-04

Last episode

2015-08-27

Status

Ended

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Network

NBC

Production

Dino De Laurentiis Company, Gaumont International Television, Living Dead Guy Productions, AXN Original Production

Genre

Drama, Crime

Website

http://www.nbc.com/hannibal/

Creators

Bryan Fuller

Actors

Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson, Hettienne Park, Ellen Greene, Lance Henriksen, Ellen Muth, Eddie Izzard
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Bryan Fuller, Steve Lightfoot

Producer

Jesse Alexander, Michael Wray, Martha De Laurentiis, Bryan Fuller, Chris Brancato

Camera operator

James Hawkinson

Composer

Brian Reitzell

Editing

Michael Doherty, Ben Wilkinson, Stephen Philipson
Whole Team (55)

Short description

Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1 After a particularly grueling case hunting a serial killer known as the Minnesota Shrike, Will Graham threatens to walk away. Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, desperately needs Will on his team to break the tough cases, so he enlists Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to ensure Wil…	13	2013-04-04	8.1
Season 2 When damning evidence shows up at the FBI that implicates Will in a string of grisly murders, he is immediately placed under the care of the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. As Will tries to assure Jack of his innocence, he also attempts to convince him of the identity of the r…	13	2014-02-28	8.5
Season 3 After the shocking events of the Season 2 finale, Hannibal is on the run in Europe - accompanied by his psychiatrist Bedelia Du Maurier - sporting a new identity, but servicing the same insatiable appetite. As the lives of Will, Jack and Alana converge toward Hannibal again, each with their own m…	13	2015-06-04	8.1

What's left behind the scenes

The role of Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier was originally written for an older actress, with the intention of casting Angela Lansbury. When she was unable to accept the invitation, the role was rewritten for a younger actress, and Gillian Anderson was cast.
NBC began working on the project back in 2011, when Bryan Fuller was brought in to write the pilot script in November. The network provided financial support for the project even before the script was completed. On February 14, 2012, the script was approved by producers, who ultimately ordered a full season of 13 episodes, having been impressed by Fuller's work.
At the beginning of the sixth episode of the second season, Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) quotes the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Mads Mikkelsen played Stravinsky in the film 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky' (2009).
Bryan Fuller originally wanted to cast Lee Pace in the role of Will Graham. He was also unable to appear as a guest star in the first season due to his Broadway commitments.
The car driven by Hugh Dancy's character in one of the scenes of the third episode of the third season is a 1986 VAZ-2121 'Niva' SUV.
Hannibal (played by Mads Mikkelsen) and Hugh Dancy (who played Will) occasionally discussed Hannibal's use of the information storage method known as the "memory palace." This is not an invention of the show's creators or Thomas Harris—the screenwriter and author of the source novel—who mentions this technique in his books. This method actually exists and has been known since the time of the Roman Empire.
In the second episode of the first season, actress Chelan Simmons introduces herself as Gretchen Speck, married name Horowitz. In another Bryan Fuller series, 'Wonderfalls' (2004), Chelan Simmons' character is named Gretchen Speck-Horowitz.
Hugh Dancy recommended Mads Mikkelsen for the role of Dr. Lecter.
David Tennant auditioned for the lead role in the series. Executive producer Bryan Fuller was so impressed by Tennant's audition that, although he denied him the role of Hannibal, he wanted to bring Tennant back as a guest star in the role of a crazed serial killer.
Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller had a seven-year plan for the series. He outlined it as follows: "In the first season, we have a strange bromance between Will and Hannibal. The second season will be an unpleasant breakup between them. The third season will be a flight toward sharp edges. The fourth season will be 'Red Dragon.' The fifth season will cover the time of 'The Silence of the Lambs.' The sixth season will be 'Hannibal.' In the seventh season, it would be interesting to see Will Graham and a Clarice Starling-type character team up to finally give Hannibal his comeuppance."
Mads Mikkelsen prepared all the dishes in the series himself. He was coached in cooking by food stylist Janice Poon.