‘Hannibal’ Cast Contracts Expire, Complicating Revival Possibilities
By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2015 5:30 am EST
Now contracts for leads Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen have expired. That means they’re free agents, which means that a fourth season for Hannibal would involve negotiating new contracts, making things even more complex.
Deadline reports that those contracts are gone, but there is good news. Talks carry on with potential suitors for a fourth season, and the site reports that Dancy and Mikkelsen like Hannibal so much that they’re game to return.Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller told THR a few days ago,
And as Fuller has done interviews in the past week, he’s made one thing clear: his new priority now has to be American Gods, which means a fourth season of Hannibal has to wait until the first season of the Neil Gaiman adaptation is done. That adds another factor to the pickup equation.
He told THR “If there was a fourth season, we would coordinate a way to be able to allow me to do American Gods and Hannibal as well.”
But to Deadline last week, he made American Gods sound a bit more pressing.
That said, Fuller has laid in some hope for an alternate means of exercising his plan for the fourth season:
The question would be for the potential new distribution partner is how comfortable they are in waiting. Because I do have an obligation to American Gods and a passion for American Gods, so I absolutely want to service that in the way that it needs to be serviced.
Oh yeah, the plan for the fourth season would actually make a wonderful psychological thriller if we contained it to a movie. I would love to do a Hannibal movie with this cast.
