Okay, now this is just getting weird! NBC have already ordered the new series Hannibal for midseason next year, a TV prequel focusing on a younger Hannibal Lecter and his relationship with Will Graham, the FBI agent destined to catch him.
Now however, TV Guide reports that Lifetime (Lifetime?!) are developing Clarice, another Silence of the Lambs prequel - Which, as you can guess by the title, would focus on Clarice Starling, just after she graduates from the FBI Academy. Clarice of course was so memorably played by Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, in an Oscar-winning performance. (Julianne Moore played the role in the film Hannibal, after Foster declined the offer to return).
The two series based on the Thomas Harris-created novels/characters have nothing to do with one another. MGM would produce Clarice for Lifetime, which obviously is in much earlier stages of development, lacking any writer, director or cast.
The role of Lecter in Hannibal is expected to be announced shortly. Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) is the executive producer and writer, with David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) directing the pilot - his second pilot in the past year, after Awake. Hugh Dancy has been cast as Will Graham
While a show based off of Thomas Harris' dark serial killer novels seems a strange fit for Lifetime, it comes as the network is looking to get into more dramatic series, on the heels of their successful launch of The Client List.
Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/26/lifetime-developing-silence-of-the-lambs-prequel-tv-series-clarice
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