Hannibal was an ongoing television series, currently in production at NBC, that is based on the series of novels by Thomas Harris and focuses on the budding relationship between FBI criminal profiler Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy. The series premiered on April 4, 2013. Season 1 and Season 2 each consisted of 13 episodes. Season 3 began airing on June 4, 2015. The show ended on August 29th, 2015.
Hettienne Park as Beverly Katz, a crime scene investigator specializing in fiber analysis. (seasons 1-2)
Gillian Anderson as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier, Lecter's psychotherapist, who was once mysteriously attacked by one of Lecter's former patients. (season 3 onwards; recurring seasons 1-2)
Scott Thompson as Jimmy Price, a crime scene investigator. (also starring season 2 onwards; recurring season 1)
Aaron Abrams as Brian Zeller, a crime scene investigator. (also starring season 2 onwards; recurring season 1)
Crew
Executive Producer/Developer/Writer: Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, Star Trek: DS9, Heroes)
Executive Producer/Pilot Director: David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, Breaking Bad)
NBC gave the series a financial commitment before Fuller had completeled his script.
On February 14, 2012, NBC bypassed the pilot stage of development by giving the series a 13-episode first season based solely on the strength of Fuller's script.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the project, Bryan Fuller discussed the limited episode order and the continuing story arc he envisions for the series. "Doing a cable model on network television gives us the opportunity not to dally in our storytelling because we have a lot of real estate to cover." Speaking specifically about the Hannibal Lecter character, Fuller said, "There is a cheery disposition to our Hannibal. He's not being telegraphed as a villain. If the audience didn't know who he was, they wouldn't see him coming. What we have is Alfred Hitchcock's principle of suspense — show the audience the bomb under the table and let them sweat when it's going to go boom." He went on to call the relationship between Graham and Lecter as "really a love story", saying "As Hannibal has said [to Graham] in a couple of the movies, 'You're a lot more like me than you realize.' We'll get to the bottom of exactly what that means over the course of the first two seasons." [1]
On April 10, 2012, the ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group acquired the rights to broadcast the series in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark beginning in 2013.
The series airs in New Zealand, it began 25 January 2014.
Videos
Hannibal (NBC) "Dr. Lecter" Promo (HD)
Promo - Dr. Lecter
Hannibal (NBC) "Mind Games" Promo
"Mind Games" Promo
Hannibal (NBC) Full Length Trailer
Full Length Trailer
Hannibal (NBC) "His Name May Ring a Bell" Teaser (HD)