It is definitely sad news that Bryan Fuller's show "Hannibal" got cancelled especially since the third season was at the top of its game.
Hugh Dancy, who plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter's friend-slash-foe Will Graham in the series is even teasing now that the fourth season is poised to be even better than the last, since it will somehow bring the series back to the first season.
"Bryan (Fuller) pitched it to me... well, he, described to me in an overview with what he wanted to do with the 4th season, had there been an interest, and it was really fantastic. It was a complete restart, without describing it - because who knows, God knows, maybe some way we may be able to do it in the future - but it took us back to the first season in a very unexpected way, and made total sense of that cliffhanger ending; it seemed justified," he shared during an interview with Collider. "It was born out of a part of one of the books so it was still coming out of that universe, but it wasn't the Clarice/Silence of the Lambs storyline."
Given the amazing storyline they have in store, Dancy as well as the rest of the cast and crew of "Hannibal" are all eager to work on it. "I just think if I keep saying that it will happen!" he even said.
Fans also feel the same way, and Dancy added that if the series gets picked up again, they'll probably know about it first.
"Honestly, the fans were better informed than I was about a lot of stuff, but all I can say is that Bryan is very busy, Mads (Mikkelsen) is busy, I'm busy right now, but I know that all of us would happily come back in the future," he guaranteed.
Some are wondering if they'll ever consider continuing the story of "Hannibal" in film, but even Dancy has no clue if this is even possible.
"The answer is I don't know. I think we'd all be happy to return in some capacity, and the idea of a movie is really interesting. Obviously, one of the things that we did with the show, that Bryan did really, was very languorous, very image-rich storytelling, so how to fit that into a movie, I'm not sure. But the version of the season he described to me... I just know I'd like for it to happen," he said.
