Things are not looking good for the gore-fest television series "Hannibal" created by Bryan Fuller; however, the showrunner is still clinging on hope that they would still be able to continue the cannibalistic doctor's story.
"I'm sorry to report Amazon and Netflix have passed on 'Hannibal' season four but we're still investigating possibilities," he wrote on his Twitter account.
A lot of people have assumed that "Hannibal" is a ratings gatherer, but since Amazon and Netflix have both passed up the chance to air the show, it seems like "Hannibal" isn't doing quite well as far as ratings are concerned.
The show stars Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy,Laurence Fishburne, Gillian Anderson, and Caroline Dhavernas. Given the highly talented cast, Fuller has expressed hope to continue working with them.
Besides, Fuller said that Hannibal's story is far from over and they have uncharted territory left to conquer. "It doesn't feel like we are done because we're not done with this season. We've got a lot of story left, and the four remaining episodes of the Italian arc are so gravely demented that I think they're amongst my favorites of the series," he told Vulture in an interview.
Fuller revealed that they will delve deeper into the story of the "Red Dragon" with Richard Armitage as Francis Dolarhyde. The complex relationship between Dancy's Will Graham and Mikkelsen's Hannibal will also be tackled further come next season, and he teased that season four will be unlike any they have presented in the past.
"Season four would be a re-examination and reinterpretation of the Will Graham-Hannibal Lecter relationship in a fashion that is unlike anything else we've done in the show," said Fuller. "So it is, in many ways, a whole reinvention of the show, in an exciting way. And if it weren't for the appeal of that, I would be very fine with saying, 'Season three, really strange season, something to be very proud of,' and just letting it go at that."
Fuller has previously worked on "Pushing Daisies," another beautiful series that suffered from the same fate as "Hannibal" because of weak ratings. So the showrunner has learned his lesson and is better equipped now to end "Hannibal," which he was unable to do so in "Pushing Daisies."
"I wanted to approach every season of 'Hannibal' as if it was the last season of 'Hannibal,' with the option to do more," he said. "But, you know, I was a Boy Scout. So I'm prepared. The ending of season three has more in common with, in terms of satisfaction, the end of season two, if we're talking about season finales that could double as series finales."
