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EXCLUSIVE: Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is ending, why not come out with elephant-sized ambition? Netflix has attached Denzel Washington to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in an untitled epic drama that will reteam him with Antoine Fuqua for Netflix. That reunites back star and director…

UPDATED with correction in lawyer’s statement: A producer on Shudder's Queer for Fear series has sued the streaming service, AMC Networks and executive producer Bryan Fuller for sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and retaliation. In response, a new suit for defamation and malicious prosecution…

Could Mads Mikkelsen ever reprise his role as Hannibal Lecter? Don’t count out the possibility just yet. “There’s always a chance. It’s all about finding a home for it,” Mikkelsen told Deadline of returning for more seasons of the crime drama Hannibal, on which he played the infamous serial killer…

Hemlock Grove is coming back to streaming. The Eli Roth-exec produced horror drama series was removed last month from Netflix but now, thanks to a deal between producer/distributor Gaumont and FilmRise, the show will return to air. The deal will see Hemlock Grove, as well as Gaumont's Hannibal…

Martha De Laurentiis, an American film and TV producer and wife of Dino De Laurentiis, died early in the morning of December 4 after a long battle with cancer. “My mother was both a warm, generous, optimistic soul – my father always referred to her as his ‘sunshine’ – and a fierce protector,” her daughter Dina De…

Wesley Snipes TV Series Being Sold During EFM EXCLUSIVE: Hannibal is launching sales at the virtual EFM on action TV series Paper Empire, starring Wesley Snipes, Robert Davi, Denise Richards, Steve Guttenberg, Anne Archer, Robert Knepper, Michael Nouri, and guest appearances from Kelsey Grammer and Danny Glover. The…

Fans of Silence of the Lambs will notice one key character missing from CBS’ new hour-long series Clarice, and he goes by the name of Hannibal Lecter. Reporters at the CBS Winter Tour asked about the elephant in the virtual room; the notion being that the rights holders of Hannibal, The Dino De Laurentiis Company…

Like the ravenous appetites of the title character of Hannibal, Gaumont Television USA intends to make a meal of their former CEO with an amended countersuit filed just now. Since former Gaumont International Television boss Katie O'Connell Marsh took her old employers to court in early 2018 over potentially millions…

The first CEO of Gaumont International Television is suing the company — now called Gaumont Television USA — claiming that it deprived her of “millions of dollars in bargained-for contingent compensation” from TV series she developed. Katie O’Connell Marsh already was a veteran television executive when was tapped as…

Loyal fans of Hannibal will be happy to hear that the revival of the NBC canceled series is coming closer to reality. Executive producers of the show Martha De Laurentiis and Bryan Fuller took to Twitter and posted a photo of the two of them posing with a Hannibal doll captioned “Meeting of the minds,” leading us to…

Scott Nimerfro, a veteran writer-producer whose credits range from Tales From the Crypt and Pushing Daisies to Hannibal and Once Upon a Time, has died of cancer in Minneapolis. He was 54. Hannibal showrunner and Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller confirmed the news on Twitter: RIP @ScottNimerfro BELOVED #HANNIBAL…

Will Mads Mikkelsen be adding another Disney tentpole to his resume soon? The Hannibal star is in talks to join Marvel's Doctor Strange pic as one of the baddies, that much is true. But those talks are at a very very preliminary stage, sources tell Deadline. In fact, right now, Mikkelsen, who is also in the next…