partially attributed to online piracy.

Still, Fuller, as well as series stars Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen, four or five years after the series' initial cancellation. There were originally talks about continuing the story as a movie, though it seems that Fuller would prefer returning to a TV series format, but that doesn't mean they have plans to go back to NBC. There are plenty of other options out there for them to explore, and the producer has now revealed that they are currently looking at those options.

Fuller has been frequently questioned about Hannibal on Twitter, and in a recent discussion with fans, he revealed that De Laurentiis has officially opened discussions to potentially revive Hannibal (which he says couldn't have started until two years after the series finale aired), though he didn't say who, or which network/service, they were talking to.

Conversations couldn't start until 2 years after the final airing of season 3. @neoprod has started those conversations. This takes time.— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) August 9, 2017

Last year, Fuller revealed that he and De Laurentiis couldn't begin shopping around for another network to host the series until August 2017, when NBC's streaming deal with Amazon Prime had expired (which originally what would the story be about?

The original plan was for the show to run for seven seasons, with seasons 4 through 7 adapting the final two novels in Harris' trilogy: The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Fuller has previously revealed intentions to possibly bring back the series as an irregular miniseries that would begin by adapting the former novel, and that may very well be the direction he and De Laurentiis plan on going. Unfortunately, it seems like we may not find out for some time. Still, for Hannibal fans, it's welcoming to hear that talks have, at least, begun.

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