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‘Hannibal’ Subject Of Outside Interest While Awaiting Renewal Decision At NBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday May 15, 2013 @ 6:12pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Bryan Fuller, Hannibal, NBC, Upfront
Nellie Andreeva

There are several comedy and drama pilots not picked up to series yet that are still in play. But among returning scripted series, only one, NBC drama Hannibal, went through the upfronts without learning its fate. The series, from Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller, got off to a solid ratings start and was in serious contention for an early renewal. The numbers eventually tapered off, and NBC put the renewal decision on hold. Hannibal was well reviewed, and I hear there has been interest from at least one cable network in case NBC passes on a second season. Additionally, I hear Amazon, which currently carries repeats of the show, has expressed interest in taking it on. There are no talks going on and Hannibal has not been shopped as the producers are waiting on a renewal at NBC. Hannibal, from Gaumont International Television, is produced under a different model at a license fee that is a fraction of what dramas with similar production values cost.

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Hot TV Trailer: ‘Hannibal’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 4:39pm PDTTags: Bryan Fuller, Hannibal, Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Martha De Laurentiis

NBC has posted a full trailer for Hannibal ahead of its April 4 premiere. Mads Mikkelsen plays the title character and Hugh Dancy plays FBI criminal profiler Will Graham. Laurence Fishburne and Caroline Dhavernas also star in the series based on characters from Thomas Harris’ novel … Read More »

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NBC’s ‘Munsters’ Reboot ‘Mockingbird Lane’ Unlikely To Go Forward

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 6:31pm PDTTags: Bryan Fuller, Mockingbird Lane, NBC
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: It looks like NBC‘s Mockingbird Lane pilot won’t be going to series. There is no final decision, but I hear that the network brass are leaning toward passing on the project, a reboot of the classic 1960s sitcom The Munsters. The project from Bryan Fuller had been in the works at NBC for a couple of seasons, originally developed by the previous regime during the 2010-11 development cycle. Fuller’s script was one of very few Bob Greenblatt kept in play when he took over the network in January 2011. It was redeveloped and, in November 2011, it was ordered to pilot around the same time another Fuller-written drama, Hannibal, landed a script-to-series deal at NBC. Read More »

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SyFy Pilots ‘The Lotus Caves’ Adaptation With Bryan Fuller & Robert Halmi Sr.

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 2, 2012 @ 5:50pm PDTTags: Bryan Fuller, Syfy
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Syfy has handed out a pilot order to High Moon, an adaptation of John Christopher’s cult 1969 young-adult sci-fi novel The Lotus Caves. Veteran longform producer Robert Halmi Sr. and Pushing Daisies creator creator Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) executive produce the project, written/executive produced by Jim Danger Gray (Pushing Daisies). Canadian-based Reunion Pictures is producing the 90-minute pilot which is expected to begin production in Vancouver this fall. Reunion Pictures’ Matthew O’Connor, Lisa Richardson and Tom Rowe also exec produce. High Moon, which had been in development at Syfy for two years, creates a future where the countries of Earth have established colonies to mine the Moon’s resources. High Moon was started and developed by Susan Montford and Don Murphy of Angryfilms and their partner Cary Granat of Reel FX who will all EP along with Cary’s NY based brother Steve Granat who brought the book to everyone’s attention. Read More »

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NBC Gives Straight-To-Series Order To ‘Hannibal’, Picks Up ‘Notorious’ Drama Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 14, 2012 @ 4:36pm PSTTags: Bryan Fuller, Hannibal, NBC, Notorious
Nellie Andreeva

NBC has pulled the trigger on a 13-episode order to Hannibal, a straight-to-series project from Gaumont International Television, written and executive produced by Bryan Fuller and executive produced by Martha DeLaurentiis. The project is described as a contemporary thriller series … Read More »

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Bryan Singer To Direct And Produce NBC’s ‘The Munsters’ Reboot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 29, 2011 @ 6:45pm PSTTags: Bryan Fuller, Bryan Singer, NBC, The Munsters
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s The Munsters will be brought to you by The Bryans. X-Men and Superman Returns helmer Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy, which recently received a … Read More »

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It’s Official: NBC Picks Up Bryan Fuller’s Reboot Of ‘The Munsters’ To Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 4:26pm PSTTags: Bryan Fuller, NBC, The Munsters
Nellie Andreeva

Less than 2 weeks after receiving Bryan Fuller’s script for The Munsters, NBC has given a pilot order to the Pushing Daisies creator’s reboot of the 1960s comedy. Universal Television is producing the project, described as an imaginative reinvention … Read More »

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Bryan Fuller’s NBC Double: ‘Daisies’ Creator Has Two Projects Eyeing Series Orders

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 7, 2011 @ 2:47pm PSTTags: Bryan Fuller, Hannibal, NBC, The Munsters
Nellie Andreeva

Within the next month or so, Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller may have two series on NBC. He is behind two high-profile projects, The Munsters and Hannibal, both of them on a script-to-series track. Fuller originally developed a reboot of the 1960s comedy series The Munsters last season and his was one of very few scripts new NBC chief Bob Greenblatt kept in play when he took over the network in January. Greenblatt rolled the project to get it redeveloped by his team. Fuller’s new outline submitted in Septemer was received well (it was the talk of NBC’s pre-Emmy party), and his draft was just delivered on Friday. Word is that NBC, which may pull the trigger on a series order as early as this week, envisions the new Munsters as a potential summer or event series. Like Fuller’s previous series, Pushing Daisies, the  project features striking visuals mixed with all the classic Munsters archetypes. Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enought for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily’s niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and  Lily and Herman’s only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address. Separately, Fuller is writing Hannibal, a drama series for Gaumont International Television and producer Martha De Laurentiis, which NBC just bought preemptively. Fuller is writing the script about based on the iconic literary and film character Hannibal Lecter against a 13-episode commitment, meaning that the script will trigger a 13-episode series if NBC likes it. Read More »

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NBC Buys ‘Hannibal’ Series From Bryan Fuller & Gaumont International Television

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 7, 2011 @ 11:23am PSTTags: Bryan Fuller, Gaumont International Television, Hannibal, Katie O'Connell, NBC
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: In its first U.S. sale, recently launched L.A.-based indie studio Gaumont International Television has set up hourlong drama Hannibal at NBC. Written and executive produced by Bryan Fuller and executive produced by Martha De Laurentiis, the project, based … Read More »

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Gaumont Launches U.S.-Based Division Run By Katie O’Connell, Sets Projects From Bryan Fuller And Michael Hirst

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 12, 2011 @ 9:00am PDTTags: Bryan Fuller, Gaumont, Gaumont International Television, Hannibal, Katie O'Connell, MIPCOM
Nellie Andreeva

French film studio Gaumont has become the latest foreign production company to establish a U.S. outpost and tap a seasoned U.S. TV executive to run it. Gaumont today announced today the launch of Gaumont International Television, an independent studio based in Los Angeles, designed to produce drama and comedy television programming for the U.S. and international markets. Former NBC head of drama Katie O’Connell will run the company as CEO, with Sony Pictures TV business exec Richard Frankie tapped as COO. GIT also announced its first two projects that will be taken to MIPCOM next month: Hannibal, a one-hour drama series written by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller, and Madame Tussaud, a six-hour miniseries written by The Tudors creator Michael Hirst. Read More »

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