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All Three Seasons of NBC’s Brilliant “Hannibal” Coming to Netflix in June

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One of the all-time saddest TV cancellations for horror fans came when NBC pulled the plug on the Bryan Fuller-created “Hannibal” after just three seasons back in 2015, leaving the fates of Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) quite literally hanging off a cliff. Fuller has been keeping hope alive for the return of “Hannibal” for the past five years, but to date, the series has not been able to come back from the dead.

Our biggest hope has been that Netflix or another streaming service will swoop in for the save, and though that hasn’t actually happened yet, we’ve gotten word this week that Netflix will at least be streaming all three seasons of the NBC series next month.

Every episode of “Hannibal” will begin streaming on June 5. And who knows, maybe Netflix will consider ordering up more episodes if viewership is through the roof? Wishful thinking, to be sure, but it certainly couldn’t hurt the cause.

If you haven’t yet taken a bite out of “Hannibal,” the good news is that the three seasons of NBC’s series do tell a complete and fully satisfying story, capped off with what is quite honestly a perfect conclusion to the saga. So if you’re hesitant to jump in because you’re worried the story gets cut short in the end, well, that’s not quite the case. And as much as I’d love to see the series get revived, I can’t complain about the fact that NBC gave us three blood-soaked seasons of one of the most brilliant horror shows to ever grace the small screen.

On a related note, CBS just handed a series order to “Clarice,” which will be set one year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. Hannibal Lecter is not expected to appear in the series, and it likely won’t impact whether or not Fuller’s take on Thomas Harris’ novels finds new life outside of NBC. Fuller had tweeted early this year, “Martha [De Laurentiis] & I tried many times to work with MGM to include Clarice into our Hannibal story. They ultimately told us they had their own plans for Clarice and they didn’t need Hannibal to tell her story. Don’t think this impacts a potential Hannibal S4 as we never had Clarice rights.”

Could this be the beginning of a beautiful relationship between Netflix and “Hannibal”? Only time will tell…

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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“Van Helsing” Television Series in the Works at CBS

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One of the silver screen’s most iconic monster slayers, Abraham Van Helsing will return in a brand new “Van Helsing” television series for CBS, Deadline is reporting this afternoon.

Jonathan Lee (“Lockerbie”) is writing the “Van Helsing” series for CBS. Deadline notes in today’s report, “It is believed to have landed at CBS after a hotly contested auction.”

Rob Doherty (“Elementary”) will be executive producing the upcoming horror series alongside Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman under their deal with Lionsgate Television.

Deadline details, “It is a contemporary take on the monster hunter; Dr. Abraham Van Helsing uses his uniquely inquisitive mind working alongside his ex, relentless FBI special agent Mina Harker, to solve New York City’s most harrowing cases.”

The character of Van Helsing notably got his own solo movie back in 2004, with Hugh Jackman in the title role. More recently, 2017’s The Mummy ended with the suggestion that Tom Cruise was going to become a Van Helsing-like figure for Universal’s failed “Dark Universe,” but the film’s box office underperformance forced the studio to start over from scratch.

And then there’s of course Syfy series “Van Helsing,” which actually centered on new character Vanessa Van Helsing (Kelly Overton), a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing.

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