NBC's hit series, "Hannibal" has finally bid goodbye from broadcast television. However, its final episode has left a certain feeling to fans that until now, it seems difficult to get over the series.
Variety described the show's ending as something similar to its entrance, "full of style, subversiveness and some of the most cinematic imagery ever presented on the small screen." There is no doubt that the audience wants to see more of Hannibal and Will's story after its controversial finale.
In the finale, Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) worked together to defeat Francis Dolarhyde, aka the Red Dragon (Richard Armitage). Will helped Hannibal escape prison to lure the serial killer into revealing himself, but Francis caught up with them and there was a bloodbath, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hannibal was shot in the stomach and Will was stabbed multiple times, but the pair had successfully killed Dolarhyde. However, at the end, Will pushed themselves over a cliff, CNN reports.
Showrunner and NBC executive producer of "Hannibal" Bryan Fuller revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he ended the show in that manner because fated conclusion was inevitable. Early on the Italian Chapter, Will said, "I have to kill Hannibal Lecter or I'm going to become Hannibal Lecter."
Fuller also spoke about a possible revival of the show with Variety. Fuller was asked if Hannibal would keep his promise to Alana (Caroline Dhavernas) in season four or if Alana and Margot (Katherine Isabelle) will have a happy ever after.
"It certainly was going to be a part of season four, and I actually was really excited about exploring the Margot/Alana relationship and how they were going to dismantle all of the Verger slaughterhouses and turn them humane," he said. Does this suggest that the show will have a season four? It's not yet confirmed.
Fuller was also asked by The Hollywood Reporter if they will wrap the story in a movie, to which he replied that executive producer Martha De Laurentiis is looking into financing for a film and he expressed his willingness to continue telling the story.
"There is something in the novel 'Hannibal' that has not been done in any of the adaptations and I would love to explore that with Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. I'm hoping that someday, whether it's a year from now ... two years from now ... that we will continue to get to tell that story. I feel like if Will Graham did survive that plunge, his most interesting chapter is yet to be told," Fuller said.
