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Is "Hannibal" Doomed?
With Jodie Foster announcing last month that she would not reprise her role as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs sequel, the studio behind the project is considering scrapping the thriller altogether instead of recasting the part
According to Entertainment Weekly, the studio is weighing several alternatives. "In the next two to three weeks we have to make a decision," Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider tells EW.
However unlikely, the studio's best-case scenario is finding a way to lure Foster back to Hannibal. Anthony Hopkins is back again the people-munching Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, but only after a shuffling of both directors and screenwriters and a thorough rewrite of the script.
Foster could be offered more money, a different start date or yet another rewrite of the script. Though the details of the current script are top-secret, the book on which it was based has Clarice Starling joining Dr. Lecter and a "special dinner guest" for a bite.
"The studio is just back from the holiday and is regrouping based on the news [Jodie Foster is out of Hannibal], and has no cohesive game plan right now," a Universal rep tells Reuters.
The chances of the studio recasting the role--Internet speculation has Helen Hunt, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Calista Flockhart and Gillian Anderson as possibles--seem unlikely, as well.
"Jodie is synonymous with the part," the head of a rival studio says in EW. "I don't think I would do it [now]. It's too much risk on a costly investment."
All this means is that Hannibal could be a costly disaster for Universal and producer Dino DeLaurentiis, who paid more than $9 million for motion picture rights to the book--the most ever for an adaptation--plus several million more to get a workable screenplay.
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