Hannibal creator says his "dream" Silence of the Lambs adaptation is "still out there in the universe" and that Zendaya remains his top pick for Clarice Starling: "[She'd] bring a completely different temperature"

Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller has confirmed that he's still aiming to get a fourth season of the show going over ten years after it ended with season 3, saying it's "still out there in the universe." He's also reiterated that he'd like to adapt The Silence of the Lambs with Zendaya in the lead as Clarice Starling.

"I would love to do a Clarice story," Fuller tells Screen Rant. "I'm a big fan of Zendaya. I think she would be an amazing Clarice Starling, and bring a completely different temperature and point of view to the character than what we've had before. I would love to get Zendaya and Mads Mikkelsen together in a Hannibal story."

Fuller also explains that he's still seeking the rights to adapt Thomas Harris' original 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs. The original film rights for the novel had their own tangled journey to the big screen, with actor Gene Hackman attached to develop the movie and potentially star in it before director Jonathan Demme took the reins in 1991.

In the original film, which reached the highest echelons of critical acclaim, fledgling FBI agent Clarice Starling is played to perfection by Jodie Foster, so if Fuller were to adapt the book and bring in Zendaya for the role, she certainly would bring a different energy to the performance.

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