David Slade at the London Premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at Leicester Square. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ok, maybe I was stretching a bit with that title.  Any way, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, Twilight: Eclipse) will be directing the pilot of the new Hannibal Lector tv series, titled Hannibal.

This is good news and bad news.  Good news is that Slade is directing.  I have been a fan since the brilliant but little seen Hard Candy.  While 30 Days of Night was pulpy vampire fun, I wasn’t completely thrilled with it.  He did direct the best installment (by a mile) of the Twilight franchise, Eclipse.  He is also attached to the reboot of Daredevil, which, I’m sure, will be another origin story (yawn).

The bad news?  They are making a television series out of Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lector.  How is that going to work?  I have no idea, but with Slade attached to direct, I will be tuning in.

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