'Hannibal' Season 3 may be the end for the television series but it could also be the beginning of a new feature film. Showrunner Brian Fuller agreed that the finale could be a good way to end the show but said that it also leaves room for expansion, the International Business Times reports.
"This finale wraps up the television series in a really good way and also is a platform for launching a new version of telling the story," he said.
In a story published on Entertainment Weekly, it said that NBC decided not to renew the series for a fourth season. There will be six remaining episodes that can be viewed on NBC every Saturday at 10 p.m.
Despite this, Fuller and company are looking at other options on how they could produce more of "Hannibal." A feature film is among the few options that the team is looking into, the report said.
According to Hugh Dancy, who plays Will Graham in the TV series, Season 3 would be their farewell. "But you could've said the same thing about the end of the first season and the end of the second season. Bryan has described to me what he had envisioned moving forward into the next season which would be justified by the way we end this year. But it'll be a big splash," he said.
The report added that Fuller wants to create a "Hannibal" movie if they can't get a Season 4. "I think the funnest thing for all of us would be a feature film, and Martha [De Laurentiis, executive producer] has the feature film rights and the feature film experience," Fuller said.
Dancy promised that fans won't be left with any unbearable cliffhangers at the end of Season 3. "I think that we got to a kind of justifiable and different form of conclusion between Will and Hannibal, and Dolarhyde as well, that was justified and that will be very satisfying," he said.
Whether "Hannibal" gets a Season 4 or not, Fuller said that Season 3 gives an opportunity for a little break. "The way this season ends, there may be an opportunity for a little break and then hopefully we'll find a way to bring Mads and Hugh back to you," Fuller said.
