German Trailer for Hannibal Rising Now Online
Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs was a landmark film in many ways, taking home 5 Oscars in the year it was released. And although I enjoyed the sequel, Ridley Scott’s 2001 film Hannibal, it’s easy to understand why a lot of people see it as little more than a cash in on a successful name. Then came Brett Ratner’s remake of the Hannibal Lecter prequel, Red Dragon, which should have officially put an end to the franchise’s appeal. Unfortunately, it looks like they’re still not done with Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s reign of terror.
This February, get ready for the prequel to the prequel (!), Hannibal Rising (previously known as Young Hannibal). This is based on the book by Thomas Harris (who also wrote the actual screenplay) and tells the story of how Hannibal came to become the monster we know today, from his experience of the horrors of World War II, to his dedicated pursuit of science and the arts. A German trailer for the movie has now gone online, and to be honest it’s a bit hard to judge considering there’s no dialogue and just a lot of German words flying past the screen. I suppose it “looks” nice, but I still can’t say I have much interest in it. Hannibal Rising is directed by Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring). It hits theatres on February 9th.
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Comments (5)
I have loved all of the Hannibal movies. Red Dragon is awesome. Not because of Brett Ratner though, he mentions several times on his commentary track that his biggest function was to get the script on screen, which is good, since the script is awesome. Ralph Fiennes is remarkable in it, and it’s probably my favourite part that Phillip Seymour Hoffman has ever done. He’s awesome in it.
I’m unable to see this trailer… No idea wether or not this will be interesting.. I’ll probably wait for the reviews. Just wanted to chime in on the subject… Don’t bash Red Dragon.
And don’t bash Brett Ratner… He’s alright. Like Steven Spielberg with lower budgets.
Posted by Henrik on December 7th, 2006I keep asking this question at various comment strings having to do with this story, but so far no one’s answered.
Which means that either there is no answer or perhaps no one likes me.
Either way: has anyone read this book yet and if so, what is the reason that the mask is in this story? Didn’t the iconic mask begin in the Lector canon as simply a restraint device in SOTL – and how can they possibly integrate it into the character’s backstory without it feeling like a silly marketing tie-in?
Posted by Burbanked on December 7th, 2006I’m with Henrik. I liked Red Dragon a fair bit too. As for this prequel, I agree that it looks nice and to be honest, I’m a fan enough of the series to be vaguely interested in this.
Burbanked: I’ve never read the book. Sorry, can’t help on the mask question.
“And don’t bash Brett Ratner… He’s alright. Like Steven Spielberg with lower budgets.” Brilliant.
Posted by Marina on December 7th, 2006i like the Lecter series alot, i just dont know about this one. i will still check it out and give it a chance though. this is the 6th movie and not the 5th movie in the series, i think people forget that Red Dragon was actually a remake of Manhunter and the original Lecter was Brian Cox.
Posted by Chopper on December 8th, 2006Manhunter + the Hopkins trilogy + this one = 5 movies.
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