Hannibal: Bigger Longer and UnCut

By Jack March 1, 2001 12:19 PM

Director Ridley Scott will add as much as an hour of unused footage to a TV version of the hit movie Hannibal, which CBS will be able to run exclusively as a four-hour miniseries beginning in the November sweeps of 2003.

CBS will pay $18 million for airing rights to Hannibal and USA will pay $12 million for additional airs. USA is expected to schedule the two-hour version of Hannibal.

According to Variety's sources; ABC and TBS/TNT weren't interested in Hannibal because of it's controversial content.

There is no word yet whether or not the DVD version will contain the addtional footage, I truly do hope so.

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RE: Hannibal: Bigger Longer and UnCut   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 1, 2001 3:44 PM

Why watch it spread across 4 nights and full of car advertisements, when for 4 dollars you (eventually) can rent it on DVD and enjoy it in one sitting. Why does my computer keep beeping!!?!?!?!?!

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on March 2, 2001 12:18 PM

"There is no word yet whether or not the DVD version will contain the addtional footage.."

But we'll see when it get's released. I imagine they'll include it.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 4, 2001 1:19 AM

Yes, it will be on DVD in a special edition but only after we've shelled out $25 for the original version.  I got the Stanley Kubrick box set and now they've released a Special Edition... Cursers!!!

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on March 4, 2001 6:35 PM

Yeah, Plantinum comes out once you already bought bronze.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 24, 2001 3:55 PM

I sure hope so! Not only did we feel short-changed by the different ending than the book, but we saw things in the trailer that were not in the movie! What was THAT all about?!