Funny, it was only a few weeks ago that I posted my interest in seeing another Hannibal Lecter film… and POOF… suddenly news comes down the pipe that the movie rights to the newest Hannibal book (coming out next fall) have been snapped up. Man, I should put up a post about my wild night in Cuba with Jennifer Garner and see what happens. Anyway, don’t expect Sir Anthony Hopkins to reprise the role of the cannibalistic shrink, because this one is going to be a prequel set deeper in the past than Red Dragon. The happy go lucky folks at CHUD give us this:
The book is titled Behind the Mask, which sounds like a featurette on one of the Friday the 13th DVDs, and will chronicle the early years of the erudite sadist with the fondness for pan-seared neighbor. “Millions of readers in 25 languages have wondered how Dr. Lecter developed his particular appetite for evil,” says Bantam Dell Publishing honcho Irwyn Applebaum, making one wonder if Esperanto and Gujarati are among them. “This novel will satisfy their curiosity.”
I like the idea. Hannibal is one of the more interesting characters to hit the screen in a long time… I welcome the chance to explore him a bit more.
