![]() ![]() Harris gave in because, as de Laurentiis made no secret about publicly, the producer threatened him with the idea of another writer crafting the backstory of Harris' signature character. That didn't matter to de Laurentiis, who effectively coerced Harris into writing the Hannibal Rising book, then adapting that into a film script. Harris had absolutely zero interest in writing one, and had seemingly ended Hannibal's saga with his namesake book. ![]() Never one to give up, de Laurentiis approached Thomas Harris with the idea of a Hannibal Lecter prequel. ![]() The problem was, there weren't any more books to mine for material. After 2001's Hannibal and 2002's Red Dragon both made big bucks at the box office, de Laurentiis found himself wanting more Hannibal Lecter movies. ![]()
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