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HANNIBAL -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter -- Photo Credit: © Robert Trachtenberg/NBC.

HANNIBAL — Season: 1 — Pictured: Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter — Photo Credit: © Robert Trachtenberg/NBC.

As you likely know, NBC canceled Hannibal after three seasons. That, however, is no longer a guaranteed death sentence for a TV show. Many canceled shows get new life on either another network or on a streaming service. Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller, who is currently heading over to Starz for their new series American Gods (based on the novel by Neil Gaiman), talked about Hannibal‘s chance of survival in an interview with Deadline.

He talked about the possibility for a new life, saying, “I would say 50/50. Because I’ve been down this road before and there’s that brief wave of “Oh it could be possible” and then it just doesn’t happen. But it feels like the way this particular show is set up there is potential for a deal to be done. I know conversations are being had. It’s just a matter if they can come to an agreement that is mutually beneficial to the studio and the distributor.”

He also talked about the possibility of the show moving to Netflix, saying, “Netflix has been great in expressing their enthusiasm for the show but it’s just not feasible for them to pick it up. The deal with Amazon, I believe, precludes other streaming services. So that wouldn’t give Netflix what they need as a distributor in terms of first rights, etc.”

Fingers crossed, everyone!

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Jenna Busch

Jenna Busch is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Legion of Leia and has hosted and written for sites like Nerdist, ComingSoon.net, Metro, Birth. Movies. Death., IGN, AOL, Huffington Post and more. She co-hosted Cocktails With Stan with the legendary Stan Lee and has appeared on Attack of the Show, Fresh Ink, Tabletop with Wil Wheaton, in the documentary She Makes Comics, on NPR and Al Jazeera America, and has covered film/TV/gaming/comics for years. She's currently a co-host on Most Craved. She's been published in the comics anthology Womanthology, is a chapter author for Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind, Game of Thrones Psychology and Star Trek Psychology and more, and owns a terrifying amount of swords and 20-sided dice. There are also those My Little Pony trailer voice overs that give one nightmares.