“Eclipse” director to take up NBC’s "Hannibal"April 1, 2012 - 19:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NBC's new series "Hannibal" has just tapped a frighteningly good director. David Slade, director of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "30 Days of Night," will direct the pilot episode of NBC's "Hannibal," based on characters from Thomas Harris' novel "Red Dragon," The Wrap reported. Slade will also serve as an executive producer on the pilot. His television credits include the pilot for NBC's "Awake" and an episode for AMC's "Breaking Bad." "Hannibal," which has already received a 13-episode order from the network, will focus on the early relationship between genius/cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter and his protege, FBI agent Will Graham. "Black Hawk Down" star Hugh Dancy will play Graham. "Pushing Daisies" writer Bryan Fuller is writing the project and producing, along with Martha De Laurentiis, who produced 2001's "Hannibal," the 2002 version of "Red Dragon" and 2007's "Hannibal Rising." Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |