Hannibal executive producer and the show’s creator, Bryan Fuller, has confirmed that discussions to find the show a new home are indeed happening.

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Speaking to Variety , Fuller explains that while nothing is concrete as of yet, “I know there have been discussions on a couple of fronts with Netflix and Amazon. But I believe our deal with Amazon precludes a Netflix component so I think Netflix, who has expressed interest and has expressed great enthusiasm for the show… I don’t think contractually with our Amazon contract, they can pick up the show.”One of the hurdles Fuller and co. have run into is the previous deal with Amazon, which sees the first three seasons of Hannibal locked into an exclusive streaming contract with their Amazon Prime service in the United States. In short, while a deal with Netflix or an NBC-owned cable station like Syfy, USA or Esquire seems like an obvious fit, pitching new seasons via Amazon makes even more sense as that’s where Hannibal already calls home.

Bryan Fuller on Who's Coming Back to Hannibal

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At this point, Amazon looks to be the frontrunner, but this too throws up some problems as without NBC involved, things get more problematic in terms of many of the overseas outlets that run Hannibal.Said Fuller, “All I know is that things are being discussed with venues to see how interested they actually are. I don’t know to what extent. Without an NBC component, it’s a little complicated. Even some of our international partners, because there’s no NBC component, will pass on a fourth season.”Fuller also spoke to HitFix's Alan Sepinwall , telling him that when it comes to Hannibal possibly finding a new home, "It feels like maybe a 50/50 chance. There's certain places that can't do it for various reasons. There's other places that are interested in doing a fourth season. I'm very curious which way it will go. I honestly have no idea."If Hannibal does come back, it obviously won't be on one of the broadcast networks, so certain restrictions would be lifted. However, Fuller says the show, already known for its visceral content -- which many never expected to see on NBC in the first place -- wouldn't change radically. "I think it's the show in many ways. I think we would probably say "f**k" or "s**t" more often, or at all. But in terms of the psychological content and the storytelling, NBC is not preventing us from exploring any of that territory. I think it would just be in terms of nudity and strong language, but I don't necessarily see those things as vital tools in the toolbox. We wouldn't be blurring Botticelli anymore."With the rights to Silence of the Lambs and Clarice Starling still an obstacle to including any of that book on the show, Fuller was asked about his plans for Season 4 (he still hopes to tell the Clarice story in a potential Season 5). He told Hitfix, "If I told you [the Season 4 plan], you'd be like, 'Oh, yeah, that's right!' But I don't want to give any hints about it, because it would betray the finale of this season. But it's based on something from one of the books, where we would do what we usually do, which is subvert it, starting with the radical differences in the relationships on the show versus how they were written in the novels."For more on Hannibal, check out our own new interview with Bryan Fuller about what's still to come in Season 3 , including which characters are coming back and which aren't.

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