has been cancelled , but there was hope the show would move to Amazon or Netflix

@MikeBarbre I'M SORRY TO REPORT @amazon AND @netflix HAVE PASSED ON #HANNIBAL S4 BUT WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING POSSIBILITIES — Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) July 6, 2015

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However, it turns out neither of those streaming services will be the cannibal's savior, as the show's creator, Bryan Fuller, tweeted the following: Deadline reports the reason Amazon may have passed is because of Fuller's commitment to his next series, Neil Gaiman's American Gods, for Starz. Because of that project, Fuller may have needed a full year to return to Hannibal and Deadline says Amazon wasn't willing to wait that long if they picked the series up.Netflix was already assumed to have passed on Hannibal because of Amazon Prime's exclusive contract for streaming rights to the first three seasons of the show in the United States - which is why Amazon was seen as a likely home for the show in the first place after NBC decided to not renew it.While Fuller hinted at hopes for a revival still, Deadline reported last week that the Hannibal cast have been released from their contracts and are now free to join other TV series. If they do so, it will add to the notable obstacles facing Hannibal returning, given all the principal players would no longer be free to resume making the series in the near future.

Nathan Lawrence is a freelance writer from Sydney who knows that Hannibal is eating people, but would still like to dine with him. Track him down on Twitter