Hannibal: 10 Things That Would've Happened Next

10. Hannibal (2001)

The TV show stole not only the namesake, but the majority of the plot devices from 2001's horror-thriller. Gary Oldman's Mason Verger took up the mantra as the film's big bad, and we had the infamous pig scenes. Unfortunately all this was used across Season 3 of the show, but there are still some elements we could have seen.

Presumably developed over a multi-season arc (and assuming they got the rights to Clarice) you would see a final showdown between Lecter and his new FBI plaything. We already saw his psychotropic drug use on Bedelia and the two fleeing to Italy, which is exactly how Robert Harris' book series ended.

However, fans of the films will know that there was a very different ending in the Hopkins era of films, where Clarice handcuffed herself to Hannibal, and he chopped off his own hand to escape. Asking how many lives can one man have, having Hannibal once again "on the lamb" offers either an ending or a continuation for the series.