Hannibal Lecter's first movie released 40 years ago today, but the infamous cannibal wasn't played by Anthony Hopkins.

The Thomas Harris novel, originally titled Red Dragon in the early '80s, was renamed Manhunter because director Michael Mann ...

Michael Mann's 1986 Manhunter, the first Hannibal Lecter film, was initially dismissed by critics, but a new 4K release ...

Robert De Niro and Gene Hackman are two of the most iconic Hollywood actors we have ever seen, but both may have made a mistake turning down an iconic movie role over 35 years ago. On February 14, ...

Clarice (Julianne Moore) and Paul (Ray Liotta) share a back and forward about the Hannibal Lecter case. #anthonyhopkins #juliannemoore #hannibal #hanniballecter Get your Critic Pick!

Before Anthony Hopkins was cast as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Lex Luthor himself, Gene Hackman, nearly played him. Emmy winner Brian Cox (Succession) has a long and storied career in ...