CBS's SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: CLARICE show (2021) 0

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CBS has closed deals for Clarice, a crime drama series project based on the famous Thomas Harris character, which is set after the events in The Silence Of the Lambs. The project, written and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, has received a big series commitment.

 

The intention for the project, which has a pilot --script written, is to go to series. It will film a pilot this pilot season before a series order decision is made but a writers room has already been set up, and there and a lot of enthusiasm for the title, the premise and the auspices at the network.

Clarice is produced by MGM, which owns the underlying rights, and CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s CBS Studios-based Secret Hideout.

 

Clarice is set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series is a deep dive into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.

 

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I would be interested in this , I wish Anthony Hopkins would play Hannibal one last time too ‼️‼️

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Break out a nice bottle of chianti and cook up some fava beans because CBS has released the first full trailer to the new series Clarice which is set to debut on February 11.

 

Set to a spooky version of John Denver’s “Country Road”, the trailer for The Silence of the Lambs followup features Rebecca Breeds in the titular role that echoes the role originated by Jodie Foster in the 1991 Oscar-winning film based on the Thomas Harris novel. was based on, below.

 

Clarice is set in 1993, one year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. It tells the personal story of FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Breeds) as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high-stakes political world of Washington, D.C.

 

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The release of the official Clarice trailer for the Silence of the Lambs sequel series portrays Clarice Starling as a woman haunted by her past. The series is promising to provide a deep dive into Clarice Starling's psychological make up and challenging childhood. The character of Clarice was introduced to audiences in the Silence of the Lambs movie, then played by Jodie Foster.

 

Hannibal Lecter has been the central focus of the several films following the release of Silence of the Lambs, such as Hannibal and Hannibal Rising, as well as the TV show Hannibal  which ran for three season on NBC. Now, the CBS show, Clarice, is creating a new narrative as FBI Agent Clarice Starling, played by Rebecca Breeds, takes the spotlight as a character with a muddy past and a lot to confront. Clarice will take place in 1993, a year that the show considers significant as it aims to navigate real events that occurred that year like the Waco Siege, the first bombing of the World Trade Center, and the aftermath of Ruby Ridge. Setting the show in 1993 means it takes place just a year after the events of Silence of the Lambs.

 

In the Clarice trailer, a few things are revealed about the direction of the show, including Starling's return to Appalachia as "old ghosts" and family secrets, come back to haunt her. The trailer shows Starling waking up from terrible nightmares and visions of childhood trauma as Attorney General Ruth Martin lures Starling back to work while she grapples with intense public press and her abrasive male co-agents. The new trailer's mention of Appalachia and song choice of "Take Me Home, Country Road" are the first mention of the Clarice show setting and may provide insight into some of the cases Starling will deal with throughout the show or events from her childhood.

 

Executive producer of Clarice, Alex Kurtzman, recently stated, "Hannibal is an incredible character, as is [FBI Agent] Will Graham, but Clarice Starling has a truly unique amazing psychology, and part of why Silence of the Lambs was so wonderful is the film put you so squarely in her shoes." The title for the pilot of the show is 'The Silence is Over," further indicating it will move beyond the events of the movie. Kurtzman wants the show to be about Starling finally speaking up and exploring herself and the trauma Buffalo Bill has left in her. Although Hannibal Lecter won't appear in the CBS show, the previous teaser trailer for Clarice did provide several flashes calling back to Buffalo Bill, furthering Kurtzman's notion that, although the show centers around Starling, her haunting ties to Buffalo Bill are far from gone.

 

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HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 10 PM EST on CBS

 

Series Debut

Clarice Starling returns to the screen after a 30-year absence in CBS' new procedural drama that picks up where The Silence of the Lambs left off. It's been one year since rookie FBI agent Starling (Rebecca Breeds, The Originals) killed the notorious serial killer Buffalo Bill and the brave and instinctive investigator been haunted by the experience ever since — as has Bill's only surviving victim, Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter). Expect Starling to team up with a young new partner, Emin Grigoryan (Kal Penn), and her FBI colleague and roommate Ardelia Mapp (Devyn Tyler) as they tackle new cases in an atmospheric and moody thriller with a dash retro esthetics (and backward attitudes towards women) courtesy of its 1993 setting. There's just one thing missing — the at-large serial killer cannibal Hannibal Lecter, who is not directly named or appear in the show due to rights issues. But as the doctor can attest, you don't need every ingredient to make a satisfying dish. —JH

 

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Pilot is a good start to the series. And strong links to Silence of the Lambs.

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On 1/11/2021 at 7:05 AM, Oddball said:

Wish it was on HBO or Netflix instead. I wonder if they even asked Thomas Harris if he was interested in writing it. Those were 4 phenomenal novels. 
So disappointed in the film versions of Hannibal and Hannibal Rising though.

Thanks but I truly loved❤️Hannibal as much as Silence of lambs

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59 minutes ago, FoggyNelson said:

Thanks but I truly loved❤️Hannibal as much as Silence of lambs

Did you read Hannibal? They changed the ending in the movie. I think I would have been fine with the movie had I not read the book.

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Loved the first episode. 

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22 hours ago, Oddball said:

Did you read Hannibal? They changed the ending in the movie. I think I would have been fine with the movie had I not read the book.

Nope I didn’t read the book but really liked the movie , even the ending👍‼️

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27 minutes ago, FoggyNelson said:

Nope I didn’t read the book but really liked the movie , even the ending👍‼️

The ending of the novel was extremely controversial and so surreal it may not have translated well on film. I was literally stunned reading the final chapter. But Harris gave Ridley Scott permission to change the ending and I can’t fault them. After further consideration, I think this new ending worked better on film. I just wish Jodie Foster was available though Moore did a great job channeling her.

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The new Clarice series on CBS follows the evolution of young FBI agent Clarice Starling after her meetings with Hannibal Lecter helped her catch the dangerous serial killer known as Buffalo Bill. Just like Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, Clarice is based on the novels of Thomas Harris, though this series shifts the focus from Lecter to Starling, finally giving her more time in the spotlight. In addition to offering Starling (played by Rebecca Breeds) a larger role, Clarice also brings Paul Krendler to the forefront.

 

Krendler briefly appeared in Silence of the Lambs before taking on one of the major antagonistic roles in the Hannibal film, where he was played by Ray Liotta. As we learned in the premiere of Clarice last week, this new version of Krendler — this time played by The Walking Dead alum Michael Cudlitz — isn't quite as villainous as his predecessors. Cudlitz recently sat down with ComicBook.com to chat about his role in the new series, and how his layered take on Krendler differs from the others that we've seen in the past.

 

"First thing I'll point out is that the real first big, big glimpse we get into Paul Krendler from the Thomas Harris world isn't until nine years [after Clarice]," Cudlitz explained. "So who knows what happens over that time? And that's what we're examining. What got Paul to that place? And I don't even know if we're necessarily going to be on that exact trajectory. Obviously there's rights issues with some of the characters, so we had to restructure our world, because the main story being told here is the story of Clarice Starling."

 

As Cudlitz mentioned, the rights to the various characters in the Thomas Harris books are complicated. Clarice can only mention certain characters from the novel, which puts Paul into a slightly different role than the one from the books and previous films.

 

"Now, we know who her boss was in the Silence of the Lambs. And that structure, the workplace structure would have obviously stayed the same or similar," Cudlitz continued. "And then some of those characters, we would know what they're still doing. That is not the case, just because we don't have the ability to use those characters. So that being said, we're moving slower. Like every other adaptation has since. They've used the characters, and their backstories as a jumping off point. And that's what we're doing. The history of Paul Krendler is what it was. Where he goes from here is yet to be discovered. And whether or not he does become the Paul Krendler that we see by the time we get to Hannibal is yet to be seen. But again, that's 10 years down the road. A lot can happen. People change over 10 years."

 

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In Clarice, FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) is avoiding Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter), the final victim of the serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs. However, Clarice's stance on Catherine isn't that odd when one understands Starling's own fragile mental state and how she regards the sole survivor of Buffalo Bill's rampage.

 

In The Silence of the Lambs, Jame Gumb AKA Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) was well-into his bloody rampage before FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) was sent to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) for Hannibal the Cannibal's insights into how to catch the serial killer on the loose. Buffalo Bill kidnapped six women, murdered them, and then skinned them. Bill specifically targeted "larger women" and his last victim was Catherine (Brooke Smith), who happened to be the daughter of Senator Ruth Martin (Diane Baker). Through Hannibal, Clarice learned that Buffalo Bill was a failed transvestite who was fashioning "a woman suit" for himself. Starling followed clues her own FBI superiors overlooked and found Buffalo Bill's house in Belvedere, Ohio, where Catherine was being kept. When Clarice realized she had found her quarry, she descended into Bill's literal house of horrors and was able to shoot Bill dead. Catherine was rescued alive.

 

Clarice is set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, and the series premiere, "The Silence is Over", reveals that Agent Starling had not spoken to Catherine Martin since the day she saved her from Buffalo Bill. In fact, Catherine had reached out to Clarice multiple times and was ignored. Rubbing salt in Catherine's wound was that Starling met with the families of Bill's other victims on the one-year anniversary of the killings, but she still avoided Catherine on purpose. In "The Silence is Over", Catherine used a bit of guile to finally get Clarice on the telephone, but their conversation only worsened the PTSD both are suffering from since their common ordeal against Buffalo Bill.

 

The fact they have shared trauma is a prime factor as to why Clarice stonewalled Catherine's attempts to reach her for a year. Clarice revealed that Starling didn't escape her ordeal with Buffalo Bill unscathed; she suffers from her own trauma that she's not fully addressing, despite being mandated took seek therapy by the FBI. Clarice is definitely haunted by her encounter with Buffalo Bill, and she has the nightmares to prove it, but Starling is not disclosing her problems to her therapist (Shawn Doyle), because she neither likes nor trusts him.

 

Meanwhile, another reason why Clarice isn't addressing her PTSD or commiserating with Catherine is that Starling doesn't consider herself to be a "survivor" of Buffalo Bill. Clarice's mental image of herself as an FBI Agent is in the mold of her late father, who was a town marshal in West Virginia. Clarice adored and hero-worshipped her father, and she was permanently scarred by his death by gunshot. But Starling also pursued a career in law enforcement to emulate her father. So, in Clarice's mind, she can't be a "survivor" of Buffalo Bill because to be a "survivor" means she was first a victim of the serial killer, and Clarice doesn't see herself as one of Bill's victims. Starling was the one who found and killed Bill, after all, so she doesn't accept she has as much in common with Catherine as Martin believes.

 

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Watched the first episode and thought it was terrible and forced. Based on her personality from the novels and the one film, SOTL, this is not even the same character.  And I know the excuse for her altered personality will be PTSD but that would not affect her resolve or traits in the way she is portrayed now. They focused on getting her to sound like Starling but she is anything but. I’ll give one more episode a shot though.