As part of the prehistory leading up to the film “Silence of the Lambs,” NBC’s “Hannibal” producers tackled the big question: When will the show’s events meet with the movie and when will Clarice Starling, the FBI newbie played spectacularly by Jodie Foster, enter the series.
The TV series is based on (and the producers have rights to) “Hannibal,” “Hannibal Rising” and “The Red Dragon” novels by Thomas Harris. At the pace the series is going and in the way it’s jumping through the novels, according to producer Martha DeLaurentis at Thursday’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, the events of the film should arrive circa Season 4.