Hannibal Rising (2007)

"It Started With Revenge"

Directed by Peter Webber
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar
Screenplay by Thomas Harris
Based on "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Dominic West
Music by Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi
Cinematography: Ben Davis
Edited by Pietro Scalia, Valerio Bonelli
Production company: Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by Momentum Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 7 February 2007 (France)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $50 million
Box office: $82.2 million

"Hannibal Rising" is a crime thriller drama film directed by Peter Webber and adapted from Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. It's a prequel to the previous three films: Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. It tells the story of young Hannibal Lecter who moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Red Dragon (2002)

"To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning."

Directed by Brett Ratner
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Edited by Mark Helfrich
Production company: Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by Universal Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date: 4 October 2002 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $78 million
Box office: $209.1 million

"Red Dragon" is a crime thriller film directed by Brett Ratner and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. It is a prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" which follows a retired FBI agent with psychological gifts who is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer with the help of criminal genius Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Hannibal (2001)

"Break The Silence"

Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Ridley Scott
Screenplay by David Mamet, Steven Zaillian
Based on "Hannibal" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: John Mathieson
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Scott Free Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal Pictures
Release date: 9 February 2001 (United States)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $87 million
Box office: $351.6 million

"Hannibal" is a crime thriller drama film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris. It's the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" in which Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced FBI agent Clarice Starling and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

"To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman."

Directed by Jonathan Demme
Produced by Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Craig McKay
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date: 14 February 1991 (United States)
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $19 million
Box office: $272.7 million

"The Silence of the Lambs" is a thriller crime drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. The story is about a young F.B.I. cadet who must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.