Hannibal Rising US Trailer

The first American trailer for Hannibal Rising is online on IGN. (via DreadCentral) The movie will be set in 1940s in Europe and centers on Lecter's childhood in Lithuania through a period in Paris to his arrival in the US. The story will be about "the creation of a monster" and involve complicated casting. The movie requires actors for playing a 5-, a 14-and a 20-year-old Hannibal Lecter. Producer Dino De Laurentiis believes, that an English accent will better to convey the personality of the Lithuanian-born Lecter, than an American would. We also will get to see Mischa Lecter (Hannibal's sister).

After the young Hannibal escapes from an orphanage and runs away to Paris, he takes refuge at the home of his uncle. His wife, Lady Murasaki, becomes the sociopath's teacher. This prequel will also show how Lecter grew fond of the taste of human flesh.

The film will be the second prequel for the producer (after remaking Michael Mann's "Manhunter", which starred CSI's William L. Petersen and was the first movie based on Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon",) 11 years after "Silence of the Lambs".

Gaspard Ulliel will portray one of the the young Hannibal Lecters and Gong Li will play Lady Murasaki, the Japanese woman who teaches cultural sophistication to the young Hannibal. Peter Webber will direct the fifth installment of the Lecter franchise scripted by The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris. The movie will also star Rhys Ifans,Kevin McKidd and it will be narrated by Anthony Hopkins.