Ready for the sequel to “Silence of the Lambs” that you didn’t know you needed until now? Well, okay, maybe you still don’t need it, per se, but you’re going to get it anyway, courtesy of the new CBS crime series, “Clarice.”
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Forget what you thought you saw in the 2001 feature film, “Hannibal,” which served as the sequel to the classic 1991 film. As seen in the teaser for “Clarice,” this series picks up shortly after the events of ‘Silence,’ in the year 1993, with a young Starling trying to return to her job after the traumatic events of the film. As you might expect, her life was forever changed by her run-in with Hannibal Lecter and that affects how she acts in the field as she pursues new serial killers and sexual predators.
The series stars Rebecca Breeds as Clarice Starling, taking over a role that was previously inhabited by Jodie Foster and then Julianne Moore. “Clarice” is executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Kurtzman has been the saving grace for CBS recently, as his ‘Star Trek’ TV franchise has taken off on the streaming service CBS All Access.
With the film franchise surrounding “Silence of the Lambs” effectively over with no new projects in development, we’ve seen TV pick up the slack in recent years. NBC released a few seasons of “Hannibal,” a series that served as a prequel to the events of ‘Silence’ and saw Mads Mikkelsen really do well as the title character. Obviously, CBS is hoping “Clarice” can follow that model.
“Clarice” will debut on CBS on February 11. You can watch the teaser below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Venture into 1993, a year after the events of “The Silence of the Lambs,” to explore 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.