Director David Slade has had a pretty eclectic career, going from Hard Candy to 30 Days of Night to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Now, Slade is set to take on the world's most famous cannibal, as he signs on to direct the first episode to Hannibal, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies), Hannibal focuses on Hannibal Lecter as a younger man, working alongside Will Graham, the FBI agent destined to eventually figure out Lecter's dark secret and capture him. Hugh Dancy (The Big C) has been cast as Graham, but the coveted role of Hannibal has yet to be filled. NBC has picked Hannibal up straight to series, with a 13-episode commitment.

This will be the second NBC pilot Slade has directed in the past year. His previous pilot, for Awake, was tremendously acclaimed - getting a perfect 10 score here at IGN TV from Matt Fowler. Slade also directed an episode of Breaking Bad, "Open House," last year.

Slade is attached to direct 20th Century Fox's next Daredevil movie, expected to be a total reboot of the Ben Affleck incarnation.

看来《异度觉醒》(Awake)的合作令NBC非常满意，所以，为了其新季最令人期待的导航集《汉尼拔》(Hannibal)，电视网再次找来了《暮色3：月食》的导演大卫·斯雷德(David Slade)来掌镜。

孔雀台此次不走预定导航集的寻常路，直接将布莱恩·福勒(Bryan Fuller)的计划投入13集的制作。《汉尼拔》的故事主要聚焦于托马斯·哈里斯的小说《红龙》，讲述了FBI探员威尔·格拉汉姆和他的“导师”汉尼拔博士相识相知的故事。在Showtime剧集《如果还有明天》出演的英国男星休·丹西将饰演威尔·格拉汉姆。