<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $87 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $351.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Hannibal is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris . It is the sequel to the 1991 Academy Award--winning film The Silence of the Lambs in which Anthony Hopkins returns to his role as the iconic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter . Julianne Moore co-stars, in the role first held by Jodie Foster, as FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling . </P> <P> The film had a difficult and occasionally troubling pre-production history . When the novel was published in 1999, The Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme, screenwriter Ted Tally, and actress Jodie Foster all declined to be involved in its adaptation . Ridley Scott became attached as director after the success of Gladiator (2000), and eventually signed onto the project after reading the script pitched by Dino De Laurentiis, who produced Manhunter (1986), based on the 1981 Harris novel Red Dragon . After the departure of Foster and screenwriter Tally, Julianne Moore took on Foster's role while David Mamet and Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay . </P>

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