Hannibal has been cancelled and now fans are chewing their arms off

Hannibal may have had his last supper. American network NBC has announced that the Silence of the Lambs prequel starring Mads Mikkelsen will end after the third series, currently showing on Sky Living in the UK.

Showrunner Bryan Fuller seemed to take the news pretty well…initially.

“NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared,” he said in a statement, praising the network for allowing “images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards & Practices enforcers.”

He went on: “Hannibal is finishing his last course at NBC’s table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again.”

Did you catch that? Yes, Fuller is clearly not willing to let Hannibal die entirely, perhaps searching for a new home for the show. And thus #savehannibal was born.

WE HAVE 10 EPISODES OF #HANNIBAL TO WATCH ON NBC THURSDAYS. LET'S WATCH TOGETHER AND SHOW HOW STRONG THE #FANNIBAL COLLECTIVE CAN BE.

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

ALSO, #SaveHannibal

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

So what’s the plan? Well…

.@MorIrish ALEX, WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY THE F OUT OF THOSE EPISODES AS THE #FANNIBAL COLLECTIVE AND THEN WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

His feed soon filled with celebrity Fannibals.

Temp Twitter break break: SC, please take down the Confederate flag; @AlbertBrooks, do @marcmaron‘s podcast; @netflix, renew Hannibal. Thx!

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) June 22, 2015

Fannibal petitions.

“@RoliTheOne: Here’s the petition to #SaveHannibal @netflix @BryanFuller @MitchPileggi1 http://t.co/Xzs4Qu5iFZ”

— Kayla (@kls397) June 22, 2015

Esoteric Fannibalism.

LONG LIVE THE #FANNIBALS! https://t.co/E7WBCMUt6r

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

Fannibal mobilisation.

#FANNIBALS, DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? An Evening with . . . Hannibal – LACMA http://t.co/laVMerN3Fr via @AddThis #REDDRAGON WILL BE SCREENED

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

#HANNIBAL IS STILL COMING TO #SDCC2015 AND THE #FANNIBALS WILL BE CELEBRATED!

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

And tributes to Fannibals all over the world.

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE @AXNKorea @AXNIndia @AXNJapan @CanalAXN @AXN_Espana @AXN_LA #FANNIBALS FOR SPECTACULAR ENTHUSIASM! #HANNIBAL

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

A SPECIAL, SPECIAL, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE ITALIAN #FANNIBALS! #FannibalsUnite #HANNIBAL

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) June 22, 2015

Hannibal was soon trending on Twitter, which is often the first stage in an online comeback for a cancelled TV series. Will it work in this case? Or will the cannibal finally get his just desserts?

Hannibal series 3 is currently showing in the UK on Sky Living, Wednesday, 10pm

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