In March 2016 , De Laurentiis blamed online piracy of the series as part of the reason for cancellation . In May 2016 , Mikkelsen commented on a possible revival , stating , " It all depends on Bryan . He is the key , the base , the heart . We will wait and see what happens next in his career . But we all know that we can easily pick this up in two or three years , there are breaks in the stories . We could pick it up , say , four years later . If Bryan is up for it , we will all go for it . " In June 2016 , Fuller stated , " The cast is game , I 'm game , it 's just a matter of finding the right time where everybody 's schedules sync up , but I would love to continue to tell the story with Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen . They 're such fantastic collaborators , and one of the most satisfying actor-showrunner relationships I 've ever had in this industry . So I would love to continue this story . " He also revealed other information dealing with rights : " Two years after the last airing of the show , we can investigate our options ... August 2017 is when we can actually start talking about it . That 's when we would have to see what the rights are for the character and for the story , and see who 's interested and how we get it done . I have the story , and the cast is excited for the story , so we 're ready to go if somebody wants to go . " In December 2016 , Fuller confirmed his plans for a '' Silence of the Lambs '' miniseries in an interview on the Blumhouse Productions podcast , stating , " I think the film adaptation is a perfect film , but there are a lot of interesting nooks and crannies in that book to explore in a television series . " In August 2017 , formal conversations on the revival had begun . In January 2019 , Mikkelsen exclusively revealed to Bloody Disgusting that he suspected Fuller to be securing rights to '' The Silence of the Lambs '' , saying in full , " Yeah , I think there 's always new hope . I have n't heard anything specific . I know Bryan is still working on some ideas where we can find a new home for this . I also have a strong feeling that everybody who was involved in it would gladly pick up the glove again if that happens ... I do n't know where they looked . That is above my paycheck , but I know they 've been talking to different studios . I know that Fuller was working to get the rights to '' Silence of the Lambs '' so he could get in there and use some of those characters for his own universe . I have a hunch that might be where we 're going . " The series ' fourth episode , " Oeuf " , which revolves around kidnapped children who have been brainwashed into murdering their own former families , was pulled from the United States broadcast schedule at the request of creator Bryan Fuller . The episode was still shown in other countries . This was not a result of the Boston Marathon bombings as some reports have indicated , but was actually decided just hours beforehand , and was more likely due to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting . Fuller said of the decision , " With this episode , it was n't about the graphic imagery or violence . It was the associations that came with the subject matter that I felt would inhibit the enjoyment of the overall episode . It was my own sensitivity ... We want to be respectful of the social climate we 're in right now " . In lieu of a traditional broadcast , a portion of the episode was broken into a series of webisodes , which was made available through various online media outlets . The complete episode was later made available via iTunes and Amazon Video on April 29 , 2013 , and the episode appears in the order intended on the DVD and Blu-ray release
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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