Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Thursday that Netflix halted early pre-production so producers and the studio could address budget and scope disagreements.
- Antoine Fuqua is set to direct, Denzel Washington is attached to star and produce, and Oscar-winner John Logan wrote the screenplay.
- The production had been meeting potential cast members and Fuqua's crew had been scouting locations in Italy ahead of a planned shoot later this year.
- Insiders say both sides are negotiating revised financial terms and hope to restart the project, but no shooting schedule or final deal has been confirmed and Netflix has not issued a public comment.
- First announced in November 2023, the Hannibal film is a costly, location-dependent historical epic and the pause highlights growing scrutiny of big-budget streaming projects and the near-term uncertainty for cast, crew and regional production plans.