kat,

The movies are: Silence of the Lambs, then Hannibal. And I did a search yesterday on the net and found lots of rumours about a re-make of Red Dragon, with more of a story line around Hannibal Lecter, which was only alluded to in the book (Red Dragon) & the movie (Manhunter).

I also read a review of Manhunter which reminded me why I liked it so much. It's very well done, very subtle. So a re-make may move right away from that subtlety and play on the loosely related "sub-plot" and not on the real plot of the book - because the Hannibal stuff can be sensationalised, and sensationalism makes money, especially in the movies.

Helen