Sirs Anthony Hopkins and director Ridley Scott are teaming up to bring Hannibal Lecter back to the big screen.

The actor will reprise his cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel to the 1991 hit film The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won a Best Actor Oscar. Cate Blanchett has been rumored to take over the role of Clarice Starling, after Jodie Foster pulled out to focus on directing Flora Plum.

A spokesperson for film-makers Universal says, “Hopkins and Scott are both very committed. We like what we’ve got, and the revised script is really, really good.”

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