Hannibal (film) realized that Zaillian was "exorcising the 600 pages of the book. He was distilling through discussion what he was gonna finally do ... Frankly I could have just made it." It was unclear if Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling) and Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) would reprise their respective roles for which they won Academy Awards in "The Silence of the Lambs" (best actress/actor). It became apparent that the producers and the studio could do without one of the original "stars" and would go on to find a replacement. The withdrawal of both Foster and Hopkins could possibly have been terminal for
Carnage (2011 film) Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly (nominee) 68th Venice International Film Festival<br> Nominated - Golden Lion<br> Won - Little Golden Lion Carnage (2011 film) Carnage is a 2011 black comedy-drama film directed by Roman Polanski, based on the Tony Award-winning play "God of Carnage" by French playwright Yasmina Reza. The screenplay is by Reza and Polanski. The film is an international co-production of France, Germany, Poland, and Spain. It stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly. In the film, presented in a classic case of much ado about nothing, two sets of