In the new issue of CINESCAPE magazine, director Brett Ratner is talking up his new Hannibal Lecter prequel, RED DRAGON.
Ratner, a newcomer to the Anthony Hopkins-as-Lecter trilogy revealed that despite the strong word of mouth DRAGON is getting, he's still outrunning the ghost of Michael Mann's adaptation of DRAGON, 1986's MANHUNTER.
"It makes my skin crawl when people say, 'Oh, you're doing a remake of MANHUNTER," Ratner told us. "It really isn't. If you know the book well, MANHUNTER doesn't even end at all like the book it's like nothing like it. Michael Mann made MANHUNTER [F.B.I. profiler] Will Graham's story, but it's really not. It's mostly [serial killer] Dolarhyde's story, and that's what I did. Also, MANHUNTER doesn't incorporate the idea that [Dolarhyde] had a facial disfigurement, a cleft palate, that he had that huge tattoo on his back. You didn't know why he was a serial killer. The book explained his history and background, and that's what we do in our movie."
Ratner goes on to praise screenwriter Ted Tally, who won an Oscar for his adaptation of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
"I was completely blown away by the script," Ratner said. "It wasn't MANHUNTER, it wasn't SILENCE OF THE LAMBS it was a unique movie. Ted captures the voice of Hannibal Lecter like no other."
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