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IN CINEMAS EVERYWHERE FEBRUARY 9

Based on Thomas Harris’s eagerly awaited new book of the same name, Hannibal Rising takes us back in time to Hannibal Lecter¹s formative years and finally explains the origins of evil. Beginning during World War II, this dark and intense prequel follows the young Hannibal¹s survival of the horrors of the war in Lithuania, his formative years in the fields of medicine and forensics in England and Russia, and finally his journey of revenge on the predators who changed his life forever during the collapse of the Eastern Front. Above all, it reveals the mind of a monster and tells the chilling story of how Hannibal came to be.

From acclaimed director Peter Webber, the cast includes Gong Li (Miami Vice, Memoirs of a Geisha) and rising star Gaspard Ulliel as the world¹s most infamous serial killer… Hannibal Lecter.

Official Site – www.evilwillrise.com

Random House book site – www.hannibalrising.co.uk