Although the series was canceled by NBC just a few episodes into the third season run for "Hannibal," fans have been clamoring for it to live on elsewhere, preferably on a streaming media platform like Netflix or Amazon Prime. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, the show may carry on with a film, rather than a Season 4.

The film idea came about because the two major streaming platforms Netflix and Amazon Prime have turned down an offer to produce the series' fourth season, which would essentially introduce the character of Clarice Starling to the rebooted universe. He character was immortalized in the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs" and later recast as Julianne Moore in the 2001 film "Hannibal."

Fans of the Thomas Harris novel series fell in love with the way showrunner Bryan Fuller portrayed their beloved character on the TV screen, with cunning dialogue, immersing storylines and most of all, grotesque and stylish horror.

The series quickly gained a cult following and after the show's cancellation, fans took to the web and campaigned for another network to save the show from falling off into oblivion.

Fuller spoke with THR about the possibility of keeping the characters alive, given that their fates were undetermined following the cliffhanger of season three.

"Martha De Laurentiis is looking into financing for a film. I'm still hoping that we get to tell that story in some way," Fuller said.

"There is something in the novel 'Hannibal' that has not been done in any of the adaptations and I would love to explore that with Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. I'm hoping that someday, whether it's a year from now ... two years from now ... that we will continue to get to tell that story. I feel like if Will Graham did survive that plunge, his most interesting chapter is yet to be told."