Newly launched production house Gaumont International Television is cooking up an hour-long crime drama set around the early days of Hannibal Lecter, the notorious cannibal/serial killer first introduced in the Thomas Harris novels “Red Dragon” and “Silence of the Lambs.”

Bryan Fuller, creator of ABC’s Emmy-winning series “Pushing Daisies” and—one of my personal favorites—Showtime’s “Dead Like Me,” is penning the “Hannibal” series, which will reportedly focus on the cat-and-mouse relationship between Lecter and FBI agent Will Graham.

Fuller has also written for “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” and NBC’s “Heroes.” He also adapted Stephen King’s Carrie for the small screen in 2002.