Umlando kaThomas Harris ngoHannibal Lecreré usuvele wafakwa amahlandla amaningi njengoba ku-cinema nakuthelevishini - ukuguqulwa okuphumelelayo kakhulu kulokhu kuhlala i-oscar-frime "ethule amawundlu" namawundlu amawundlu "ane-anthony hopkins kanye noJody. Ngonyaka olandelayo, leli franchise lizohamba ngendlela entsha lapho uchungechunge lwe-TV "Clarissa" luphuma kwizikrini. Le teleproject izosho ngempilo nomsebenzi we-Clarissa Starling Agent ngemuva kwezenzakalo eziboniswe ekuthuleni "kwewundlu". Engxoxweni yakamuva nje nentatheli yaseHollywood, umkhiqizi omkhulu kaClissa Alex Kurtzman uthe lo mbukiso oluzayo uzohamba amazinga ajwayelekile wethelevishini:
Ngizothi besingafuni ukuthi sibe nochungechunge lwethelevishini lwendabuko. Besingafuni kube "yidrama yenqubo mayelana neCliss Starling." Ngesikhathi sentuthuko, saqondiswa izimiso ezihluke ngokuphelele ... Ngesikhathi esifanayo, inkampani yefilimu yaseMGM, eyasiphathise ngomusa ilungelo lokuClissa, lalingenandaba nokukhululwa kwedrama evamile yobugebengu.
Yini-ke ezobe imele "Clarissa"? Ngokusho kukaKurttsman, izithameli zilindele i-One-Piece neNdaba ecatshangwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ezoguqulwa ibe uchungechunge lobude ngesizini eyodwa. Ngasikhathi sinye, umkhiqizi wagcizelela ukuthi iphrojekthi isazoqukatha ezinye zenqubo, kepha umnyombo wayo uzoba "nomqondo we-phychology ethinta imizwa". Indima yesihloko eClissa izodlala ama-brodrs we-rebecca ("amagagasi amakhulu", "Izifundo ezinhle").