The first images of actor Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) as the iconic/sadistic Dr. Hannibal Lecter are now online, over at EW.com. So head over to the gallery to check out eight new photos from Bryan Fuller's (Pushing Daisies) new NBC series, Hannibal, based on the famous characters from Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs.

In the photos you'll see Fuller, along with Hugh Dancy as Agent Will Graham (played by Edward Norton in Red Dragon and William Peterson in Manhunter) and Laurence Fishburne as Jack Crawford (portrayed by a handful of actors including Harvey Keitel and Scott Glenn). Hannibal revolves around the partnership formed between Graham and Lecter; solving serial murder cases together while Lecter's own proclivity for, ahem, eating human flesh remains a secret.

Here's an image of Mikkelsen as Lecter...

Click on the exquisite meal to see more pics over at EW.com!

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