Hannibal's long hiatus will serve to ensure another season of high quality episodes.

'Hannibal' Season 3 Spoilers: Filming Wraps, 'Glorious' Finale Teased

April - the month that many expected would hold the return of NBC's resident cannibal - is fast coming to a close and, as showers turn to May flowers, series creator Bryan Fuller has opened up about the decision to push the season 3 premiere to June.

"We barely, by the skin of our teeth, were able to produce the first two seasons with a lot of hard work, and a lot of people bending over backwards and contorting, because it's so hard to do a crafted television show in eight days [per episode]," Fuller told Digital Spy, explaining that season 3 production ran into trouble when they tried to slim filming down to a seven-day schedule. "Scenes were getting dropped, shots were dropped, so in the editing room I was like, 'I can't even put this together because there's not enough material.'"

'Hannibal' Season 3: 'Horrific' Red Dragon Scene Filming, Bryan Fuller Teases

In moving Dr. Lecter's (Mads Mikkelsen) return back by several months, the psychological thriller will manage to maintain the high quality fans have become accustomed to. Known for it's gorgeous cinematography, dark color pallet, exquisite culinary displays, and horrifyingly stunning corpse sculptures, Hannibal has turned into one of the most carefully crafted series on network television.

Viewers can jump into Bryan Fuller's beautiful and terrifying world once more on June 4 with "Antipasto." Click the video below to see a new teaser for season 3.

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