Syfy Joins Forces With Heroes Star Masi Oka
Our favorite Hiro is working on a new Inception-style series
Our favorite Hiro is working on a new Inception-style series
Remember when Heroes was once celebrated—in its first season, at least—as a wonderful, innovative show that was the darling of both critics and fans? But then the writers’ strike came along and everything went downhill. Tim Kring’s one wish? That Heroes could have been more like The Walking Dead.
NBC series simply didn’t need a wrap-up
Some critics fear the Peacock could fall back into trap that plagued it and ABC in 2009-10
Heroes finished its run in February, but, like any good dead superhero, it might come back, only in a slightly different form. TV Guide reports that Heroes creator Tim Kring is talking to NBC about doing a wrap-up miniseries that would take place a year after the events in the show’s final episode.
Emma Roberts and former Heroes star Hayden Panettiere have joined the cast of Scream 4, according to Variety.
The movie already features original Scream stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox, along with Rory Culkin, and it also reunites director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson, architects of the first three movies in the series.
Heroes is dead, but creator Tim Kring isn’t letting it go without a last comment about the cancellation of his NBC series; check it out below.
Kring released this statement thanking the fans and dinging NBC politely. And if you hang in there until the end of the statement, you’ll find a tasty nugget …
Original rumor gains new life, thanks to network president
NBC ends one-time signature series after four seasons
NBC picked up the Batman-esque-sounding The Cape, along with three other series to round out its scripted series orders, and Chuck was officially renewed for a fourth season, the network announced today in a statement. The other series included the dramas Outlaw and Harry’s Law and the comedy Friends With Benefits.
Meanwhile, news has broken that NBC has canceled the ailing superhero drama Heroes after four seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. The news is hardly a surprise: The show has been limping along in the ratings for several seasons.
Not exactly a surprise, given the ratings and the such