December 4th, 2008
Bryan Fuller to Officially Re-Join Heroes on Episode 3.20
Rejoice, Bryan Fuller fans (and all you media folks clamoring to get Fuller back onboard), because NBC has officially announced that the former Heroes writer turned Pushing Daisies creator has signed a two-year deal worth a cool 7-figures that will put him back in the writer’s room alongside Heroes creator Tim Kring, as well as developing new projects for the network. Fuller is expected to return to the Heroes set beginning with the 20th episode of Season 3, which means the show will be well into its upcoming Volume 4 “Fugitives” run when he returns.
The Hollywood Reporter has more:
Under the seven-figure pact, Fuller will rejoin the UMS-produced drama “Heroes,” which he left after the first season to launch ABC/WBTV’s “Daisies,” and will develop new projects for the studio.
Fuller, who is wrapping postproduction on the final episodes of “Daisies’ ” 13-episode second-season order, is expected to officially come on board “Heroes” starting with Episode 20.
His exact role on the sci-fi drama has not been determined, but he is expected to play a key role in the writers room alongside “Heroes” creator/executive producer/showrunner Tim Kring.
After the end of the season, Fuller might continue on “Heroes” or join another UMS-produced series while also developing his own projects.
Self-fulfilling prophecies being what they are, I hope this gets all those media people who were heeing and hawing about how bad Heroes has gotten without Bryan Fuller to do a major turnaround and start writing overly positive stories now that he’s back.
