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NBC Cancels Heroes: Origins Spin-off?

Bad news, guys. Or, at the very least, potentially bad news. Either way, it’s not good news for Heroes fans. According to The Futon Critic, NBC has elected to indefinitely shelf plans for the Heroes spin-off, Origins, which was scheduled to air after the Heroes Season 2 finale, a move that the network had hope [...]

October 31st, 2007 | Sam | 4 comments | Read More

Heroes: Origins to Get a New Title

I recently ran across this article on Heroes that features all the usual stuff — a conference call with Kristen Bell and Tim Kring about the upcoming season, other stuff we already know — but the most interesting thing I did find that I didn’t know before was that, according to the writer of the [...]

October 17th, 2007 | Sam | 3 comments | Read More

John August Blogs Heroes: Origins

News about Heroes: Origins is hard to come by, and this seems worthy, since I’m a fan of John August’s works. If you don’t know the name John August, then you’ve probably seen some of the movies he’s written. He’s the screenwriter on “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Big Fish”, and the upcoming Will Smith [...]

October 11th, 2007 | Sam | 3 comments | Read More

Heroes: Origins Episodes to Contain Two Stories Each

It’s a boring Saturday, but here’s news about the upcoming Heroes: Origins spin-off. Via the guys over at Aint-it-Cool-News comes word that Tim Kring has told an audience at the New Yorker Fest that each Heroes: Origins episode won’t feature one story per episode, but instead two stories per episode. AICN quotes this site, which [...]

October 6th, 2007 | Sam | 1 comment | Read More

Eli Roth to Direct Heroes: Origins Episode, 2 More Names

Everyone already knows that Clerks director Kevin Smith will be entering the Heroes universe by directing an episode of the Heroes spin-off series, Origins. Now you can add three more names to the list — Heroes producer/creator Tim Kring has revealed three more names to add to the list, and one of them is Eli [...]

September 21st, 2007 | Sam | 2 comments | Read More

Kevin Smith to Write and Direct first Heroes: Origins Episode

The big Heroes news out of the 2007 Comic Con today is that comic book and Geek God Kevin Smith will write and direct the first episode of the Heroes spin-off, Origins. When he was introduced at the Heroes panel after the announcement, Smith cracked wise about the “two gay Japanese dudes”, referring of course [...]

July 28th, 2007 | Sam | 5 comments | Read More

Tim Kring Talks Season 2 (Possible Spoilers)

Heroes producer/creator Tim Kring sat down for another extended interview with SuperheroHype, and revealed some information. Not enough that I would put “SPOILERS” in big bold letters in the title, but enough for the “Possible Spoilers” tag. As always, you should only continue reading if you want to know, or want to risk encountering some [...]

July 23rd, 2007 | Sam | 1 comment | Read More

Heroes Season 2 and Origins Air Dates Revealed

It’s official: at today’s press conference, Tim Kring revealed that the second season of Heroes will have a shorter break than season 1, and will air its season finale mid-April. After which, “Origins” would air its six episodes in six straight weeks, concluding in May. Basically, Heroes will still go on vacation midway through its [...]

June 21st, 2007 | Sam | 5 comments | Read More

Tim Kring Talks More Heroes: Origins

Another glimpse into the workings of the Heroes spin-off show, “Origins” from the man himself. This time in an audio interview with Voices From Krypton. Head over there now to give it a listen. I didn’t hear anything particularly new there, but Kring does mention again that he foresees the show as being “Twilight Zone”-esque [...]

June 18th, 2007 | Sam | 0 comments | Read More

Jeph Loeb Spills Heroes: Origins Details

By now everyone knows about the Heroes spin-off, Heroes: Origins. Some details about the show are already known: six episodes, to air while Heroes is on vacation mid-season (if Second 2 follows the pattern of Season 1, then this will be around Winter), and viewers can vote for which one will join the regular cast [...]

June 14th, 2007 | Sam | 3 comments | Read More

Heroes: Origins to Run Mid-Season 2

Last year NBC nearly dropped teh ball when they stopped running original episodes of Heroes for a length period halfway through the season, and viewership dropped when the show returned from its break. This year, NBC has something different planned — Season 2 of Heroes will take a mid-season break as before, but instead of [...]

May 31st, 2007 | Sam | 4 comments | Read More

Tim Kring Talks More About Heroes: Origins

After the Heroes finaled aired on Monday, show creator Tim Kring was online chatting with fans and answering questions. Among the many things he was asked was about the upcoming Heroes: Origins spin-off show, and what it would be about. According to Kring, the show would not necessarily have cause-and-effect with the regular show, but [...]

May 23rd, 2007 | Sam | 12 comments | Read More

Heroes: Origins Spin-Off in the Works

I guess in a lot of ways this makes sense. Heroes is a show built on comic book logic, so why not treat the show like a real comic book, and spin it off into additional titles? The first on the block for NBC is “Heroes: Origins”, which according to Newsmax.com will add an additional [...]

May 14th, 2007 | Sam | 19 comments | Read More