November 26th, 2008
Heroes Volume 4 in 2009, Volume 3 Ending Revealed, Casting, Someone Dies — SPOILERS!!
A couple of Heroes news stories for you today, which will probably be our last post until Monday in deference to the long upcoming Thanksgiving weekend and all. Let’s begin: For those wondering, once Heroes’ current Volume 3 “Villains” storyline concludes with the December 15 episode “Duality” (formerly “War”), any hope of seeing a new Heroes episode won’t happen until February 2009, according to NBC’s latest press release, which has both Heroes and Chuck being temporarily replaced on the January schedule by a couple of new shows: Superstars of Dance and Momma’s Boys. The first is a dance competition show, and the latter is some kind of reality TV show produced by Ryan Seacrest of American Idol fame. Yeah, I guess that means no NBC for me in January.
I’m not sure exactly when Heroes Volume 4 “Fugitives” will commence (or if it’ll be preceded by reruns of the current season when it returns in February), but in any case, once “Duality” premieres, it’ll be a while before we get any new Heroes episodes. Mark your calendars for February.
Meanwhile, on the topic of Heroes Volume 3, Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman) recently revealed a BIG SPOILER to Kristin over at E! Online about what to expect in the episode “Duality”, which will end in one of those mega cliffhangers that will have fans of the show salivating to find out what happens next. And oh yeah, expect more deaths.
One of [the heroes] will die soon, and personally, it’s not who I was hoping for! (This death also puts an end to a new love story as we know it.) However, I’m also hearing that the powers that be may be doing some more thorough house-cleaning among the Heroes cast, thanks to a little Lost-like catastrophe at the end of the current “Villains” volume. Last night at the Christmas Tree Lighting at the Grove (an outdoor shopping mecca here in L.A.), Greg Grunberg spilled to me: “There’s a huge plane crash, and all of us are involved…I’ll tell you this, it’s not Oceanic 815, and I’m not in the pilot seat. It’s a little different.” Get more details in the spoiler section!
Later on in the column, she adds:
More on that big ol’ plane crash: I’m told Hunter (Zeljko Ivanek, pictured, above right) captures many of our favorite Heroes and loads them onto a transport plane. (Think prisoners heading to Guantánamo Bay.) When the plane goes down, “You don’t know who survives,” says Grunny. When asked if Angela Petrelli would be joining their nondirty “mile-high club,” Cristine Rose tells me, “I’m getting old, I don’t see myself parachuting.” So could that be how some of our Heroes survive? More importantly, did the plane go down because Desmond forgot to key in the numbers in the Hatch?
Looks like Tim Kring really is “cleaning house”. I just hope it’s not another typical Heroes “death” — you know, the kind where people don’t stay dead? Seriously, the whole concept of death on Heroes has become something of a joke.
On the casting front, One Tree Hill actress Moira Kelly (pictured, left) will be joining Heroes Season 3 in Volume 4 as a Homeland Security agent, along with Dan Byrd from Aliens in America. What, they couldn’t get Clea DuVall to reprise her role of Audrey Hanson?
Anyways, again from Kristin:
Sources spill that One Tree Hill and West Wing alum Moira Kelly will be playing Abby Collins, a Homeland Security agent, in at least one episode of the “Fugitives” volume (the next chunk of episodes in the current third season). We happy about this? Do tell in the comments below.
• In case you haven’t heard, Dan Byrd of Aliens in America has a recurring role in “Fugitives,” and I can spill that his character Luke’s power is microwaves that are strong enough fry people. Luke goes on the road with Sylar seeking adventure and excitement, but poor unlucky kid’s probably just going to get debrained for his trouble.
So there you have it. For those who celebrate Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving! For those who don’t — enjoy the rest of your week!
Added
Reader Dante sent me this image from an upcoming episode (he isn’t sure, but he thinks it could be the “Our Father” episode, the second to last episode in Volume 3), of what looks like one of our heroes having bit the dust for good. Well, as “for good” as it ever gets on Heroes, anyway.
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Looks like it’s bye-bye, Elle, although some thinks this could be Ali. Proof that it’s Elle include: HRG was taking aim at Elle and Sylar in the last episode; and Elle is wearing the same shirt in a promo for next week’s “The Eclipse Part 2″ episode:
i am the first one , well this sucks
I wonder who’s going to be on this plane trip and who will survive. Heroes is like a comic so the whole “staying dead” does get a little out of hand. Don’t get me wrong…I love comics as well as Heroes. It looks like , to kill someone, you will have to cut the head, arms and legs off the person and burn them along with the torso. After burning mail the ashes to different parts of the world to be placed in cement at the bottom of a new building being made. Whoo…that was a long sentence. Sorry guys.
it sucks
what sucks about heroes now is that characters never stay dead now, death is a joke on heroes. I mean come on Arthur P. is alive, that was a really dumb story line.
i honestly hope this has season 4 showing a world that has finally found out about people with powers, or at least the gov’t.
A world where heroes are hunted down by the gov’t or another agency (ala william stryker & sentinels) would be infinitely more interesting than the current environment.
Yeah that’s right let’s turn it into x-men that will save it…….dumb ass! Let’s not do that and quit bitching about a great show so maybe it won’t get canceled! I think douche bags like you that complain on the internet all the time are the big reason shows get canceled because your a bunch of un-paid critics who swear to god the world actually gives a damn about your opinion. If your making a salary wage complaining about t.v shows more power to you if this isn’t your job then shut the hell up and quit whining. Yeah Heroes has minor little flaws and at most a bad time slot other than that no other show compares, If Heroes ever gets canceled I am shutting off my cable because reality shows are a dumbing down of America. Enjoy LOST and Dancing with the whoever you tards.
Well Mr. Metal head, if no one gives a damn about their opinion, how could they possibly be responsible for getting a series cancelled. You contradict yourself fool.
Wow, that sounds like a really cool idea and I hope that’s where they’re going with this. I guess it’s because I was such a huge X-Men fan though but I would love the whole government trying to take down these people who are “different” and then they all have to choose to fight the government or refuse to fight (except they kind of already did that this season). I think that could be really really interesting though.
oh yea and deaths, not so much author as nathans… we still havent been told how he managed to come back from being shot.
yeah it did explain how Nathan came back it was from Claires blood
umm i may be mistaken but no it did not explain how nathan survied, he never even had claires blood he had adams from the season b4 but i dunno if that would work on later injuries….. if transfering power was as simple as injecting one with anothers blood i think surresh would have found that out by now(he’s not THAT dumb) i kinda like surresh tho how he was such a pure guy in s1 and how he has fallen so far into evil, just goes to show that the heroes may not always be heroes.
I don’t know what the problem is with people staying alive. This happens all the time in real life, and I see a lot of people saying ‘oh, if this person dies I’m not going to watch it again’ and then the person dies and they start a petition for the person to stay alive, and when they come back they say the show is ruined beacause nobody stay dead anymore.
Come on, other than Arthur and Nathan, I don’t know anyone who was suppose to be dead and it isn’t.
I think Moira Kelly was chosen over Clea DuVall because the latter is doing another show on FOX, right? Virtuality? But yeah, I would have liked to see her back as well.
But yeah… I hope Volume 4 is better than Volume 3… but then again, I hoped Volume 3 would be better than Volume 2 XD But it’ll be nice to see some connectivity between the volumes (I think)
what was wrong with the FIRST part of volume 3? i thought it was an excellent save from the(also good and dont see what everyone is bitching about) season 2, volume 3 is in depth and interesting the only thing i would like to see is at least one all out hero villian battle
I’m not happy with the January schedule either.
This may almost as bas as the seven week hiatus from season one.
if they kill off peter,I’ll cry & never, never watch that show again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shelli, I feel the same way about Claude.
I’m glad they recently mentioned an Invisible Man but I really wish that Christopher Eccleston would return as Claude. At least for a couple of episodes. ;D
If Peter dies he would come back. (Isn’t he like THE main character in this show?) He’s the kind person how don’t need to kill to get all the powers.
Well, I like being shocked, so my tip, don’t read to much on the internet (my first time about heroes, damn)
Here is some amazing scenes that surprised be. Good scenes:
* The scene where they reveald who shoot Nathan
* When Arthur was still alive.
Hope more of these will come. It’s more, but they didn’t surprise me that big.
My tip to the writers is that they change the future, like they did at the end of volum one. When NY was supose to blow up. From there they could kind of start from the beginning. No need to connect those time-travel scenes that took us in the future with the present scenes. If you catch my drift.
yea i like peter too he’s probly one of the most interesting characters on the show, save for hiro(but peter is cooler)
Hiro rules! Dude, did Peter & Hiro ever get their old powers back? They ruled!
No one talking about who is the one to die? If I was to take “a new love story” into account, then I think it would be either Sylar or Elle. Since it is said that Elle will have Sylar’s kid, then maybe it’s Sylar who will die. Kinda make sense in real life since Zac “Spock” Quinto would be busy promoting Star Trek soon. But storyline wise, without Sylar Heroes would be far less interesting…
And on another note, why it is always GREG GRUNBERG who gives us all the spoilers? Isn’t he afraid that the producers would shut him up soon?
If Hiro dies then I’m gone too.
hero wont die
I wonder whos tha one thats gonna die???? Is it daphany(how ever u spell it) cause its said that sylar teams up wit luke in vol. 4,and i dont really think claire and peter r in love……or maybe nathen(nah) or tracy(backstaber) hhhhhmmmmmm
i think it mite by elle that dies…there was a pic of sylar pouring spirit over her body on the sand…..
heroes is mint wooooooooooooooooo lol
whos gunna die lol ithink it might be sylar lol
but who nows it could be any one cant wait til febuary lol
if Sylar or Elle dies.
im not watching the show anymore! im gone!!
but i think Elle will definetly die. Sad.
She is my favorite charater.
Elle can’t die! No no no, don’t kill Elle!!!!
wot a joke a fort season 3 was gunna be as long as season 1 ???
It is season 3 is villains and fugitives and yes before you rack ur brain over it season 1 had a couple months worth of break too.
its either elle or daphnie because it always says guest stars beside there name and they wouldnt kill sylar he is too important an that kid goes on a road trip with him in vol 4 and th star trek has already made it just isnt out yet