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TV News: HEROES REBORN Mini Series Event Coming to NBC In 2015

I was a huge fan of season one of Heroes, but the second season started going off track toward the end of the season and by season three, I was done. I’m curious as to how this mini-series event, Heroes Reborn will play out. The cast and storylines are currently under wraps so it will be interesting to see if some of the original cast members will come back, maybe even as new characters. But since Heroes Reborn won’t air until 2015, will we have had our fill of super heroes by then with all the film incarnations from Marvel? And let’s not forget the current television series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

 

In a press release:

NEW EVENT MINISERIES ‘HEROES REBORN’ COMES TO NBC IN 2015

 Tim Kring to Executive Produce 13 New Episodes of Groundbreaking Series ‘Heroes’

 

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Feb. 22, 2014 — NBC is bringing back its conquering “Heroes.”

An iconic series that still commands a rabid fan base, “Heroes” will return to the network in 2015 as an event miniseries with original creator and executive producer Tim Kring at the helm, it was announced today by NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke.

NBC has ordered 13 episodes for a new stand-alone story arc entitled “Heroes Reborn,” with all details of storylines and characters being kept under wraps.

“The enormous impact ‘Heroes’ had on the television landscape when it first launched in 2006 was eye-opening,” said NBC Entertainment  President Jennifer Salke. “Shows with that kind of resonance don’t come around often and we thought it was time for another installment. We’re thrilled that visionary creator Tim Kring was as excited about jumping back into this show as we were and we look forward to all the new textures and layers Tim plans to add to his original concept. Until we get closer to air in 2015, the show will be appropriately shrouded in secrecy, but we won’t rule out the possibility of some of the show’s original cast members popping back in.”

The original series chronicled the life-changing stories of a series of unrelated ordinary people who discovered they had superhuman abilities. As the saga unfolded, they learned they were part of a grand plan that brought them together to change the world.

With the return of “Heroes Reborn,” NBC will launch a digital series prior to the 2015 premiere that will introduce the characters and new storylines. This leveraging of social media is a way for fans to re-engage with what was one for the true pioneers in multiplatform storytelling.

#HeroesReborn

The iconic sci-fi series, which ran on NBC from 2006-10 and was an immediate hit, ranked as television’s #1 new drama with an average audience of 14.5 million viewers during its initial season. The show was Golden Globe-nominated in its first year of eligibility for best drama series; it won the BAFTA Award for best international series, the AFI Award, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award, two People’s Choice Awards and the Television Critics Association Award for Program of the Year.

“Heroes” remains one of the best-selling TV series on DVD of all time with more than 10 million units sold.

Check out the “Heroes Reborn” promo: http://www.nbc.com/heroes/video/heroes-reborn-2015/2747853 

 

 

 

Source: ©2014 NBC Universal. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

 

Judy Manning

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