Even though the strike is over and many writers, actors, grips and craft service people are now getting back to work, the fate of some TV shows was still a bit uncertain. Fortunately, according to NBC (via ComingSoon.net) three of my favorite shows, Heroes, Chuck and the underrated Life, don’t have to wait any longer…
Warning! Spoiler Alert! If you’ve got the past half-dozen episodes of Heroes TiVoed, you just might want to skip this review. On the other hand, if you’ve got the past half-dozen episodes of Heroes TiVoed, I just might be able to add six hours to your life. Once upon a time, some clever Hollywood…
Heroes star Masi Oka will be serving as global ambassador for the non-profit One Laptop Per Child initiative headed up by MIT Media Lab’s Nicholas Negroponte, which has set out to design, manufacture and distribute laptops to developing countries for under $100 each. The Brown University Math/Computer Science grad is a dual threat in the…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Heroes spin-off , Heroes: Origins, will not be receiving its eight episode run, which was to begin in the summer of 2008. While NBC hasn’t officially said that the series is, ah, eclipsed, producers have not been given a date when it would be put on the schedule. During…
If you haven’t ordered your copy of the Heroes trade paperback collecting the first 34 chapters of NBC.com’s online comics and you happen to be a Jim Lee fan, you’re in luck. Jim’s got his own special version; yep, that’s the cover above. Heroes –The Graphic Novel hits the stores November 7th. Heroes – The…
Yep, fandom’s favorite cheerleader (all right, I remember her as Princess Dot from A Bug’s Life, but I’m weird) turned eighteen on Tuesday. And what did she do to commemorate it? She registered to vote: Exercising her civic right, star of NBC’s Heroes, Hayden Panettiere, celebrated her 18th birthday today by registering to vote utilizing…
The Chicago Tribune‘s Maureen Ryan reports Paramount is "close" to signing Zachary Quinto to play young Spock in the next Star Trek movie. Right now, Quinto is playing bad-guy Sylar on Heroes. If this comes to pass, a few changes might be in store for one of the few successful teevee shows launched last season,…
The casting announcements for the second season of Heroes have been flowing of late, with the cast set to start shooting next week. The biggest name to join is David Anders, best known as the chaerming villain, Sark, on Alias. He will play, surprisingly, Takezo Kensei, Hiro Nakamura’s childhood idol. As viewers recall, Hiro now…
For next June’s new Incredible Hulk movie, William Hurt (Lost in Space, Altered States) has been signed to play General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. NBC has announced that Dania Ramirez (Callisto in X-Men: The Last Stand) has been added as a regular on Heroes. Ramirez’s character is name Maya but her place in the tapestry and…
Pop culture people are on the edge of their seats this week, and we are right there with you as we cover the Heroes finale, enjoy big fun at the new comics and DVD racks and play host to one of the best loved R&B acts of the 70’s – who stop by The Big…
The middle of the week finds The Big ComicMix Broadcast smack in the middle of TV Trauma -– which shows are going and what is coming in the summer and fall? Plus a truly rare variant comic, a new Jungle Girl debuts and MTV gets into comics. We lay out our theory on the Heroes…
To stretch the normal 22-episode season of Heroes, which faltered after its long hiatus this year, NBC is adding Heroes: Origins to the summer break. The spinoff will introduce a new character each week, and viewers will select which one stays for the following season. The two series will have 30 new episodes for a…
