Tim Kring and Zachary Quinto Talk Heroes Season 3, Sylar, and Spock
Heroes Creator Tim Kring and lead baddie Zachary “Sylar” Quinto played host to a drooling pack of entertainment reporters today, all armed with scintillating questions regarding the return of the beguiled once-wunderkind “Heroes.”
Heroes will return on September 22nd with a three hour spectacular which will include the two hour premiere episode. For Heroes, season three is somewhat of a shot at redemption. Many folks, including Kring himself, were unhappy with the ambling and repetitive nature of Heroes’ follow up season – and it showed in the numbers. Did the god of the Heroes universe and the show’s slimey bad-guy bring any encouragement to the table?
So with one season in the hit column, and one in the miss, Heroes now has to prove it is good enough to have built in Nissan commercials and still be true blue to its fans. Kring was anxious to course correct the show during season two, but the WGA strike ultimately quelled those ambitions. “What people are referring to as season 2 is not season 2 by our design.” Kring told reporters going on to reveal that Heroes: Villains would have been, in some semblance, the second half of season 2.
Not surprisingly, questions for Quinto dominated much of the conference call. Quinto’s nuanced enunciation of Sylar has resulted in one of the greatest villains of television history. Quinto himself expressed a bit of gracious awe over the acceptance of his character by the Sci-Fi/Comic fandom calling us geeks “The most ardent group of fans you could be working for.”
Kring revealed that the plot for Heroes: Villains would encompass 13 episodes. That is, for those who get into the industry side of things, also the exact number of episodes ordered for either new shows or shows that are riding on “the bubble.” Despite that fact, Heroes has indeed been given a full season order of 25 episodes with Kring revealing that the second plotline of season 3 getting 12 episodes. When asked if Heroes was judged too harshly in its second season, Kring met the question head on with a stroke of sarcasm. “It’s hard to be shiny and new all the time.”
Quinto dropped a bombshell concerning whether or not we’d see Sylar’s mild-mannered side, Gabriel Grey. “… at a certain point we will revisit that character, and the shade of that character as you saw him.” Kring added that we’d see a more human side of Sylar in this season. “Zach has really provided us with the ability to explore this character in really, really, really deep ways. I see Sylar as someone who is on a very deep existential quest to find out the meaning of his own existence.”
- from UGO
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Details on Heroes: Season 2 on Blu-ray, Coming August 26th
Rejoin the epic phenomenon as Heroes: Season 2 arrives on DVD! Watch the Emmy® nominated show and experience all the new and exciting twists of the astonishing series in this 4-disc set that includes every gripping Season Two episode. Plus, see what could have been with exclusive bonus features that reveal the untold stories that never aired and an alternate ending to the season finale where the fate of humanity takes an ominous turn. A must-have for every Heroes fan and perfectly timed before the new season returns to air this September on NBC!
BONUS CONTENT:
• GENERATIONS ALTERNATE ENDING
• INSIDE THE ALTERNATE ENDING OF GENERATIONS -What if Peter didn’t catch the virus?
• UNTOLD STORIES - Gripping untold stories that never aired before!
• SEASON 3 SNEAK PEEK - A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the third season premiere episode.
• DELETED SCENES
• HEROES SEASON 2 “A NEW BEGINNING” - Tim Kring introduces us to the theme of “extraordinary people trying to live normal lives.” We go behind the scenes with the cast and crew to see what it’s like coming back to a hit show and we also meet new Heroes as they share anecdotes about filming the second season.
• AUDIO COMMENTARIES WITH CAST & CREW
o Four Months Later with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring, Co-Executive Producer Jeph Loeb and Series Star Jack Coleman.
o Lizards with Executive Producer Allan Arkush, Series Star Greg Grunberg and Co-Executive Producer Michael Green.
o Kindred with Episode Director Paul Edwards, Co-Executive Producer JJ Philbin and Series Star Zachary Quinto.
o The Kindness of Strangers with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring and Series Stars Dana Davis & Adrian Pasdar.
o Fight or Flight with Series Star Greg Grunberg and Executive Producer Greg Beeman.
o The Line with Co-Executive Producers Adam Armus & Kay Foster and Series Star Jack Coleman.
o Out of Time with Episode Director Daniel Attias and Series Star Masi Oka
o Four Months Ago… with Series Star Milo Ventimielia and Executive Producer Greg Beeman.
o Cautionary Tales with Episode Director Greg Yaitanes and Series Stars Kristen Bell & Ashley Crow.
o Truth & Consequences with Episode Director Adam Kane and Series Star Stephen Tobolowsky.
o Powerless with Executive Producer Allan Arkush and Composers Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin.
• TAKEZO KENSEI: Sword Saint
• THE DRUCKER FILES
• GENETICS OF A SCENE
o MAYA AND ALEJANDRO RUN FROM THE POLICE - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Greg Beeman.
o THE ANATOMY OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM/SWORDFIGHT SCENES - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Allan Arkush.
o EXPLODING MAN - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Greg Beeman.
o THE LOFT - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Allan Arkush.
• NBC.com Featurettes
o Hotel Corinthian Explosion
o Maya Y Alejandro Viral Video
o Nathan and Peter Brooklyn Cam
• TIM SALE GALLERY OF SCREEN ART
BONUS CONTENT BLU-RAY™:
• U-CONTROL
o PICTURE IN PICTURE CAST & CREW COMMENTARIES:
• Four Months Later with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring, Co-Executive Producer Jeph Loeb and Series Star Jack Coleman.
• Lizards with Executive Producer Allan Arkush, Series Star Greg Grunberg and Co-Executive Producer Michael Green.
• Kindred with Episode Director Paul Edwards, Co-Executive Producer JJ Philbin and Series Star Zachary Quinto.
• The Kindness of Strangers with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring and Series Stars Dana Davis & Adrian Pasdar.
• Fight or Flight with Series Star Greg Grunberg and Executive Producer Greg Beeman.
• The Line with Co-Executive Producers Adam Armus & Kay Foster and Series Star Jack Coleman.
• Out of Time with Episode Director Daniel Attias and Series Star Masi Oka.
• Four Months Ago… with Series Star Milo Ventimielia and Executive Producer Greg Beeman.
• Cautionary Tales with Episode Director Greg Yaitanes and Series Stars Kristen Bell & Ashley Crow.
• Truth & Consequences with Episode Director Adam Kane and Series Star Stephen Tobolowsky.
• Powerless with Executive Producer Allan Arkush and Composers Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin.
• HERO CONNECTIONS – Bios and Network.
• HEROES SEASON 2 “A NEW BEGINNING” - Tim Kring introduces us to the theme of “extraordinary people trying to live normal lives.” We go behind the scenes with the cast and crew to see what it’s like coming back to a hit show and we also meet new Heroes as they share anecdotes about filming the second season.
• TAKEZO KENSEI: Sword Saint
• GENETICS OF A SCENE
o MAYA AND ALEJANDRO RUN FROM THE POLICE - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Greg Beeman.
o THE ANATOMY OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM/SWORDFIGHT SCENES - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Allan Arkush.
o EXPLODING MAN - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Greg Beeman.
o THE LOFT - With an interview with Executive Producer/Director Allan Arkush
• THE DRUCKER FILES
• TIM SALE
• GENERATIONS ALTERNATE ENDING
• INSIDE THE ALTERNATE ENDING OF GENERATIONS - What if Peter didn’t catch the virus?
• UNTOLD STORIES
• NBC.com Featurettes
o Hotel Corinthian Explosion
o Maya Y Alejandro Viral Video
o Nathan and Peter Brooklyn Cam
• DELETED SCENES
TECHNICAL INFORMATION SD:
Street Date: August 26, 2008
Price: $39.98
Selection Number: AW 61101979
Running Time: 8 Hours 2 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layers
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF:
Street Date: August 26, 2008
Price: $69.98
Selection Number: 61104964
Running Time: 8 Hours 2 Minutes
Layers: Dual Layers
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Cheerleader gone bad?! Hayden Panettiere’s new Heroes look!
Don’t need to save the cheerleader, we think. Here’s the first look at behind the scenes of the new season of Heroes, titles Villains. Hmm, Claire as a redhead, carrying a gun — a villain?!
Kristen Bell to return to Heroes?
Good news for fans of Kristen Bell’s deranged Elle Bishop on NBC’s Heroes: The actress told EW.com that her reps are working to get her back on the NBC mythology drama next season. “I have made it more than clear that I want to come back and they have made it more than clear that they want me back,” she told EW.com while walking the red carpet at the Forgetting Sarah Marshall premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday. “With the writers strike, it threw everyone for a loop and now they have to work around everyone’s schedules. I love that the next season is supposed to be subtitled “Villains.” I am thrilled by the idea that my good friend Zach Quinto (Sylar) and I could possibly have scenes together.”
Via EW
Hayden Panettiere Describes Her Perfect Man… Sadly, All of Us Fail…
“I have to be with someone who’s driven. When they’re not, it becomes difficult. In a lot of relationships, you get in and you spend every waking moment with that person. But I’ve figured out that the healthiest relationship is where you each have your own life, but they meet in a nice point in the middle.”
Via Page6
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