Heroes - Origins

[Geekyfanboy]

 â€œHeroes” Gets “Hostel”

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2007/09/24/heroes-gets-hostel/

“Heroes” has captured two of today’s rising stars in screenwriting and directing and one very important veteran.

Eli Roth, the man who sat in the center seat on the films “Hostel 1 & 2″ and screenwriter Michael Dougherty (”Superman Returns”), have both signed on to be a part of “Heroes: Origins,” the new spinoff of NBC’s SF mega-hit “Heroes.”

Roth will direct an episode and Dougherty will pen one. Also joining these two is another well known name in film production, Kevin Smith. He too will be involved with an episode of the spinoff series, which now consists of six episodes, with more on the way if NBC feels these first six were successful.

NBC Universal is launching this series to actually find new cast members for its regular weekly show. Fans who watch “Origins” can vote for the character they most would like to see get on the regular show. Those with the most votes will find themselves as a character on “Heroes,” the weekly show’s third season next year.

“Heroes: Origins” will air as a midseason program when the regular “Heroes” goes on its scheduled hiatus.

With Roth having directed “Hostel” and such movies as “Cabin Fever,” “Cell” and “The Bad Seed,” one gets an idea what his episode will be like.

Dougherty has written “X2: X-Men United” and “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.” He has also penned such upcoming films as “Superman: Man of Steel,” “I’ Lucifer,” “Trick r’ Treat” and the new remake of “Charlie Chan” starring Lucy Liu.

[Geekyfanboy]

From TVweek.com:

'Heroes' Spinoff on Hold

Heroes NBC has canceled plans for its six-episode "Heroes" spinoff,
formerly called "Origins," sources say.

"Everybody at the company is evaluating all their production
commitments in light of the strike," a source says. "It still might
happen at a later date. If there's a strike, they want to be
prepared to reallocate resources in other ways."

The show was scheduled to air in the "Heroes" slot as part of May
sweeps. The project was announced earlier this year as a way of
expanding the network's highest-rated drama and giving the series
enough episodes to prevent the ratings erosion suffered by
serialized dramas during a long hiatus.

NBC's flagship drama "Heroes" has fallen in the ratings since its
sophomore debut this season, with the most recent episode earning a
4.9 rating among adults 18 to 49.

[jedijeff]

That is to bad to hear the news, was looking forward to it. Seems like all the shows that come out strong, always have ratings drop, Lost was the same way, sounds like Heroes is not immune either.

[Geekyfanboy]

NBC's "Heroes" returns on September 15 with an expanded third-season opener, however, the proposed prequel spinoff, "Heroes: Origins," is officially in the toilet and has been flushed away.

[Geekyfanboy]

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Heroes Returns; Origins Dies

Heroes will return to NBC on Sept. 15 with an expanded third-season opener, but network executives confirmed that the proposed prequel spinoff, Heroes: Origins, is officially dead.

"We consciously chose to rest [Heroes] this spring so that [creator] Tim Kring and his team could get ahead of the creative and build up to a massive event--a three-hour Heroes night," Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, said during the network's upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on April 2. "On Monday, Sept. 15, we'll kick off with a Heroes clip show to try to bring back the audience and [then air] a massive two-hour Heroes film."

Silverman also explained why the heavily hyped, much-anticipated Heroes: Origins was scrapped. The show was originally conceived to help eliminate Heroes repeats, and directors and writers--including feature-film vets Kevin Smith, Eli Roth and Michael Dougherty--were already lined up before NBC dropped the idea.

"We were taxing our creative team to do too much around that," Silverman said. "We wanted 35 Heroes [episodes] and 12 Heroes: Origins, each of which was supposed to be a mini-movie and backdoor pilot. We reached far and challenged our people, and we decided it was better to focus on keeping the Heroes mothership as strong as possible."

Heroes will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) --Ian Spelling