January 23rd, 2007 | 0 Comments
Eric Roberts has joined the cast of NBC’s breakout hit Heroes, says The Hollywood Reporter. Roberts is set to play Thompson, a new associate of Claire’s father H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) on Tim Kring’s superhero drama. Roberts is joining another new addition to the Heroes cast, Christopher Eccleston, who made his debut as Claude on Monday’s episode. Monday’s episode also featured the URL PrimaTechPaper.com, which can be accessed with the code “MT36″.
January 22nd, 2007 | 0 Comments
Greg Grunberg, who plays mind-reading cop Matt Parkman on NBC’s hit Heroes, told SCI FI Wire that his character will feature heavily in upcoming episodes – and (spoiler ahead!) that a big secret will be revealed about Matt’s wife, Janice (Elizabeth Lackey). “She has a huge secret from me. Huge,” Grunberg said in an interview at last week’s Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif. “I mean, when I read that, I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Grunberg said. “[It's] bigger than [her] having an affair. Yeah, much bigger. … You’ll have to watch. … It’s pretty great. It’s pretty great. And it affects everything…. And she’s really happy.”
Grunberg, whose character was seen only intermittently in recent episodes, will also show up more with his FBI partner, played by Clea Du Vall. “Usually, I shoot three out of the eight days [of production in a typical episode],” he said. But in the segment currently in production, “I mean, [I'm in] every single scene . . . I’m working every day,” he added. “Clea and I are working more and more together, which is great.”
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January 17th, 2007 | 0 Comments
NBC has ordered early full-season pickups for the 2007-08 season for four hit series – the comedies The Office and My Name Is Earl, and dramas Heroes and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.
“These four series represent some of the best of what we consider to be the ‘NBC brand’ of quality shows,” said Reilly. “It is a pleasure to give them an early renewal to develop more stories for next year since we know they will remain both critical and commercial successes for a long time to come.”
November 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments
TV Guide reports that NBC has made a perfect casting choice for the role of Hiro’s dad in Heroes: As exclusively reported by TV Guide magazine, none other than George Takei has been cast as the father of Heroes’ Star Trek-obsessed Hiro. “It was one of those lightning-bolt ideas,” series creator Tim Kring tells TV Guide. Adds Masi Oka, who plays Hiro, “This is absolutely brilliant! I just hope I get to say, ‘Dad! Sulu is my hero, not you!’” Heroes airs Mondays at 9/8c.
