by Marc Hustvedt on April 8th, 2009
The trailer (above) for the new Heroes web series Nowhere Man is out, as the series preps for its April 20th online release. As reported back in February, the series marks the fourth official web series installment from the popular NBC franchise, following Heroes: Going Postal, Heroes: Destiny and the latest, Heroes: The Recruit.
David H. Lawrence, who plays Eric Doyle on the network series, stars in Nowhere Man, which picks up where the TV show left off in the life of Lawrence’s Doyle, the Heroes marionette character. LA-based Retrofit Films, which created two of the Heroes web series (Going Postal and The Recruit) produced the series.
For more inside scoop on this check out Heroes creator Tim Kring’s talking up the new web series and his gushing love of Heroes fans worldwide.
by Marc Hustvedt on February 25th, 2009
NBC’s popular Heroes franchise is once again preparing a batch of web-only episodes that extend the story line of the hit network series. First there was Heroes: Going Postal, then Heroes: Destiny then Heroes: The Recruit, and now a fourth, still unnamed series is the works according to our sources.
The series is in post-production with David H. Lawrence, who plays Eric Doyle on the network series, said to star along with a few other actors crossing over from the main narrative. The web series will pick up where the show leaves off in April on the life of Eric Doyle, the Heroes marionette character.
NBC and Executive producer Tim Kring have once again tapped LA-based production outfit Retrofit Films, who created two of the Heroes web series (Going Postal and The Recruit), to take the reigns on the project. NBC also turned to them for Conspiracy Theory, a companion web series to the network’s My Own Worst Enemy last fall. Retrofit’s two heads, Chris Hanada and Tanner Kling directed the new series, which is apparently a switch from their previous two
by Arjun Sharma on January 6th, 2009
NBC is throwing just about everything on the web and seeing what sticks. With the network’s blitz approach towards web spinoffs, we’re left a smattering of short one-joke bits, mixed with a few more complete storyline additions. They have two things in common- first is their medium budget look, by which I mean that they look professionally done, but you can tell that they aren’t the main event. The other is that they are heavy on the ad deals—from Target to Nissan to Sprint. I’m not the biggest fan of the current NBC shows (I’m more into House and Fringe), but these web series are important both for their entertainment value (of which they aren’t lacking) and for their significance as entries in the web series realm by one of the top networks on TV. A roundup of the web stepchildren of The Office, Psych, Chuck, Heroes, and Battlestar Galactica.
by Drew Baldwin on November 20th, 2008
In an effort to hold on to dwindling fans and make sense of convoluted plot lines that have even the writers mystified, the makers of TV’s Heroes have yet again launched another web series, Heroes: Destiny, a self-described “micro series” that has emerged from the “Create Your Hero” interactive campaign last year. The extent of the interactive element comprised of fans selecting the characteristics of the new hero, such as name, special powers, personality and physical features, which were voted on each week.
Columbian-born actor Roberto Urbina plays Santiago, a Peruvian soccer lover and devout Catholic who discovers his extraordinary gifts of accelerated probability and super speed.The show also stars Lina Esco (CBS’ Cane) and Andrea Thompson (24). and is directed by Eagle Egilsson (CSI: Miami, The Wire).
