Heroes Creator Tim Kring Reacts to The Show’s Cancellation
By Krystal Clark
Last week it was confirmed that NBC would no longer hemorrhage money from their bank account to produce Tim Kring’s sci-fi series, “Heroes.” The show ran for four seasons, introduced the world to Zachary Quinto, and unfortunately also Hayden Panetierre. The creator and writer recently wrote an open letter to fans of the series reacting to the network’s decision. Here’s what he had to say…
Here’s Kring’s full statement:
I want to first extend my deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to the legion of enthusiastic fans who have watched ‘Heroes’ on TV, online, DVR, DVD and mobile over the last four seasons. Every week more than 45 million TV viewers around the world, as well as millions of social and digital media-based fans, have made ‘Heroes’ one of the five most-watched shows across traditional and digital media screens in the history of television. For NBC, I certainly understand the challenge of creating a business model around a show which arrived precisely as the audience was finding new ways to watch traditional content on multiple screens. I personally have had 12 great years with my friends at NBC, and with ‘Heroes,’ they provided me a rare opportunity to put a message of hope, interconnectivity and global consciousness into the world. For that I am grateful and look forward to finalizing our discussion about a number of ways to keep the ‘Heroes’ universe alive for its fans.
If you’re one of those people who felt the season 4 finale wasn’t a good ending for the show there has been talk of NBC producing a 2 hour TV movie to wrap up the series. We don’t personally think they need to go that far because even though they did leave it open for another chapter they also went back to one of the staples of the early episodes, which were Claire’s video tapes.
We thought that was a nice homage to the show’s humble beginnings and it wrapped up the season’s arc. If you guys have any ideas as to how or why they should do a movie let us know.
What do you think about Kring’s statement? Do you think they should make a Heroes movie?
Source: Collider
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:23PM
I agree that a two hour movie (or the 2-4 hour finale they talked about) would be a great way to tie things up, and still leave enough room open for the graphic novels, and possible movies or other media in the future.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:20PM
show dragged on after first season
nobody likes to see the main character loose powers and he acted like a pussy which made him hard to relate with
show would have been much better if there was a real main character. the most interesting character was siler and as the bad guy u couldnt relate with him either because he was crazy
the borring soft ass heroes are what really killed the show matt parkman peter and the guy w/glasses werent real
Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:22PM
I think that they should make a new series but it should be a bit more exciting like the first season and relate to first three seasons.
season 4 left the origanal concept and just focused on sam and the carnaval which was quite boring. There was however a few funy bits in season 4 like when heroe freezes syler that was great. This is just like what they have done to all other series they have two mind blowing brillent seasons and then try too hard changing every think that was good and what we want just so they can some how try and make a statement but in the end fail. A movie or 2 hour episode would be a waste of a great concept this is a master piece of TV which was in parts so exciting and a real ratings winner.
Please don't give up on this series just sort it out !
Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:58PM
YES YES YES YES PLEASE MAKE A MOVIE I AM BEGING HERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!