Heroes

NBC’s ‘Heroes’ Tops List Of Most Pirated Shows

NBC earns the distinction of having their show Heroes being the most pirated television show across the Web. Good for them, because it means people really want to see this thing. It’s not like sites are putting together pirate DVDs of Heroes episodes and selling them willy-nilly on street corners. Well, at least here in…

A Drinking Game for New Issue of “Ultimate Human”

Welcome to New Comics We Crave, a weekly column from io9’s comics czar Graeme McMillan, a rather shy young Scottish lad whom you may know from Newsarama or Fanboy Rampage. Ordinarily published on Tuesdays (in time for you to prepare for Wednesday, the Sacred Day of New Comics), this week it’s coming at you late…

Milo Wuvs Hayden, We Saw It Coming

At the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival last month during the Heroes event, we noticed that Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere were canoodling with each other the whole time, whispering back and forth like giddy schoolkids. But, we chalked it up to nerves and confusion about what was going on during the Q&A. For instance,…

io9 Talks To The Man With The Horn-Rimmed Glasses

Jack Coleman has the enviable position of breathing life into television’s best and worst father each week on NBC’s Heroes. During the day he’ll be bringing home teddy bears to his indestructible daughter Claire, while that night he’ll gun someone down and work with genetically mutated viruses. He’s gone through more character twists than a…

‘Heroes’ Web Comic-Palooza For Three More Months

Heroes 360 is a lot more than your basic network half-assed attempt at a web presence for a show. This site for NBC’s mutant soap opera is packed with original content like Heroes web comics, blogs, stories, and interviews. New stuff goes up every week, and this is only going to happen more now that…

Dune Remake Will Be Budget-Killer

A new Dune movie will be “big big big,” says director Peter Berg (The Kingdom.) The David Lynch version was dandy, but “that interpretation has left the door wide open for a remake,” Berg says. If it wasn’t for the writers’ strike, he’d be working on his version of the Frank Herbert mega-novel right now.…

Sneak Peek at New Bad Guys on “Heroes”

Heroes won’t be back on the air for months, but we were able to see some sneak peeks from the few scenes they’ve filmed for episodes 12 and 13. If you’ve wanted a lot more evil in Heroes, you’re about to get your wish in a big way. Read all about Heroes Volume Three: Villains…

10 Ways To Destroy The Earth Without Nukes

You can’t really call yourself an evil genius unless you’ve got a clever scheme for wrecking our planet once and for all. And no, using nuclear weapons doesn’t really count as “clever.” Nukes are so 1950. Here’s a list of the 10 coolest ways to smash Earth, or at least render it uninhabitable, without splitting…

io9 Talks to the Creators of “Heroes”

It’s not quite Monday without a new episode of Heroes, so we’re bringing you the next best possible thing: an interview with creators Tim Kring and Jeph Loeb and a slew of photos of the cast. Check everything out after the jump — it’s something to do while you wait impatiently with the rest of…

Heroes Series Cashes In . . . With Books

With the writer’s strike threatening to spread into the holidays and beyond, NBC is rushing a novelization of Heroes to print the day after Christmas. This Heroes novel is the first book to try and capitalize on the writer’s strike. After all, with the number of game and reality shows on television increasing daily, people…

OLPC Ad by Heroes’ Masi Oka Has Us Convinced

We might have been a bit harsh on Masi Oka and his OLPC ambassadorship when it was first announced, but this ad of his seems pretty solid. He’s pimping the OLPC Give One Get One program, which lets you buy two laptops (one for yourself, one for some kid you don’t know) for $399. Seems…

io9 Nullified by The Haitian From Heroes

He may be nameless on Heroes, or simply referred to as “The Haitian,” but with his memory-eating powers he’s one of the most powerful people on the show. Recently io9 ran into Jimmy-Jean Louis, the man behind the Haitian, who spilled his guts about his onscreen counterpart and then promptly made us forget about it.…

NBC Jumps Into SanDisk’s Fanfare TV Download Service

Though you can no longer buy episodes of “The Office,” “Heroes” or “30 Rock” on iTunes, you will be able to purchase them in January from SanDisk’s Fanfare service. Of course, if you recall, you can’t download the shows to your computer. You will have to watch them on the $100 to $150 SanDisk Sansa…

Can This Armor Make Iron Man Cool Again?

Iron Man flexes with a Transformers-y attitude in this new pic. The May 2008 movie will need all the cool points it can get, with Robert Downey Jr. starring as the unpopular comic-book character. [Superhero Hype] More news, including a Dark Knight poster and Heroes spoilers, after the jump. The first teaser poster for Batman:…

Which Of These Heroes Is Dead For Good?

We saw two of our "original" Heroes protags die in last night’s finale. Niki was trapped in a burning building when it exploded, and Nathan got gunned down. But sources say at least one of those deaths may not be final. Did Peter fly Nathan away to get medical help? Or did Niki climb out…

Unanswered Questions for Tonight’s Heroes Finale

Tonight’s episode of Heroes will kinda-sorta cap off the season. But will it answer all of our nagging questions from this year? Maybe, maybe not. Here’s a score card, so you can tick them off as they’re answered. Or not. Why did the company keep the deadliest virus in the universe on ice for 30…

Heroes Could Have A Downer Ending

Heroes comes crashing to an end tonight, and it may not be back until next fall. Since the episode was originally designed as the midpoint of the 2007-2008 season, don’t be surprised if it has kind of a downer ending. In any case, a lot will happen tonight to scrunch together a satisfying resolution to…

When a former cultural phenomenon jumps on the bandwagon of a current cultural phenomenon, does that mean that the current phenomenon has become a former phenomenon? That’s the admittedly convoluted question raised by the fact that Cloverfield’s Slusho teaser product showed up on this week’s Heroes. Does that mean that Heroes has something to do…

There’s Still Time For Christian Bale To Escape Terminator 4

Christian Bale hasn’t committed to starring in the new Terminator movie, but he is in serious talks, sources say. Here’s hoping he comes to his senses and does a smarter film instead. [MSN via Cinemblend] Heroes is one of the most family-friendly shows on television, according to the Family Friendly Programming Forum. Heroes took home…

On Heroes, HRG Will Be Elle’s Father Figure

You can watch six short clips from next week’s Heroes finale at IESB. They’re mostly things you would expect after this week’s episode, but HRG has a fatherly chat with Elle the zappy girl. Juicier spoilers come from Watch With Kristin: Fans won’t mourn one person who dies for good (I’m guessing Maya.) But another…