NBC has decided to pull the Heroes spin-off miniseries Heroes: Origins from a midseason launch. THR is claiming that the writers strike may have contributed to this move, but I’m sure the slight drop is Heroes ratings had more to do with the decision. And while the network isn’t saying what will become of the six episode series, word is that it’s dead. Kevin Smith, Eli Roth and John August were some of the writer/directors tapped for the miniseries. Very disappointing, because it would have been interesting to see what Heroes would look like with some good writing talent involved. Don’t get me wrong, I love the show. But it is the worst written good show on television. Some of the dialogue this season has been over-the-top horrendous (”Are you an Alien or a Robot?”).
Meanwhile our friends at IESB say that infamous Bounty Hunter Boba Fett will be featured in the Star Wars live-action television series. Apparently Star Wars producer Rick McCallum told the audience at Star Wars Reunion 2 in France this weekend that he would like to see Daniel Logan in the Bobba Fett armor in the planned live-action television series. Logan played young Boba Fett in Attack of the Clones. If you remember, the young guy witnessed his father Jango Fett’s death. A revenge story involving Samuel L Jackson’s character Mace Windu would be great, but didn’t George Lucas say that none of the major Star Wars characters would show up on screen in the new series? McCallum also revealed that George Lucas hopes to extend the planned 100 episode series to close to 400 episodes.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:41 am
I got to words, a name in fact for the Star Wars series.
Wedge Antilles… It must happen, two more words, Rogue Squadron. I will settle for nothing less than that in the Star Wars Series.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:54 am
Glad I’m not the only one to have noticed the ‘dire’logue in Heroes. “I’m now going to go over here and tell you exactly what I am going to do and how I am feeling”. Whatever happened to sublety?
The series has lost its way a little; they should have kept it at the one season, which would have undoubtedly gifted it the ‘classic’ status. The whole Hiro in the past thing is just ridiculous - I hope there’s a point to it and its not just a flight of fancy!
November 1st, 2007 at 3:59 am
That is too bad, but honestly I didn’t even know they had something like this in the works…I guess I’m a bad fan :)
November 1st, 2007 at 8:07 am
Well, Eli Roth having anything to do with Heroes in an incredibly stupid idea, so perhaps this is a good thing. Come to think of it, I’d rather not see Kevin Smith’s “take” on it either. JA is the only legit writer in that bunch, and his involvement would be cool.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:09 am
Origins would have been kick-ass! Especially since they were bringing in some really visionary people. I would have killed to get to do one eps myself. To bad. Hope that it comes out of “delayed” hell once season 2 of regular Heroes gets going.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:48 pm
A real shame I think. The Origins idea had potential. I don’t know if rating drop would affect the decision so soon, because I see it as an opportunity to boost the series’ ratings.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Bummer on the Heroes cancelation.
As for Daniel Logan, last I saw of him at the Celebration IV, he still has a mild speach impediment. It would be a mistake to have him in that role. I hope they look somewhere else for that talent.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Quenfis,
How does a New Zealand accent qualify as a speech impediment?
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Perhaps it was just my imagination, but he did have a small Elmer Fudd drawl to him when I met him at the Celebration IV. I understand the New Zeland accent, and to me that is still enough to ruin the character. He’s not a good actor, regardless of whether it would make sense for continuity. Lot’s of people would love to see Boba in the series. I think they need to be careful or it could end up being really bad.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:21 am
The Hiro in the past storyline sucked ass-
Second series introduced too many new people.
Shame as loved the first-