Heroes News (Page 4)

Here's the first commercial NBC has aired for the third season of Heroes. Look for it to air again throughout the summer during telecasts of America's Got Talent:

Francis Capra - formerly of Veronica Mars fame - is joining the Heroes this fall. He'll take on the recurring role of Jesse Murphy.

According to TV Guide, not much is known at the moment about this character. We can report, though, that he'll be one of the season's villains; and that Jesse will cross paths with Peter Petrelli.

On Heroes, Francis Capra will reunite with former Veronica Mars co-star Kristen Bell.

Viewers will still have to wait until September 22 for the third season premiere of Heroes, but producers plan to release a few clips over the summer at this year's Comic-Con.

"We have to show our wares," said executive producer Tim Kring, "If getting buzz means spoiling some things, I'll take buzz any day."

Especially any day that follows a disappointing second season.

Although it's not set in stone, Kring hopes to screen the September 22 season premiere of Heroes at San Diego Comic Con 2008 in July. If anyone attends the event, please send us a report.

Here's the latest preview for season three of Heroes. Sounds like the show will be back on track in the fall:

As previously reported, Brea Grant is coming aboard the cast of Heroes in the villainous role of Joy.

Now, we've received word that Bruce Boxleitner has snagged a recurring role that was originally going to be modeled after John McCain. We're guessing this is the character that - originally, at least - was to be known as Senator Robert Malden.

Bruce Boxleitner has appeared in the shows Cold Case and Crossing Jordan.

Heroes doesn't return until mid-September. But here's some good news, fans:

You won't have to wait until the fall a superhero conspiracy fix, according to Entertainment Weekly. In what series writer Chuck Kim calls ''a mini-spin-off,'' a new installment of a web comic, focusing on the show's mysterious Company will debut each Tuesday, beginning April 15.

Check it out here.

''We're basically focusing on a group of agents within the Company,'' says Kim, who also penned this online story arc, which will run weekly for five months. ''We'll be seeing Bob and Elle and The Haitian in there, and we'll be touching on HRG. The story will start at right about the end of season two.''

Lastly, here's a juicy tidbit: ''We'll learn that there's someone within the Company who's trying to bring it down.''

The third season of Heroes will premiere on September 22. But that isn't the only piece of major news recently released by NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman.

"We consciously chose to rest [Heroes] this spring so that [creator] Tim Kring and his team could get ahead of the creative and build up to a massive event–a three-hour Heroes night," Silverman said during the network's upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on April 2.

"On Monday, Sept. 15, we'll kick off with a Heroes clip show to try to bring back the audience and [then air] a massive two-hour Heroes film."

How excited are we for this?!?

Check out the following review of the new Heroes soundtrack, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly...

Not unlike the superhero drama, the Heroes soundtrack swirls the familiar (classic Dylan and Bowie cuts) with the unknown (new tunes by Wendy & Lisa, who do the series' incidental music). '

'All Things Must Pass,'' the first studio recording since 1998 by the Jesus and Mary Chain, may seem like the marquee attraction, but the group has mellowed too much with age. Focus instead on tasty exclusives from Imogen Heap, Wilco, and Yerba Buena, whose ''Maya's Theme'' transforms, Clark Kent-style, from an atmospheric slow jam into an Afro-Cuban throwdown.
Grade: B

Here's a look at Hayden Panettiere on the cover of the third-ever official Heroes magazine. The issue will be released on March 18:

We announced the release of the upcoming Heroes soundtrack yesterday. Now, we have the play list below:

• "Heroes Title," Wendy & Lisa
• "Fire and Regeneration," Wendy & Lisa
• "He's Frank," Brighton Port Authority featuring Iggy Pop
• "All for Swinging You Around," New Pornographers
• "Glad It's Over," Wilco
• "Weightless," Nada Surf
• "Nine in the Afternoon," Panic at the Disco
• "Chills," My Morning Jacket
• "Natural Selectio," Wendy & Lisa
• "ABoneCroneDrone 3," Shelia Chandra
• "Not Now but Soon," Imogen Heap
• "Jealously Rides With Me," Death Cab for Cutie
• "All Things Must Pass," The Jesus and Mary Chain
• "Homecoming," Wendy & Lisa
• "Man in the Long Black Coat," Bob Dylan
• "Maya's Theme," Yerba Buena
• "Keeping My Composure," The Chemical Brothers featuring Spank Rock
• "Heroes," David Bowie