Almost a decade and a half later Heroes went off the air, classic TV sensation Aughts is getting another major reboot in the form of the recently announced Heroes: Eclipsed. Premiering in 2006, the show was created by Tim Kring and follows ordinary people around the world who discover they suddenly have superpowers and must use them well to save the world. The first season was one of the peaks of 2000s TV and helped shape the burgeoning television revolution that would explode in the early years of the 2010s.
HeroesThe four seasons on the air were anything but smooth, and the show quickly tanked after its first season won over audiences and earned critical praise. Each subsequent season performed increasingly worse with critics and in the ratings until Heroes was canceled after season 4, much to the shock and surprise of its die-hard fan base. 2015 Heroes Reborn was dropped after one season, and it seemed like Tim Kring’s great contribution to TV history would remain just that. Now, a new reboot of the show has been announced and Heroes: Eclipsed may finally fix the franchise.
Heroes: Eclipsed is confirmed
Another Heroes reboot is coming
Just when it seemed that the franchise finally ended, it was announced that a new Heroes reboot is in the works from the show’s original creator. The announcement came 14 years later Heroes‘shocking cancellation and almost 10 years after 2015 Heroes Reborn faded into obscurity after a solitary season. Tim Kring’s involvement elevates the project beyond a cynical money grab, but there’s no denying that intellectual property is king in modern media.
With nostalgia on the rise and franchises established as gold in the film and TV industry, the time is right for a Heroes restart. Few details are known about the new show, but it will be set several years after the original series.and will probably match the amount of time you spent in real life. With many unanswered questions from the original series, Heroes: Eclipsed has a lot to say, but it must avoid the same pitfalls that doomed the original series almost 15 years ago.
Who’s Making Heroes: Eclipsed?
The return of the original writer The success of the new reboot will likely depend on the nostalgia factor of bringing actors back to their classic roles
Although only one name is attached to Heroes: Eclipsed At this point, it’s important and bodes well for the reboot’s success. Tim Kring will be on hand to usher the new reboot into the worldand he created both Heroes series and served as one of the franchise’s main writers. Since NBC was the network that aired both original shows, it stands to reason that Peacock will be involved in some way, but it’s unclear whether it will air on network TV or as a streaming exclusive.
Programs Tim Kring has created since Heroes include:
Show |
Release year(s) |
Status |
---|---|---|
Play |
2012-2013 |
Canceled by Fox after 2 seasons |
Aurora |
2012 |
One-season web series |
Excavation |
2015 |
Miniseries |
Heroes Reborn |
2015 |
Canceled by NBC after 1 season |
Treadstone |
2019 |
Canceled by USA after 1 season |
No cast names were released, but it was revealed that some of the original characters from Heroes could return. One of the criticisms Heroes Reborn was that it ignored the original characters, and the success of the new reboot will likely depend on the nostalgia factor of bringing the actors back to their classic roles. It’s unclear how far along the show is in development, and no release date or production schedule has been announced yet.
Heroes: details of the eclipsed story
OG Characters Have Been Teased
Even if the oldest stories don’t dominate Heroes: Eclipsedthe new series could offer an interesting product while also answering longtime fans’ burning questions
Nothing is known about the details of the show’s story, but it stands to reason that it will follow a similar structure to the original. A new group of ordinary people will wake up with new superpowers and will be torn between the desire to do what is right and the desire to act. your new skills. While there will undoubtedly be new “heroes,” it has also been suggested that the original characters could return as well.
The fourth season of Heroes left a lot of questions for the reboot to answer, and fans are still dying to find a resolution to storylines that were abandoned nearly 15 years ago. Character arcs like Mohinder’s were left open-ended, and Claire’s true fate still needs to be resolved among a number of other loose ends. Even if the oldest stories don’t dominate Heroes: Eclipsedthe new series could offer an interesting product while also answering longtime fans’ burning questions.