The creator of hit NBC show “Heroes” has apologized to fans for the slow start to the second season. Tim Kring admitted to Entertainment Weekly that mistakes had been made on the choice of storylines, but promised to get the show back on track.
“We assumed the audience wanted season one – a build up of intrigue about these characters and the discovery of their powers. They wanted adrenaline.
“We made a mistake – we took too long to get to the big-picture story,” he added.
If this past Monday’s episode is any indication of Kring’s determination to get the show back on track, then he and the cast and crew are definitely heading in the right direction.
An amateur cryptographer has beaten Colossus, the first smart computer, in a code-cracking challenge set up to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer. The competition saw Colossus return to code-cracking duties for the first time in more than 60 years.
Thousands who attended an open audition for a role in the new Harry Potter film have been left disappointed after the part went to an established actress. Producers held a casting in July for girls aged 15 to 18 to play Lavender Brown in The Half Blood Prince. However, as we reported earlier on this website, the part went to Jessie Cave, age 20, star of new CBBC drama “Summerhill” and movie “Inkheart” with Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren.
The next remastered classic Trek coming to TV this weekend will be one of the show’s best episodes, “Space Seed” with Ricardo Montalban as the great Khan. This was the only episode that spawned a movie spinoff, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” in which fans witnessed the death of Captain Spock. Check your local listings for day and time.
In a recent interview with StarTrek.com, “Enterprises'” actor John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox) talks about his charitable efforts to benefit the AIDS Service Center (ASC) and people whose lives are shattered by HIV. He and his actress wife Bonnie are very active members of the AIDS Service Center.
This just in — David Hasselhoff is in talks to reprise his role as Michael Knight for the TV movie sequel to his breakout 1980s hit series, “Knight Rider,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Knight” will return as a weekly series with young actor Justin Bruening, playing Michael Knight’s son, if the 2-hr pilot movie is a ratings success.
Naomi Watts has just signed on to star opposite Tom Hanks in “Angels and Demons,” the prequel to the “The Da Vinci Code,” according to the film’s Academy Award winning director Ron Howard. The film is currently shut down for the writer’s strike but will resume production once the strike is over.
Actor Neal McDonough has just completed work on a supernatural horror film entitled “The Horsemen,” in which he plays a cop.
“It’s about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” McDonough said in an interview with SCI FI Wire while promoting the channel’s highly anticipated and upcoming miniseries “Tin Man.”
“They basically come to town and wreak havoc,” stated McDonough. “I play the chief of police.”
Two of the astronaut residents of the International Space Station completed a critical seven-hour spacewalk this week to hook up electrical and cooling lines to the station’s newest module.
Lavender says
Knight Rider returns?? I’m not sure that is a good thing…