User:Janrodrigo/Information Update

Information Update is the page for all updates of all kinds of informations regarding Heroes are present. The informations includes both real-world (RW) and in-universe (IU) data.

Before February 10, 2006

1. It all starts when Tim Kring (1, I) decides to write a story about everyday people, discovering their extraordinary abilities. He develops different ideas and forms a story.
2. He calls his story by the name Heroes.
3. Tim Kring presents his ideas and the plot for the first episode to NBC, where he has been working for a long time.
   • NBC, the National Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Its headquarters is in the GE building in New York City’s Rockefeller Centre. It was formed first in 1926. Now it is owned by the NBC Universal Incorporation.
   • NBC Universal Inc. itself is a media and entertainment company formed by the merger of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment. Now 80% of NBC Universal is owned by General Electric, the remaining 20% is owned by Vivendi.
   • NBC Universal products are: NBC, NBC Universal Studios, NBC Universal Television Group, NBC News, USA, CNBC, MSNBC cable TV, NBC.com, MSNBC.com, iVillage, Bravo, qubo, SendMeRSS, Telemundo Television Studios, The Weather Channel.
4. NBC (2) approves the project. So Kring makes an agreement with the NBC Universal Inc..
5. Its product NBC.com (3) declares that NBC will be airing a new series called Heroes.
6. Tim Kring and NBC start to form the crew and the cast.

February 10, 2006

7. tv.com (4) declares that Ali Larter (1) and Hayden Panettiere (2) have just joined the cast of NBC's Heroes.

February 17, 2006

8. Milo Ventimiglia (3) joins the cast of Heroes. tv.com

February 22, 2006

9. Greg Grunberg (4) joins the cast of Heroes. tv.com

March 3, 2006

10. David Semel (II) joins the cast as the director of the pilot.

11. An interview with Tim Kring reveals the following:

"It's about very ordinary people all over the world who literally discover that they have special powers, and it's their dealing with that. The superheroes, er, ordinary people include; a 30-year-old male nurse who believes he can fly; a 28-year-old junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future; a 33-year-old Las Vegas showgirl who can do incredible things with mirrors; a 24-year-old Japanese comic-book geek who literally makes time stand still; a 31-year-old inmate who can transport himself through walls; and a 17-year-old cheerleader who defies death at every turn." "It’s pretty grounded in reality. Part of what makes it really feel very real is that these people’s lives should mirror your own; you should be able to see your ordinary life reflected on screen. It’s a big interconnected saga. They’re all drawn together towards a destiny of saving the world. And it’s extremely serialized.”