User:Janrodrigo/S1/Pre-premiere

2005

1. TIM KRING is the Creator, the Writer and the Executive Producer of Heroes. He writes the story. 4. TIM SALE joins the crew as the Artistic Consultant.

2. NBC Universal Inc. who owns NBC, the NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, approves the project and signs an agreement with Kring. 5. So we have: (2) TIM SALE'S WEBSITE which will also provide us with info.

3. (1) NBC.COM product of NBC, declares that a new series "Heroes" will be aired in NBC. 6. And DENNIS HAMMER joins the crew as an Executive Producer.

Overview

• Therefore, we have 3 people: Tim Kring, Tim Sale and Dennis Hammer in the team.
• We have 1 company: NBC.
• And we have 2 official websites:
  1. Nbc.com/Heroes
  2. Tim Sale's site

Jan - Jun 2006

February 2006

• At least 8 people are already chosen as starring actors. The cast starts growing.
• David Semel is chosen to be the Director of the pilot.

March 2006

• Jeph Loeb, Skip Beaudine and Lori Motyer joins the crew.
• The cast also grows.
• The production of the show is decided to be realised by NBC Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions, a film production company founded by Tim Kring.

April 2006

• The cast and the crew grows exponentially.
• The shootings of the pilot are started.
• NBC signs contracts with Aspen Comics and Comicraft for the graphic novels.
• So we have another official website: (3) COMICRAFT.COM
• The preparation of the GNs are also started.

May 2006

• The crew continues to grow.
• Many websites start spreading the news about Heroes.
• Fan sites start to open.

Overview

• There is the crew, the cast, companies and web sites.
• The official websites are three:
  1. Nbc.com/Heroes
  2. Tim Sale's site
  3. Comicraft.com

June 2006

• The shooted pilot (72 minutes) is shortened to give the new pilot called In His Own Image (60 minutes).
• The first preview videos are released. (Nbc.com)
• A promotional flash animation: Claire & the Cat, appears at Tim Sale's website. It is a preview of what Heroes will look like. The animation is composed of 15 drawings by Tim Sale. The animation shows us a young Claire, a cat, a truck driver then Hiro and mentions a Mr. Isaac.
• The crew and the cast continue to grow.
• From two of the 2 crew members; Jesse Alexander and Greg Beeman, comes to new official websites:
  1. (4) The Global Couch
  2. (5) Beaming Beeman
• Later In His Own Image (60 minutes) is again shortened to give the real pilot called Genesis (51 minutes).