Nearly a decade-and-a-half after Heroeswent off the air, the classic Aughts TV sensation is getting another major reboot in the form of the recently announced Heroes: Eclipsed. Debuting in 2006, the show was created by Tim Kring and follows ordinary people around the globe who discover that they suddenly have superpowers and must put them to good use to save the world. The first season was one of the pinnacles of 2000s TV, and it helped to shape the blossoming TV revolution that would explode in the early years of the 2010s.
Heroes' four seasons on the air were anything but smooth, and the show quickly took a nosedive after its first season captured audiences and earned it critical acclaim. Each subsequent season performed worse and worse with critics and in the ratings until Heroes was canceled after season 4 to the shock and surprise of its die-hard fanbase. 2015's Heroes Reborn was scrapped after one season, and it seemed as if 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 can finally fix the franchise.
NBC's Heroes was a pop culture staple of the 2000s and got a reboot, Heroes Reborn. Here are recaps of every season of the sci-fi show.
Heroes: Eclipsed Is Confirmed
Another Heroes Reboot Is Coming
Just when it seemed as if thefranchise had 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 after Heroes' shocking cancelation and nearly 10 years after 2015's Heroes Reborn faded into obscurity after a lone season. Tim Kring's involvement does elevate the project beyond a cynical cash-grab, but there's no denying that intellectual property is king in modern media.
With nostalgia at an all-time high, and established franchises like gold in the movie and TV business, the time is right for a Heroes reboot. Few details are known about the new show, but it will be set several years after the original series, and will presumably match the amount of time that's passed in real life. With a lot of unanswered questions from the original series, Heroes: Eclipsed has a lot to say, but it must avoid the same pitfalls that damned the original series nearly 15 years ago.
Who Is Making Heroes: Eclipsed?
The Original Writer Returns
the success of the new reboot will likely hinge on the nostalgia factor of bringing back actors to their classic roles
Though only one name is attached to Heroes: Eclipsed at this point, it is an important one and does bode well for the reboot's success. Tim Kring will be on hand to usher the new reboot into the world, and he created both Heroes series and served as one of the franchise's primary writers. Since NBC was the network that carried both original shows, it stands to reason that the peacock will be involved somehow, but it isn't clear if it will air on network TV or as a streaming exclusive.
Shows Tim Kring has created since Heroes include:
Show
Release Year(s)
Status
Touch
2012-2013
Canceled by Fox after 2 seasons
Daybreak
2012
One-season web series
Dig
2015
Miniseries
Heroes Reborn
2015
Canceled by NBC after 1 season
Treadstone
2019
Canceled by USA after 1 season
No names have been disclosed for the cast, but it has been teased that some of the original characters from Heroes could return. One of the criticisms of Heroes Rebornwas that it ignored original characters, and the success of the new reboot will likely hinge on the nostalgia factor of bringing back actors to their classic roles. It's not clear how far along the development is on the show, and no release date or production timeline has been announced yet.
Heroes
aired its final episode on February 8, 2010.
Heroes: Eclipsed Story Details
OG Characters Have Been Teased
Even if older storylines don't dominate
Heroes: Eclipsed
, the new series can deliver an exciting product while also answering the burning questions of long-time fans
Nothing is known about the specifics of the show's story, but it stands to reason that it will follow a similar structure as the original. A new batch of ordinary people will wake up with newfound superpowers and they will be torn between the desire to do what is right and the desire to act upon their new abilities. Though there will undoubtedly be new "heroes", it has also been teased that 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 for a resolution to plotlines that were abandoned nearly 15 years ago. Character arcs like Mohinder's were left open-ended, and the true fate of Claire still needs to be settled among a wealth of other loose ends. Even if older storylines don't dominate Heroes: Eclipsed, the new series can deliver an exciting product while also answering the burning questions of long-time fans.
Heroes sees a number of people drawn to each other after a solar eclipse awakens incredible abilities in them. With their destinies seemingly intertwined, these evolved humans use their superpowers to influence the past, present, and future - for better and for worse. When a superpowered killer emerges who is stealing abilities from his victims, they must band together to stop him.
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