User:Janrodrigo/S1/Pre-premiere

Synopsis

1. Nbc.com/Heroes -- 2005
2. Tim Sale's site -- 2005
3. Comicraft.com -- April 2006
4. The Global Couch -- June 2006
5. Beaming Beeman -- June 2006
6. 9thWonders.com -- July 18, 2006
7. Claire Bennet's MySpace page -- July 18, 2006
8. Zach's MySpace page -- July 18, 2006
9. Peter Steigerwald's MySpace -- September 4, 2006
10. The crew
11. The cast
12. Companies

Characters

First week

July 14, 2006

1. Claire {1}
2. Mr. Bennet {0.25}
3. Zach {1}

Second week

1. Claire {2}
2. Zach {2}

Third week

1. Claire {3}
2. Zach {2.25}

Fourth week

1. Claire {4}
2. Zach {3.25}

Eighth week

1. Claire {5}
2. Zach {3.5}

Nineth week

1. Claire {6}
2. Zach {3.75}

Total

1. Claire {6}
2. Claire's father {0.25}
3. Zach {3.75}

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. The Global Couch
  2. Beaming Beeman
• Later In His Own Image (60 minutes) is again shortened to give the real pilot called Genesis (51 minutes).

July 2006

• The official/unofficial fan site opens: (6) 9thWonders.com with the collaboration of invision, Craig Byrne and JG Roshell.
• The first official page of an in-universe character, (7) Claire Bennet's MySpace page opens.
• The second official page of an in-universe character, (8) Zach's MySpace page opens.
• San Diego Comic-Con gathers. Jeph Loeb makes the opening and over 2000 people attends. Jeph Loeb, Tim Kring and Tim Sale from the crew and everyone except Greg Grunberg and Hayden Panettiere from the cast attend the convention. The original 72 minutes, unaired pilot is shown. (July 22)

Aug.-Sept. 2006

• The crew continues growing.
• Claire & the Cat is no longer found at Tim Sale's website. It is posted for a while at NBC.com however it is removed after a while.
• Greg Beeman, writes his first post.
• Peter Steigerwald opens his (9) MySpace account, which will later give us information.

September 25, The pilot of the show Heroes; Genesis airs for the first time from the channel NBC.

Detailed Overview

Heroes Creation

People or Companies

1. Tim Kring
2. NBC
3. The Crew
4. The Cast
5. NBC Universal Media Studios
6. Tailwind Productions
7. Aspen MLT Comics
8. Comicraft
9. invision
10. Craig Byrne

Official Media

1. NBC.com
2. Tim Sale's website
3. Comicraft.com
4. The Global Couch
5. Beaming Beeman
6. 9thWonders.com
7. Peter Steigerwald's MySpace

In-Universe Media

1. Claire Bennet's MySpace page
2. Zach's MySpace page

Unofficial Media

1. HeroesTheSeries
2. Heroes Brasil
3. Comicbookresources.com "CBR"
4. HeroesTheSeries Forum
5. 9thWonders.com
6. Yahoo!Tv

Unrelated Media

1. the Futon Critic
2. tv.com
3. Wikipedia
4. Tv.ign.com
5. Queen TV
6. Youtube
7. TV without Pity Forum
8. Scifi.com
9. Syfy Portal
10. Vfx World
11. Starpulse.com
12. SuperHeroHype.com

The Crew

The Series Crew

1. Tim Kring, the Creator, the Writer and an Executive Producer
2. Tim Sale, the Artistic Consultant
3. Dennis Hammer, an Executive Producer
4. David Semel, the Director and an Executive Producer
5. Jeph Loeb, the Co-executive Producer
6. Skip Beaudine, a Producer.
7. Lori Motyer, the Co-producer.
8. Burk Sauls, the Colourist
9. Dave Stewart, the Colourist
10. Cesar Lemus, the Storyboard Artist.
11. Michael Budge, the Art Director.
12. Debra McGuire, the Costume Designer.
13. Lori Madrigal, a Special Effects Makeup Artist.
14. Ian Quinn, a Stunt Coordinator.
15. Wendy Melvoin, a Music Composer.
16. Lisa Coleman, a Music Composer.
17. Walter Eckert, the Art Department Coordinator.
18. Glenn Hetrick, a Special Effects Makeup Artist.
19. Greg Solomon, a Special Effects Makeup Artist.
20. Steve Schriver, a Stunt Coordinator.
21. Jesse Alexander, a Writer and a Co-executive Producer.
22. Ruth Ammon, the Production Designer.
23. Allan Arkush, a Director and an Executive Producer.
24. Adam Armus, a Supervising Producer.
25. Greg Beeman, a Director and an Executive Producer.
26. Natalie Chaidez, a Writer and a Co-executive Producer.
27. Jim Chory, a Producer.
28. Aron Coleite, the Co-Producer.
29. Kay Foster, a Supervising Producer.
30. Bryan Fuller, the Consulting Producer.
31. Michael Green, a Writer and a Co-executive Producer.
32. Shenkar, the Vocalist.

The Graphic Novel Crew

1. Aron Coleite, the Graphic Novel Writer
2. Michael Turner, a Graphic Novel (GN) Artist
3. Koi Turnbull, a GN Artist
4. Mark Roslan, the GN Digital Inker
5. Peter Steigerwald, a GN Colourist
6. David Moran, a GN Colourist
7. JG Roshell, the Production of the official/unofficial fan site
8. Micah Gunnell, an artist.
9. Chuck Kim, a writer.
10. Marcus To, an artist.
11. Jim Lee

The Cast

The Main Cast

1. Santiago Cabrera as Isaac Mendez
2. Tawny Cypress as Simone Deveraux
3. Noah Gray-Cabey as Micah Sanders
4. Greg Grunberg as Matt Parkman
5. Ali Larter as Niki Sanders
6. Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura
7. Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet
8. Adrian Pasdar as Nathan Petrelli
9. Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mohinder Suresh
10. Leonard Roberts as D. L. Hawkins
11. Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli

The Secondary Cast

1. Americus Abesamis
2. Omid Abtahi
3. Max Amini
4. Randall Bentley
5. Jack Coleman as HRG
6. Ashley Crow
7. Thomas Dekker
8. Stacy Haiduk
9. Jacob Hashem
10. Corey Kotler
11. Shishir Kurup
12. James Kyson Lee as Ando Masahashi
13. Tohoru Masamune as Boss at Yamagato
14. Michael Milhoan
15. Milos Milicevic
16. Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
17. Wiley Pickett
18. Jacqueline Piñol
19. John Prosky
20. Deirdre Quinn
21. Ian Quinn
22. Cristine Rose as Angela Petrelli
23. Richard Roundtree
24. Brian Tarantina
25. John Thaddeus
26. David Ury
27. Greg Wrangler

In-Universe Data

• AU1 = First Network Draft
• AU2 = Claire & the Cat
• AU3 = Unaired pilot

We get to know our first and second confirmed in-universe characters through their MySpace pages: Claire Bennet and Zach.

The pilot Genesis is aired.