Heroes: Origins Put on Hold

[GrnMarvl14]

Yet another project put on hold.

Source.

NBC has pulled Heroes: Origins, the spinoff miniseries of the popular Heroes, from a midseason launch.

The Hollywood Reporter speculates fears of a writers strike may have contributed to the network’s decision on Wednesday. There’s also a possibility that Heroes‘ recent drop in ratings had something to do with it. Whatever the case, NBC wouldn’t comment.

The six-episode spinoff, which was supposed to air during Heroes‘ spring hiatus, hasn’t been officially canceled. However, the trade paper reports that “producers of the series have been given no indication of when it might get a spot on the schedule.”

Announced in May, Origins was intended to introduce a new character each week while filling that momentum-destroying break at midseason, when no new episodes of Heroes are broadcast. Kevin Smith and Eli Roth were among the names attached to direct episodes.

According to Variety, insiders say there’s a chance Origins could be revived at a later date.

"Slump in ratings"? That's...never a good sign. Even if it is still early.

 

[Joey]

Honestly with the way this season has been going, I'm not surprised that the ratings have dropped. It's taken this long to find our uniting purpose instead of just everyone wandering around like confused turkeys, only this season hasn't been able to lean on the whole everyone discovering their powers while the plot starts moving.

But this does disappoint me, as I was looking forward to Origins ever since I heard about it.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Yeah, the slow-moving plot is definitely to blame. They really should have been pushing the newer characters' experiences a little more to help compensate for the slow setup. As is, we're only getting Alejandro and Maya in any sort of major role (and even THAT'S debatable).