Though season four of NBC’s “Heroes” won’t start for a few more months, Hayden Panettiere told MTV News that there’s a new mysterious group that fans can look forward to in September: The Carnival.
Panettierre, who plays the title role in July 10th’s “I Love You, Beth Cooper”, is already preparing for more adventures as super-powered cheerleader Claire Bennet.
“The next season of ‘Heroes’ has a lot of characters that are coming in,” says Panettierre, “There’s something called The Carnival... which is kind of the opposite of what The Company was. There’s a lot of new, cool characters.” Read more...
"Heroes" star Masi Oka may have had a hand in saving the world (as well as a certain cheerleader), but now he's stepping up to mastermind a plot of his own creation. Not a world domination plot, mind you. Oka has successfully pitched DreamWorks on "The Defenders," a family adventure conceived by the actor out of his experiences playing massively multiplayer online role-playing games, aka MMORPGs a la "World of Warcraft."
Oka will executive produce the project, joined by "Fringe" and "Star Trek" producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that "The Book of Eli" writer Gary Whitta is already nailed down to deliver a script, and that "Eagle Eye" director D.J. Caruso is "in talks" to helm. The story also reveals that -- surprise, surprise -- DreamWorks will develop a video game tie-in for the feature. Given the long-term costs involved in maintaining an MMORPG, I expect that the game will spin off of the movie's plot in a standalone adventure. Read more...
Here's one of those meta-bizarre moments that can only happen at a place like Comic-Con. We caught up with Zachary Quinto right after his "Heroes" panel but of course all we wanted to do was grill him for "Trek" info. You can check out the full interview here. Or you can watch it below and catch Zachary checking out the Spock poster for "Star Trek" for the very first time.
In the third and last of his exclusive blog entries for MTV, "Rocket Science" star Aaron Yoo spills the beans on his next project, talks about friendships on the set of "RS," and what made the film so dang special. To read his previous entries, click here.
Okay, another day, same blog. Not really sure this is exactly what MTV was asking for, but there it is. Just wrapped my first day of shooting on "The Wackness," this KILLER indie directed by Jon Levine. Remember the name and be ready, it's hilarious. Sir Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen and Method Man. No they didn't cast this movie with a dartboard. It's genius, trust me.
So apparently, I left off talking about nothing in particular. You'll notice that's a habit... Anyways, I'm back with the "Rocket Science" crew, straight chillin'. Again. What can I say? We're family. When you spend a summer in Baltimore with four of your favorite people, it's a lifetime commitment. It always helps for your lead (Reece) to have a visa issue (he's Canadian; don't hold it against him) that delays production 3 weeks. I kid you not. We rehearsed and basically lived summer camp for three weeks before shooting. Read more...
Sometimes you just want to get out of the way of the news and let it speak for yourself. Ready? Okay.
Spock is back. As in Leonard Nimoy. The man himself just appeared at Comic-Con alongside Zachary Quinto (now officially on-board as the young Spock).
So there you have it. Two Spocks in your next Star Trek movie! Check out the full story on the casting of Quinto and the return of Nimoy to "Star Trek" right here.
