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Heroes Cast Launches World Tour — Plus, Secrets of Season 2!
Ali Larter, Greg Grunberg, Milo Ventimiglia, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Tim Kring, Jack Coleman by Chris Haston/NBC
Last season, they saved the world. Now the stars of Heroes will get to see the world. At a press conference held Thursday in Los Angeles, executive producer/creator Tim Kring announced that the cast of the sci-fi hit will embark on a "Heroes World Tour" to promote the Season 1 DVD release on Aug. 28.
"The show has been licensed in 150 territories," said Kring. "Clearly, Heroes has struck a chord around the world. From the beginning, the central message has been the idea that people could come together to do great things. This tour is the embodiment of those ideals."
So far, the week-long global trek includes personal appearances in Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York City, Munich, Paris, London and Singapore, with more dates to come. "The Brady Bunch went to the Grand Canyon, so this is pretty cool for us," joked series star Greg Grunberg.
Kring also revealed a few hints about Season 2, which resumed production on Monday. "Last season, we set up the idea that there was another generation that had ideas of their own," he said, referring to the conspiracy between Angela Petrelli, Linderman, Kaito Nakamura and Charles Deveaux. "This season, what we're going to talk about is the sins of the parents being visited upon the children."
Other plot twists include solving Season 1's explosive finale, Hiro’s time travel to feudal Japan, and the surviving heroes’ struggles to resume their regular lives. “How do you stay on the farm after you’ve gone out and had these amazing adventures?” asked Kring. “A lot of these stories are resetting at the beginning. We’re coming back to the touchstone of what it’s like to try and live normal lives, as opposed to the first season where the plot got so cranked up, that idea sort of fell by the wayside.” —Dana Meltzer Zepeda
For an update on the Heroes: Origins spin-off, see Today's News.
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Jun 22, 2007 10:14 AM
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Can't WAIT!! 
And Matt better make it!
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Jun 22, 2007 11:46 AM
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awesome. i really do love this show.
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Jun 22, 2007 11:58 AM
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Yeah, and D.L. better not be the character who died during the break since I didn't see him in the cast picture!
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Jun 22, 2007 1:34 PM
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"...the surviving heroes’ struggles to resume their regular lives"?!!
Surviving heroes? Who died? I'm assuming GG survived, as did MV. Did Ali's hubby and/or the politician succumb to their wounds? (sorry, can't remember names better than that)
That's TERRIBLE!
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Jun 22, 2007 1:37 PM
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Yeah, and D.L. better not be the character who died during the break since I didn't see him in the cast picture!
Posted by ajwalker
Ausiello knows who's not coming back. There are hints in ask ausiello this week. (it's the 4th question down)
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Jun 22, 2007 1:53 PM
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There are hints in ask ausiello this week. (it's the 4th question down)
That list of names includes one person that has been dead for a while (Santiago Cabrera, aka Isaac Mendez), and the hero's name that is missing wasn't really involved in the bloodbath so he can't be dead. All of the injured people from the finale are in the list.
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Jun 22, 2007 2:26 PM
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I know that Ask Ausiello has Leonard Roberts (D.L.) listed, but a certain frenemy of his is saying that D.L. was not at the press conference they had yesterday. Guess we'll see who made it and who didn't on the season premiere (or when we get more scoop)!
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Jun 22, 2007 3:02 PM
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If DL is gone, does it mean that 'Niki' felt he was stealing her thunder and didn't want him to be a regular?
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Jun 22, 2007 3:57 PM
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If DL is gone, does it mean that 'Niki' felt he was stealing her thunder and didn't want him to be a regular?
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Jun 22, 2007 3:57 PM
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I seriously doubt that, Sheindie. That would not be the kind of decision anyone but the showrunners and writers could make. Besides, without the DL dynamic, Niki's own storyline takes a hit.
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Jun 22, 2007 4:26 PM
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