Line up started around 9 am for the Heroes panel scheduled to start at 12:45 pm (and it did, ballroom filled to capacity (around 3000 people, maybe more) with many fans (hundreds) left outside. Good thing we went inside earlier to check the Bionic Woman panel (in the same ballroom) and it was like killing two birds with one stone since we got to see the pilot episode (Bionic Woman will also air on NBC, and Heroes fans should check it out, they’ll love it) and keep a seat for the -much anticipated- Heroes panel. There’s present press and fans from all over the world: Heroes is getting bigger by the minute.

The panel starts:
cast walks in, introduced by Loeb, hugs and hand shakes. Jackis wearing a ” I’m just a paper salesman” Masi a “Hayden is my Hero” Greg a “Milo is my Hero” and t-shirt.

On stage : Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka , Milo Ventimiglia, Noah Gray-Cabey, James Kyson Lee, Greg Grunberg, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Ali Larter, Dania Ramirez (that will play Maya. She looks gorgeous…), Tim Sale (artist behind Isaac’s paintings) and last Tim Kring . The panel is moderated -as always at comic book conventions- by Jeph Loeb (show co-producer and co-writer and also one of the best writer in the comicbook industry).

DL is -again- nowhere to be seen.

Kring starts by thanking the SDCC fans, said that the entire cast’s appearance was a way to “…thank everybody from the bottom of our hearts.â€?
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24/07/2007

Here is some fresh news and rumors about NBC Heroes’ Season Two. They come mostly from this morning’s on-the-set press conference, sponsored by the TCA. Masi Oka was the tour guide.

• Nathan and Peter are alive. Or better say “not dead?”. Isaac is dead but we’ll see more paintings of the future during season two.

• The series will take a four weeks break at Christmas, and another -similar- break in Spring.

• Hector Luis Bustamante (of ‘Hostage’ fame) has signed for a guest starring role that may turn into recurring

• Lyndsy Fonseca is off the show . Fonseca’s “gay cheerleader” role had to be cut after Fonseca landed a series regular part on Desperate Housewives.

• Ali’s character, Niki, will move away from the split-personality gig.

• The entire cast was present at the TCA press event on the set but Leonard Roberts (D.L. )Note this is the second Heroes’ press conference in a row without Roberts. Rumor, still going strong, is we won’t see D.L. during season 2.

• Dania Ramirez revealed that her character, Maya “..speaks Spanish, is in Central America and she’s running from the cops…”. Press notes describe Maya as “a young woman plagued by a threatening ability that has driven both her and her twin brother Alejandro (Shalim Ortiz) from their home in the Dominican Republic to make the dangerous crossing to the United States in search of help.â€?

• Zachary Quinto, asked about his role on the upcoming Star Trek movie said “Everybody else seems to have more to say about it than I do”…”I’m under strict orders not to say anything ” But the usually well informed insiders insist he got the part, and Tim Kring said “we’re in negotiations about that now” [he'll work Quinto's shooting schedule to not interfere with Star Trek's]

• Haiti, Egypt, Mexico, Ireland, Ukraine, Japan and -obviously- the US are among this season’s destinations.

• Ubisoft is finishing a deal with NBC Universal to produce a “Heroes” videogame. Official announcement might come as early as this weekend at the SDCC

This week Entertainment Weekly Magazine celebrates its 100th issue (on stands now, on the cover Hayden Panettiere ‘Claire Bennet’).

The special edition of EW Magazine includes the list of the top 100 celebrities of the world of entertainment. Heroes‘ Hayden Panettiere and the Masi Oka and George Takei ‘team’ are on the list.

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Hayden Panettiere
Teen Dream

WHY HER The breakout star of TV’s hottest new drama, Heroes, Panettiere plays Claire, an unbreakable high school girl who became synonymous with the show when the catchphrase ”Save the cheerleader, save the world!” entered the pop culture lexicon. ”I think it was very clever,” says the New York-born actress, although she admits that calls of ”Hey, cheerleader!” now follow her around Los Angeles. ”But it’s fun. It’s not an obnoxious thing.” Technically speaking, Claire doesn’t actually spend much time shaking pom-poms. ”I told [Heroes creator] Tim Kring I need to cheer at some point,” the actress says with a laugh. ”She wears the outfit all the time!”

Read the whole article on Masi Oka and George Takei

Greatest American Heroes
George Takei and Masi Oka

WHY THEM As Sulu on Star Trek, Takei, 70, blazed trails for Asian-American actors. As Hiro, time-warping supernerd of Heroes, Oka, 33, is just blazing. It was a stroke of genius and great respect to cast them as father and son on the new show.