Interview, News - Friday, January 12, 2007 12:32 - 0 Comments

Tim Kring on Pixelsurgeon

Pixelsurgeon made an interview with the creator of Heroes, Tim Kring. It includes some futher information on show like there will be more villians and our heroes will create a “superhero team”. there are also some information about how series is relevant with comic books, the inspiration for the series and how he creates this good cliffhangers.

Where did you get the inspiration for this series?

The germ of this idea came about a year ago now. I was supposed to develop a show for NBC and I became fascinated with this idea of a new paradigm of the serialized large ensemble show. I happened to see two movies that sort of moulded together in my mind. One of them was The “Incredibles�. And the other was the “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind� by Charlie Kaufman. I started to blend those two things in my mind over the next few days because I loved both of them. Mixing the idea of people who had superpowers trying to struggle with their everyday lives with these people that you could pass on the street and never think twice about. In my mind, those two things started to come together and that was the genesis of where the idea came from.

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