Microsoft may Resurrect Series “Heroes”

April 18, 2013 by Andy in Comics, News Snippets, Television, Xbox and tagged Heroes, Heroes on Xbox, Microsoft, Microsoft Heroes, Microsoft Television, New Heroes Episodes, XBOX, Xbox 360, Xbox Television | Leave a comment

Despite reception of the superhero show Heroes having a steady decline following its first season all the way to its end, rumors are circulating that Microsoft may bring the show back in a new iteration as an Xbox exclusive series. This new vision of Heroes will feature new characters with the original cast being confined to cameos.

While it’s been no secret that Microsoft has been interested in creating Xbox-specific programming, one has to wonder if pursuing Heroes is really wise. Having an existing brand can be good marketing when it’s a big name, but the IP lost its following and now isn’t very highly regarded. Right now this is all just speculation, but maybe Microsoft can restore the show to its former glory with a new cast of heroes and accompanying story arc.

Source: Gamespot

Mortal Kombat: Legacy II Koming Soon

February 17, 2013 by Andy in Film, News Snippets, Television, Videogames and tagged Johnny Cage, Legacy, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat Legacy, Mortal Kombat Season 2, Scorpion, Sub Zero Mortal Kombat Movie, Web Series, Webseries | Leave a comment

The next season of Kevin Tancharoen’s excellent Mortal Kombat webseries is on its way soon and has a fancy new trailer. I know I’m not alone in being excited for this given how great the first season was, and this trailer only serves to make the new season more exciting.

South Park New Season Format

January 30, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, Television and tagged Cartman, Comedy Central, Kenny, Kyle, South Park, South Park Season 17, SouthPark, Stan, Television | Leave a comment

Comedy Central’s popular animated series South Park will be presented in shorter seasons going forward. Since season 8 of the series, each year consisted of 14 episodes divided into two runs of seven episodes. Future seasons of South Park will consist of 10 episodes that will air weekly without a break. South Park has been renewed until 2016.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, have stated that their reasons for this change in season formatting is due to the variety of ways in which viewers access new episodes (e.g. watching on Hulu or South Park Studios’ website) and manageability with Trey Parker stating the new format is “more manageable and ensures that it will be something we are proud of.” Reducing the number of episodes in a season and completing its run in a single shot may also give the series’ c0-creators more time to work on other projects such as the upcoming videogame South Park: The Stick of Truth.