"Heroes" threw a press conference today to announce a worldwide tour that will encompass Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Munich, Paris, London and New York City -- and the majority of the cast from season one was on hand, including MILO VENTIMIGLIA (Peter Petrelli) and ADRIAN PASDAR (Nathan Petrelli), who it is assumed were blown apart in the season one finale.
"This is about the first season tour and the release for the first season DVD," Creator and Executive Producer TIM KRING said by way of explaining the actors' presence without giving away the storyline for the show's second season.
Adrian also skirted the question, saying only, "On this show anything can happen. I am very happy to be up here today."
The "Nissan Presents the 'Heroes' World Tour" will be similar to a Comic-Con presentation, including a look at what goes on behind the scenes, clips and announcements that are being saved just for that purpose.
"I took my wife to Paris and [the show] hasn't appeared on TV there yet, and people were stopping me left and right, literally all over the place, because they are watching it on the Internet," said GREG GRUNBERG, who plays Matt Parkman. He also revealed he was back to work, which led reporters to speculate that he survived taking four bullets to the chest in the season finale.
Season two of "Heroes" began production on Monday, and the cast was enthusiastic about being back to work, especially HAYDEN PANETTIERE, who plays Claire, the cheerleader. She enthused, "It is amazing [to be back to work]."
Tim also clarified what is happening with the "Heroes: Origins" spin-off. It will not feature cast members from the original show, as originally stated. He explained, "The idea is that these are the stories of other people. The show has posited the idea that this is happening all over the world. This is an opportunity for us to tell some other stories."
As of now, the plan is for "Heroes" to run all 24 of its episodes, and then the six "Heroes: Origins" episodes will follow in a six-episode block, which is also a change from how the concept was first introduced at NBC's Upfront back in May.
The "Heroes" DVD and HD DVD drops on August 28. It will include several special featurettes, including the 70-minute version of the pilot.
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