New interview with Zach on Sci-Fire Wire

He doesn't give much away but Zach has been interviewed by Jenna Busch of Sci-Fi Wire.

He talks about the status of the Star Trek sequel, Heroes season four and his love of gamers and gaming.

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Official NBC Press Release for Heroes 4

NBC have released the following info for Heroes Season 4 :

From creator/writer Tim Kring (”Crossing Jordan”) comes the award-winning “Heroes,” an epic drama that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.

On September 21, “Heroes” returns with its fourth season and a brand-new volume – “Redemption.” As the dust settles from last season, our heroes attempt to settle back into their ordinary lives. But, as they will quickly discover, it’s not easy to go home again. They will face one pressing question: how do extraordinary people lead ordinary lives?

Previously, in “Volume 4: Fugitives,” our heroes made an attempt to return to their normal lives – but that attempt was cut short when Claire Bennet (Hayden Panettiere) uncovered a deadly plot orchestrated by one of their own – Senator Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar). After revealing to the government that there were people with special abilities, Nathan spearheaded an initiative to capture and imprison those people and used Noah Bennet a.k.a. H.R.G. (Jack Coleman). Lives were torn apart. H.R.G.’s own marriage was destroyed. Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter) was killed — literally shattered into frozen pieces.

Ultimately, it was Nathan who paid the price for his misdeeds – murdered at the hands of Sylar (Zachary Quinto). Angela Petrelli (Cristine Rose), devastated at the loss of her son, and H.R.G., in need of an ally within the government, convinced Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) to use his ability to repair the damage. Matt used mind control and forced Sylar to shapeshift into Nathan, while erasing Sylar’s own memories so he truly believed he was Nathan. Now, as far as everyone else knows, Nathan is alive and well. And Sylar is gone. But all of that is about to change…

This season, “Volume 5: Redemption” begins with our heroes putting their lives back together.

Claire is finding that her biggest challenges are forgetting her old life and starting college. How does someone who has led such an extraordinary life assimilate back into everyday college life? Any semblance of normalcy is shortly overturned when Claire’s roommate commits suicide and Claire discovers her new friend, Gretchen (guest star Madeline Zima), is hiding a secret herself.

Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) goes back to his old life in Japan, but discovers that he has a terminal illness. When Hiro can no longer keep his illness hidden, he sets out to fulfill his own personal bucket-list – righting the mistakes of his past. But will Hiro be able to correct the errors of his ways without severely altering the past and present?

Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) returns to work as an ordinary New York City EMT, but he uses his abilities to save lives. Peter has become obsessed, looking for redemption and shutting out the rest of the world he once knew. How can he forget the past and begin anew? Peter’s life will quickly change when a hearing impaired woman, Emma (guest star Deanne Bray), enters his life. Emma has used her disability as an excuse to shut herself off from the world. But as a new and unique ability manifests, the shell she’s built around herself will begin to crack apart – as will Peter’s.

H.R.G. is adjusting to life as a single man. Charged with creating a new company, he is rapidly discovering that he needs more from his life. But how does a company man become ordinary? And, when Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) returns and offers H.R.G. compelling evidence of a new danger, it makes H.R.G. wonder if he should get back in the game.

Tracy Strauss, having risen from the dead, is consumed with seeking vengeance, but soon realizes that she has a real opportunity to reinvent herself. The question is: who should she be?

Nathan Petrelli, not realizing who he really is, returns to the Senate and begins to notice strange changes in himself. Most alarming, Nathan discovers that he has new abilities. These changes are not lost on Angela, who recognizes them for what they truly are – the emergence of Sylar.

Meanwhile, racked by the guilt of what he did to Sylar and Nathan, Matt Parkman returns to life as an ordinary family man. All he wants to do is to raise his son, love his wife and return to a fulfilling career as an LAPD detective. But what Matt doesn’t know is that something unfamiliar is buried deep within his psyche – Matt can see and hear Sylar. And this specter will haunt him until Sylar is returned to his body.

The biggest challenge for our heroes is a strange and dangerous carnival comprised of a traveling band of outsiders with powerful abilities, led by a charismatic and powerful leader, Samuel (Robert Knepper). Alongside Samuel is his right hand man, Edgar (guest star Ray Park), a deadly Speedster with a talent for knives, and Lydia (guest star Dawn Olivieri) the Tattooed Lady.

Samuel leads his flock to intersect with the lives of all of our heroes. He will find them, and he will entice them to join him. And together, they will ask the same basic questions: Who are we? What does having powers mean to the world? How should we live our lives – shameful or proud? Should we hide or live out in the open? And if the world of powers is revealed, how will the world ever recover?

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Zach at Comic Con

Zachary will be in attendance at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego, which runs from July 22nd to 26th.

Panels

Zach will be on the Heroes panel at the Bayside Hilton, at 3.15pm on Saturday. The rom holds 2,000 people but it;s best to get there and queue as soon as you can. They generally don't clear the room after panels (best to check first) so to be sure of a seat, get in there very early and stay sitting!

Then there's a race across town back to the Convention Centre in rooms 5AB, on the first floor. Here Zach will be appearing with his Before The Door partners Neal Dodson and Cory Moosa to talk about a new project. The room holds roughly 200 people, so if you want to see this, get there as early as you can. You might not make the Heroes panel AND the Archaia one, so get ready to make Sophie's choice!

On Friday there's a Heroes All Access party at the House of Blues from 3-5pm. If you're a Heroes All Access Member you can get in for free and get a whole host of free goodies. If not, you can queue and pay on the door but again, get there early. Zach will not be at the event but if you're a Heroes fan this can't be missed. It costs $10 on the door and there is merchandise to buy inside. David H. Lawrence XVII (Eric Doyle) will be there to sign, as will Oliver Grigsby, who wrote the episode 'I Am Sylar', and Jason Badower, the graphic novel artist.

All weekend you can pop down to the Paramount booth(3535) and get your free Spock foam hand. There is no advertised Sylar merchandise from NBC this year, but hang around their booth(4029)because they may have Heroes related bags and other swag hanging around. Also, Archaia comics booth is number 2635, might be worth loitering after the announcements on Saturday in case they have anything Zach-related going on.

And if you see a girl in a white tshirt with I AM SYLAR in black letters, that's me! Come and say Hi!

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Zachary at Comic-Con 09

Zach will have an increased presence at San Diego's Comic-Con this year, appearing on panels for Heroes and Archaia comics.

The Heroes panel will be off-site at the Bayside Hilton in the Indigo Room from 3.15pm to 4.15pm on Saturday, and the Archaia panel will be in room 5AB of the main convention centre.

Also on the Heroes panel will be creator Tim Kring and co-stars Masi Oka, Robert Knepper, Jack Coleman, Adrian Pasdar, Ray Park, Madeleine Zima and Dawn Olivieri.

We hope to have more info on the Archaia panel soon but it's thought that Zach will be joined by his production company buddies Neal and Corey.

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More clues to Heroes Season 4

The ODI has published an interview which gives further clues as to Zach's and Sylar's role in Season 4 of Heroes.

At the end of Season 3, Matt Parkman forced a comatose Sylar to shapeshift permanently into Nathan Petrelli, to give the illusion that he was alive. Meanwhile, the body of original shapeshifter James Martin, stuck in Sylar's form, was burned.

The article is here

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Zach submitted for 2009 Emmy nomination

Not a huge surprise but we have seen confirmation that NBC have put up Zachary's name for a Supporting Actor Emmy.

He joins Masi Oka, James Kyson Lee, Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy,Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar in being submitted to the nominations jury. Dan Byrd, who played Sylar's protege Luke Campbell, was also put forward as a special guest star.

The nominations will be announced on July 16th.

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Heroes starts filming next week

James Kyson Lee (Ando) has confirmed on his twitter that Heroes will start filming principal photography next week. However Zach may not be filming immediately as he is in Mexico for the premiere of Star Trek, which was delayed because of the swine flu epidemic.

We'll keep you up to date on Heroes, hopefully Zach will be back in front of the cameras soon, which means more Sylar!

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Zachary Quinto on new Heroes DVD

The Season 3 DVD of Heroes will be released on September 1st this year.

Zach does commentary on the episode 'Duel', strangely not 'I Am Sylar'.

The full list of features are on this link

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Heroes back in September for 18 episodes

The ODI has reported that Heroes will return in September and run for 19 episodes. There are also rumours that NBC will move the show to a more family friendly slot of 8pm in an effort to revive flagging ratings.

Adrian Pasdar, who bit the dust as Nathan Petrelli in the final episode of season 3, says that both he and Zach will be back for season four, with a delicious storyline which will see Sylar battle with his inner self and the personality of Nathan, imposed on him by HRG, Angela Petrelli and Matt Parkman.

Dates are tentatively pegged at either September 14th or 21st. There is no word as to when the series will be aired on BBC 2.

Source : The ODI

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Fired Heroes director says good bye to Zachary

Greg Beeman, a director with Heroes from Season one, has been let go from NBC due to cost-cutting measures. In his final Heroes blog he takes time out to thank Zachary :

"Because I didn’t do the pilot I didn’t have influence over hiring the rest of the series regulars. But I was there, directing Zach at his first audition. It was an incredible, showstopping, performance. It was immediately evident that his range was phenomenal and I knew then and there we had something special. Zach is a true artist and I feel a deep affection for him. He is also a great person and a very giving actor to his fellow actors, to the crew and to the show. What’s especially amazing is that, as great as he is, I know how much he can still develop into the power of his craft. Beyond a doubt, I know that he will go on to greatness - because not only does he have the talent to achieve this he has the will, and I have immense respect for this quality within him."

You can read the rest of the final blog at http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com

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Adrian Pasdar talks about Sylar on Heroes

This article contains spoilers for the finale episode of Heroes - you have been warned!

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Heroes writer Oliver Grigsby tweets about Zachary

Today Oliver Grigsby, writer of episode 3.19 'Shades of Gray' promised he would tweet his fave Zach anecdote if he got to 1000 followers. Here's what he wrote.

"So, one of the best experiences I had during "Shades of Gray" was doing an early rehearsal with Zach and John Glover. We met at Zach's house, along with Greg Beeman, the director, and Zach's dog. The 4 of us sat at a table and Zach and John read the scenes. It was incredible to watch these two immensely talented actors explore the text, amazing what they can do with the tiniest bit of inflection. The one thing that would um... spoil... the moment from time to time was that Zach's dog kept farting... adorable, but smelly dog :)"

If you're not already - follow Olly at www.twitter.com/OliverGrigsby and don't forget that ZQUK is on there too at www.twitter.com/zacharyquintouk

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TV Guide reveals Heroes spoilers

Warning! Spoilers Throughout!

American listings magazine TV Guide has published a raft of new information about the next episodes of Heroes, including an interview with Zach. They confirm that a major character will die in an early episode, and that a plane carrying the 'fugitive' heroes will crash, but that some will escape and go on the run.

The magazine tells how Sylar will team up with a relentless 'Hunter' hired by Nathan, after originally being his target. It also reveals that Sylar will meet his father, a taxidermist named Mr Gray : "Their meeting is distinctly different from what Sylar expects. It's very disappointing for him and sends him off on a cunning, very manipulative pursuit of power" says Zachary.

We've seen the pictures of Sylar and new character Luke played by Dan Byrd. "It's as if Jeffrey Dahmer had an apprentice" says creator Tim Kring. "They go on a cross-country road trip, stopping at diners and eating pie. It's very Route 66."

Zach adds, "We're back to the storytelling of Season One, less flying around and more human connection. There's no more of that emotional whiplash, who's good, who's bad - that we have in 'Villains'. The audience will really root for the characters again. It feels like we're back on an heroic journey."

© TV Guide 2009

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