Just last week, we heard the news that Heroes was canceled by NBC. This put the cast of Heroes out of work. Many have done movies as well, so I’m sure this cancellation won’t make it the last time we see at least some of our Heroes.

One is even hard at work filming a new project right now! That star is Milo Ventimiglia. He has done a few movies over the years, and his next – a thrilled called The Divide – is set for release at some point in 2011. Production is still on-going, but the first teaser trailer for The Divide hit the net on Friday. This one is an apocalyptic thriller set in New York City after a nuclear blast. The group is then locked in the shelter they take refuge in, and they have to fight for their lives!

Check out the new teaser trailer below. What do you think? Will you be heading to theaters to check out The Divide?

It seemed inevitable but the news is nonetheless shocking: NBC’s drama Heroes won’t be back for a fifth season. The beleaguered drama only averaged 6.5 million viewers this year. It last aired on Feb. 8, when it only brought in a mere 4.4 million.

The show never managed to recapture those stellar ratings from its critically-beloved first season, when it averaged a whopping 14.5 million. There has been talk that NBC may air a movie that allows the producers to wrap up the story, but nothing has been set in stone.

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It looks like NBC might do the one thing Sylar never could: eliminate the “Heroes.”

According to New York Magazine there are indications that “Heroes” will not be brought back for a fifth season. While there have been rumors that “Heroes” would return with 13 new episodes to wrap up the series, the latest report indicates that NBC is very happy with their upcoming programming slate and notes that the network has already placed orders for five new series in the fall.

However, the report also indicates that “Heroes” might return as a two or four-hour movie to give the fans of the series some closure. Although it also mentions that NBC has yet to bring up this possibility to “Heroes” creator Tim Kring.

“Heroes” debuted on NBC in 2006 with impressive ratings and featured Milo Ventimiglia, Greg Grunberg, Adrian Pasdar, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Leonard Roberts and Ali Larter as ordinary people who suddenly found themselves gifted with extraordinary superpowers.

However, the audience began to erode during the second season and continued to fall in subsequent seasons for a variety of reasons. Earlier this year, Kring spoke out about the creative difficulties “Heroes” encountered due to network interference.

“It becomes very hard to kill off certain characters,” said Kring. “The network has a very strong say in this, because of actors who are under contract and do publicity for them. It’s not just up to the writers to decide.”

As an example, Splash Page examined the many deaths of Nathan Petrelli on “Heroes,” when Adrian Pasdar left the series last fall. The final fate of “Heroes” will be revealed when NBC unveils its fall schedule later this month.

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I’m hearing that NBC might give Heroes a short order of 6 to just finish up the storyline of the series next fall. Or else it’s a goner. In any case, there’s zero chance of a 13- or 22-episode pickup.

6:20 PM UPDATE: Now I hear NBC will decide on 3 possible futures for Heroes, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. The most unlikely scenario is a 13-episode order for midseason. (Creator Tim Kring is hoping for this scenario, of course.) A real possibility is that NBC cancels it altogether. But I’m told odds are best that NBC announces “some kind of climactic finale” for Heroes lasting 2- or even 4-episodes (back to back, over one- or two-nights) to air in midseason.

Even though Heroes’ ratings are weak, it is a profitable show for NBC. It brings in the highest international sales of any of NBC’s primetime series. It’s the No. 1 most downloaded show overseas. Plus, it’s a huge DVD seller both domestic and internationally. “What it’s up against is that NBC’s new team is trying to rebrand the network and give it a fresh look with new shows from J.J. Abrams, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David E Kelley,” an insider tells me. “Heroes doesn’t fit in with that. But Heroes is a big brand by itself.” If no decision is made tomorrow, then it’s possible NBC may wait to decide the show’s future after upfronts.

Source: Deadline.com

Milo has put together a video to support Free Comic Book Day, which will happen on May 1st. On that day, comic shops around the world will give away comics for free. Milo is supporting this effort and how comics help with literacy.
As many of you know, Milo is involved with a comic series, Berserker, which he discussed recently with USA Today.

Ventimiglia has a guiding principle for his creative involvement in Berserker. “We’re trying to give the fans what they want. I’ve been a comic book reader since I was 8 years old, so I get it. When I look at the work that Rick and Jeremy are producing, I think to myself ‘would I want to read something like that?’ ” He adds, “We’re just aiming to create something that real comic fans love.”

Issue #5 of Berserker just came out at the end of March.

“Heroes” star Milo Ventimiglia comes in at #18 on Nerdage’s list of actors with geek appeal.  Not only does Ventimiglia star as a superhero on the nerd-friendly “Heroes,” he’s also produced his own comic book – “Berserker,” from Top Cow.  Ventimiglia starred in a viral video promoting the comic.

“Berserker” started as a screenplay from Rick Loverd, a staff writer on “Friday Night Lights.” Ventimiglia, who portrays the superpowered Peter Petrelli on “Heroes,” and his producing partner Russ Cundiff both loved the script. But they thought the violence could make it a hard sell.

“They found this screenplay. They read it. They loved it; and they said, no one in their right mind is going to make this as a TV show or a movie – we should totally buy this,” Top Cow publisher Filip Sablik said. “Both Russ and Milo are comics fans, so they said this would be perfect for comics fans.”

Ventimiglia also promoted Free Comic Book Day this year with a viral video at freecomicbookday.com encouraging fans to visit local comic book stores on May 1.

Milo Ventimiglia Web is still here, but there was no Heroes episode last monday =( so here is a bit of an overview of what happend at the end of the volume, Thanks to Seattle Pi! No new airdate has been confirmed yet.

If Heroes’ previous season finales have taught viewers anything, it’s that they can expect to see most of the superpowered good guys come together to bring down the villain.

Robert Knepper, who plays this season’s power-hungry, carnival-leading baddie, Samuel, promises more of the same in Monday’s Season 4 send-off. But for Samuel, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy.

“Samuel never went up to Hiro [Masi Oka] and Peter [Milo Ventimiglia] and said, ‘You’re going to work for me.’ He made them realize something about themselves that they needed to realize and hopefully they would thank Samuel,” Knepper tells TVGuide.com. “There was this manipulative approach that didn’t work out how he wanted it to work out. In the end, he’s going to say ‘ … I’m going to get you back. I’m going to show you my true colors — you’re now working for me.’ And if they don’t, there’s going to be a price to pay.”

Claire Bennett (Hayden Panettiere) and her father (Jack Coleman) have already gotten a taste of what Samuel’s willing to do: The most recent episode ended with them locked in a trailer and buried alive 50 feet underground. Coleman says it doesn’t look good for Noah (aka HRG), but he and Claire will get to work out some of their problems.

“I think part of Samuel’s evil plot is to have Claire watch HRG die, because his lungs will obviously collapse on him as the oxygen diminishes and hers will keep regenerating,” Coleman says. “So, it’s a pretty sticky wicket, but in the finale there are some pretty sweet scenes between the two of them that should be pretty touching. Even though there’s been strain throughout the season, it never got to the point of ‘I hate you and never want to see you again.’ It was always mitigated by a sense of love, and the two of them have always been able to overcome their issues.”

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