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WickedM
*sob* sad.gif

I'm NOT happy about this! Why is NBC trying to kill my show!
SaberProductions
WTF?! Why would he quit so soon after signing back on?! I sure hope this is just a hoax!
Synch
Considering he said not even a month ago how thrilled he was to be writing the new season, I'd wait for something official. And it didn't say he quit the show, just that he quit writing. Let's not panic, people.
wolfbro
One post on twitter isn't enough evidence to come to any conclusion, imho.

It certainly contradicts everything we've heard from Fuller since his return to the show.
WickedM
okay, all good points
MattGillan
I doubt it's true.
Tetris
Well, Herc says he is trying to get in touch with Bryan Fuller, so it's probably only a matter of time until something official will be announced. The news is spreading, in any case, so NBC will have to address it.
Synch
QUOTE (Tetris @ Jun 22 2009, 03:11 PM) *
Well, Herc says he is trying to get in touch with Bryan Fuller, so it's probably only a matter of time until something official will be announced.

I'm trying to get in touch with Fuller too.

See, it's really simple to say something. Doesn't mean there's even the remotest semblance of truth to it.

QUOTE (BlazinAsian @ Jun 22 2009, 06:11 AM) *
The news is spreading, in any case, so NBC will have to address it.

Why? Seriously, what possible reason would NBC have to address it? If it's true, something official and trustworthy will be announced. If it's not true, nothing needs to be announced. Just let Herc hang himself and the ODI will print a retraction.
Tetris
You sound a little aggressive. o_O
I mean that we are going to hear either "Yes, it's true" or "No, it's false" soon. Regardless of how the rumour got started, websites are reporting it and people repeat it, and it is in NBC's best interest to clear it up.
Synch
Not aggressive, just confused. It's been on Twitter and ODI already commented that there's no confirmation. If I was NBC and there was nothing to it, I'd just let it die.
Sheindie
Latest details here: http://is.gd/19ty8
Tetris
I agree ODI might have been a little fast to report, or should have worded it more clearly as an unconfirmed tip.
I'm sorry, I wrote NBC when I meant "someone official". My brain was elsewhere, obviously.

Kristin appears to confirm it?
http://twitter.com/kristinalert/status/2283849046
SaberProductions
QUOTE (Tetris @ Jun 22 2009, 03:33 PM) *
I agree ODI might have been a little fast to report, or should have worded it more clearly as an unconfirmed tip.
I'm sorry, I wrote NBC when I meant "someone official". My brain was elsewhere, obviously.

Kristin appears to confirm it?
http://twitter.com/kristinalert/status/2283849046


No, it's from the person who originally tipped everyone off. She's just reposting what the ODI already had from him. Still no official confirmation.
Tetris
But she wrote the word "confirmed" with a sad smiley. I admit I am not good at reading twitter, but the word "confirmed" is usually used in such posts when they say the reported rumour is true?


Ausiello confirms it:
http://twitter.com/EWAusielloFiles/status/2284290846

Hm. So that's really sudden and unexpected.
SaberProductions
I'll wait for either A.) Word from NBC or B.) Word from Bryan Fuller himself. I'm holding out that this is all just some terrible joke.
Synch
But without anything resembling official information.

I can say any rumor I want is "confirmed." I've seen "confirmed" spoilers that turned out to be pipe dreams.

QUOTE (Tetris @ Jun 22 2009, 03:33 PM) *
Kristin appears to confirm it?


Kristen also said that Angela's power was to talk to dead people, and that Tracy was simply Niki with another personality.
Tetris
What counts as "official" confirmation?
wolfbro
Something from an official source. In this case NBC, Fuller or one of their representatives.

Synch
If we see something from NBC or from Bryan Fuller, I will consider it confirmed. Anything else is nothing more than rumor.

Again, I neither expect nor desire to see anything from either source unless the rumors are true.
Shodan
Guess he finally realized how horrible Heroes is and bailed out.

Maybe we'll get something worthwhile like Pushing Daisies or Wonderfalls again?
Tetris
You know, when I first heard it, I thought there was a high likelihood that it was just somebody misinterpreting something, like Bryan Fuller having been absent on set because of a cold or something, anything unimportant that keeps him away.
While only secondary news sources have reported on it so far, that they agree with the rumour says that there might be more to it, and in that sense, whether you like Kristin or Ausiello or not, it's worth pointing out that they all report the same right now. There is an information value to these unofficial posts (because they are multiple), ad Kristin claims that more details are upcoming on her website. Who knows who she will quote then, but it's worth keeping an eye on, therefore worth reporting here.
SaberProductions
It's turned up again on another blog, but they make sure to note that the source of the original tip was anonymous. It could be anyone. Maybe it's just someone who thought this would be a great practical joke or something.
http://danowen.blogspot.com/2009/06/heroes...away-again.html
SuperHelix
NBC has not had any official announcement about the previous "firings" or people quiting, why now...?

Ausiello has spoke to a source with NBC...

shangrila72
BRYAN FULLER QUITS HEROES

Per Ausiello.

This is not good news.



Zensu14
Give me more proof and I'll be convinced. I don't think he'd quit just after coming back. He seemed too excited for the upcoming season (like Tracy's storyline) in other reports.
Begemot Geroi
Ohhhh snap.

Well, guys, it was nice knowing you here on 9th.
Shodan
Maybe this will wash away some of the people still in denial about S4 going to be any good.

You'll be left with the craziest of the crazies!
HERΟ
Is this still the rumor - confirmed by "sources", but not by nbc or Fuller?!? rolleyes.gif
Tetris
AICN has a statement by Bryan Fuller now:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41490
Rebel
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/this-j...its-heroes.html

Aussielio says story is still developing.

Hate this...We shall see.
Shodan
Yay!

With some luck they might cancel it after the 6th season. We can only hope!

The real question is how deep into the ground can they run it before it get cancelled?
SaberProductions
Well then. I guess that's pretty official.

However, it seems that he did help create the entire arc for the season.


"Development was really starting to heat up, And it appears like I may be writing multiple pilots for NBC so that wasn't leaving a ton of room for 'Heroes,' unfortunately," the star writer-producer tells AICN exclusively. "We crafted some really great arcs for the season that I'm excited to see come to fruition. I love that cast dearly and am sad to go, but the plate -- she was over-flowing."
Taken from this article --> http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41490

I still have hope that he has set this show on the right path.



Begemot Geroi
QUOTE (Shodan @ Jun 22 2009, 05:16 PM) *
Guess he finally realized how horrible Heroes is and bailed out.

Maybe we'll get something worthwhile like Pushing Daisies or Wonderfalls again?

One can only hope, right?

Ehhh, he might not have quit. Wait until NBC says something one way or the other. But if he did bail, he's just jumping ship before things go even more to pot. Can't say I blame him for that.
jasobres
Yay, now he can do the Daisies movie, right?!
Boo, now they're going to bring Maya back, right?
HERΟ
QUOTE (Tetris @ Jun 22 2009, 09:28 PM) *
AICN has a statement by Bryan Fuller now:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41490
Excerpt:
QUOTE
AICN EXCLUSIVE!
Bryan Fuller Has
Again Left HEROES!

Bryan Fuller has again exited “Heroes.”

"Development was really starting to heat up, And it appears like I may be writing multiple pilots for NBC so that wasn't leaving a ton of room for 'Heroes,' unfortunately," the star writer-producer tells AICN exclusively. "We crafted some really great arcs for the season that I'm excited to see come to fruition. I love that cast dearly and am sad to go, but the plate -- she was over-flowing." ...

... Fuller is still under contract with "Heroes" producer NBC Universal for another year and a half, and has been preparing new series pitches for the media giant since he left Warner Bros.' "Daisies." He's also expressed an ambition to eventually create, or help create, a new Paramount TV series set in J.J. Abrams' new "Star Trek" universe.

Begemot Geroi
I swear, if Maya gets brought back, I'm done with this show.

RUN AWAY, BRYAN! RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOUR LEGS CAN CARRY YOU!
Tetris
Yeah. Hm. They haven't always been good at sticking with the original plan for a season, but they hopefully don't abort and abandon Fuller's ideas halfway through à la "Villains". And in the case that they get a fifth season, no Fuller at all.

Ed. What does Maya have to do with anything? He wasn't involved in anything regarding the character.
SuperHelix
EDITED:

oops...HERO got the statement posted... smile.gif

my bad...sucks he is leaving...
freemansix
Why did he bother even coming back to Heroes if he was going to just up and leave before the season started.

Sound like he just use NBC to get the development deal, and then bailed.
HERΟ
QUOTE (SuperHelix @ Jun 22 2009, 10:41 PM) *
EDITED:

oops...HERO got the statement posted... smile.gif

my bad...sucks he is leaving...
Yeah, it's a bummer. And, btw, looks like I was slow, too - I was lookin' at Tetris' link and gettin' an excerpt posted when SaberProductions beat me to it... tongue.gif
Synch
He's under contract to NBC, not to Heroes. He left Heroes, if this is confirmed, because NBC has him working his tail off on a bunch of other crap.
wolfbro
QUOTE (Tetris @ Jun 22 2009, 04:40 PM) *
What does Maya have to do with anything? He wasn't involved in anything regarding the character.

*DING!* Exactly. Maya has become, in a general way, the "line in the sand" defining what many fans consider great/above average writing and poor/below average writing. Where Maya is, good writing isn't. invisible.gif

When Fuller was around, Maya wasn't and vice versa.
Aerdna
sad.gif sad.gif sad.gif

I'll definitely be following his other projects.

But I thank him for giving us some amazing episodes and a starting point for greater things to come.
HERΟ
QUOTE (freemansix @ Jun 22 2009, 09:47 PM) *
Why did he bother even coming back to Heroes if he was going to just up and leave before the season started.

Sound like he just use NBC to get the development deal, and then bailed.
Well, it seems that he has had a few irons in the fire, for whatever reason, and gettin' a Star Trek series* isn't a new idea for the guy (from this scifi article, "published" 10 days ago):
QUOTE
For most writer/producers, working on one television series would be enough. But the busy Fuller can't help himself. Beyond digging into season four of Heroes, he's creating a comic-book series for his canceled ABC series, Pushing Daisies, and dreaming about how much he'd like to be a part of doing a new Star Trek series. "Oh, my God, I would love to do a Star Trek series! I would love it," he said.

"I think Star Trek, since it did so well in the theaters and the movie's wonderful, I think that a Star Trek TV series is probably a couple years away, just to let the feature franchise breathe," Fuller added.

While Fuller is happily committed to Heroes, he does hope things might work out just right if and when Star Trek returns in some form to the small screen. "I'm hoping that by the time they're ready to do a television series that I am available and can participate, because, I mean, even if it's J.J. Abrams' team, I would love to join that team for a new Star Trek series. I think it would be a ball," Fuller said.

And what would a new Star Trek series look like? "I love the aesthetics of the new movie," Fuller said. "I think it has to be set in that world, ... but I think it has to be a different ship than the Enterprise. I think the Enterprise has to be sailing on the silver screen, and I think we need a new ship with a new crew and an entirely new adventure that is in the timeline and the aesthetic of the movie, but it's telling a different story."
Synch
QUOTE (Shodan @ Jun 22 2009, 04:16 PM) *
Guess he finally realized how horrible Heroes is and bailed out.

And yet you're still here.
If you hate the show so much, do us all a favor and just leave.

QUOTE (SuperHelix @ Jun 22 2009, 04:22 PM) *
NBC has not had any official announcement about the previous "firings" or people quiting, why now...?

Actually, they made official announcements about all of them.

QUOTE (SuperHelix @ Jun 22 2009, 04:22 PM) *
Ausiello has spoke to a source with NBC...

Allegedly. Wouldn't be the first time he spoke with a "source" and got it wrong.

Not that I'm arguing Fuller's staying, since that interview with him appears official.

QUOTE (Shodan @ Jun 22 2009, 04:26 PM) *
Maybe this will wash away some of the people still in denial about S4 going to be any good.

Hmm...interesting thing about that. S4 hasn't happened yet.
In case you missed what that means, it simply means that those of us saying S4 might be good are just as likely to be right as people like you who apparently only watch the show out of some masochistic urge.
We prefer to judge on what we see, not on what we think might happen. And, in case you missed it again, Fuller comments repeatedly (both in previous interviews and in this one) how excited he is for the new season.
Sheindie
n/m
Tetris
QUOTE (wolfbro @ Jun 22 2009, 11:54 PM) *
*DING!* Exactly. Maya has become, in a general way, the "line in the sand" defining what many fans consider great/above average writing and poor/below average writing. Where Maya is, good writing isn't. invisible.gif

When Fuller was around, Maya wasn't and vice versa.

He also had nothing to do with writing her off, though. None of the writers, as far as we know, are incredibly invested in this character, and would bring her back just for the heck of it. *shrugs* What's more interesting is what will happen with Tracy. From what we heard, it was Bryan who convinced them to keep her around instead of killing her off for the next sibling. wink.gif
HERΟ
QUOTE (Sheindie @ Jun 22 2009, 11:05 PM) *
Don't just post links and leave - sometimes, if you look, you can see that it's been posted before.

wink.gif

(not sayin' you're a spammer, though...)
Sheindie
QUOTE (Shodan @ Jun 22 2009, 05:32 PM) *
Yay!

With some luck they might cancel it after the 6th season. We can only hope!

The real question is how deep into the ground can they run it before it get cancelled?


just curious ... if you dislike HEROES so much, why even bother to come on to 9thWonders?
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