Bryan Fuller quits!

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From Hercules at Aint It Cool (via Twitter):
Just got a tip that Bryan Fuller has quit HEROES. Got an email into Bryan; no response yet.


And on the web site Herc said:
I haven’t been able to confirm this with Bryan Fuller, but a convincing anonymous source tells me Fuller has again left “Heroes.”
"I believe Tuesday [of last week] was his last day," says our source.
Take it as rumor for now, but I wanted to get this on site before Mike Ausiello and Wanda Two Saints jumped on it.
Fuller, of course, is the "Dead Like Me"/"Wonderfalls"/"Pushing Daisies" creator who wrote the best "Heroes" episodes, like "Company Man" and "Cold Snap." He left "Heroes" at the end of its first season to create "Daisies," then returned to "Heroes" near the end of last season.
Last I heard he was 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. Fuller has also expressed interest in creating a new TV series set in J.J. Abrams' new "Star Trek" universe.


He later added:
This just in from another anonymous source:
"Not sure if it’s true [that Fuller has left "Heroes"] … but his parking space has been empty for quite a while."

 

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Entertainment Weekly has confirmed it:

It's true: Bryan Fuller has abruptly left Heroes. An insider says he will focus on developing new projects for NBC. (Not happy about this)

 

[Magneto29]

gah...
Perhaps he realized he couldn't be much help with what where the series was already taken...

 

[chaseter]

Just go ahead and cancel this show. It also needs to go in the record books as probably one of the best shows on television that went downhill into oblivion the fastest.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Just go ahead and cancel this show. It also needs to go in the record books as probably one of the best shows on television that went downhill into oblivion the fastest.

So true! One great season and then just went to hell from there. All the fairly good producers have been fired and now he is gone again, so much for S4 being good. Wonder how this will affect Traceys storyline.

 

[Retroman]

Say what? Leaving again??!!

 

[Sawyer]

Yep. Definitely not watching this season.

 

[Prison Mike]

I think it's time to put this show and Smallville down for good after this season.

 

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I agree.

 

[Dark Helmet]

& with this I am done especially with Chuck not on good bye Heroes so long I will just come here to see what those who still watch will complain about

 

[Gilpesh]

 

[Dark Helmet]

I sure hope the ratings suck so bad the first half that Heroes gets cancelled before Chuck returns to save me the trouble of watching Heroes TV Spots

 

[Sawyer]

Good lord, those are giant!

 

[Jennifer Walters]

It's over for Heroes now. Just cancel the show now.

 

[Gilpesh]

Good lord, those are giant!

That's what he said... to her... cause she had huge ****!

 

[hammerhedd11]

Yep. Definitely not watching this season.

Wow, I'm glad you come into every thread and say that. If you are going to stop watching the show, stop f**king watching the show and stop talking about it. You're like a broken record.

This news does definitely suck though, the quality jumped when he came back on for last season.

 

[Sawyer]

Wow, I'm glad you come into every thread and say that. If you are going to stop watching the show, stop f**king watching the show and stop talking about it. You're like a broken record.

This news does definitely suck though, the quality jumped when he came back on for last season.

Oh, shut up, I've said it in, like, three threads tops. Now, if I was going into every single thread on the Heroes boards saying that, I would agree with you, but since I havent...

 

[Gilpesh]

After that reaction hh11... I just might do that. To every thread.

 

[Maximus One]

Ive said it before and ill say it again, as soon as season 1 ended I saw all this coming. It was just too good. I knew then that they would have no idea where to take it and I was right. So long Heroes cuz this is the proverbial nail in the coffin. Ill still watch though until its inevitable cancelation

 

[vindrow]

Yup, this will be Heroes last season...and I am sure whatever new shows he is working on for NBC will be canceled after a season or two.

 

[Havok83]

Just go ahead and cancel this show. It also needs to go in the record books as probably one of the best shows on television that went downhill into oblivion the fastest.

I cant beleive how bad they messed this show up

 

[Maximus One]

Seriously did nobody see this coming after the season 1 finale? Season 1 was just way to good thats it. I mean sure there are things they couldve done to make it better after the finale but man it just seemed so obvious to me at the time that it was all downhill from that point on.

 

[Gilpesh]

Oh. A lot of people did... but they really didn't want to admit it. Sadly it took a few more volumes until they realized they should have stopped back then.

 

[Mister J]

The amount of wasted potential with this vehicle is astonishing. The goodness was there to be expanded upon in Season 1, but it seemed to become too popular for its own good and promptly went to ****.

I had planned to give the new season 3-4 to eps to keep me watching. I doubt I go that far now. The runners have no clue what to do with this thing. Fuller's return presence was really the only thing leading me to think an upswing could happen.

 

[Maximus One]

I am doubtful that this next season will be good but I still have hope. Not much but a little bit. The casting so far for this season has me intrigued as does some of the character descriptions but I still dont know if that will matter.

I just dont understand what is so hard about writing this show? This show (first season included) could easily be out done. The main problem I think is that they tried to make it like a comic book on the small screen. It isnt hard to make a superhero based story in any medium that doesnt rely on classic comic book archetypes. Look at Unbreakable it is a perfect example of taking a comic-esque story and spinning it in such a way that it seems believable.