Are Ali, Hayden and Zachary coming back? NBC to resurrect hit show Heroes as miniseries... with hint original cast members might 'pop back in'

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 23:50, 23 February 2014 | UPDATED: 20:13, 24 February 2014

The drama went off the air nearly four years ago. But NBC thinks it's time to bring it back.

The network announced on Saturday that Heroes will return in 2015.

Heroes Reborn will bow as a 13-episode standalone miniseries, with a cryptic statement original cast members such as Hayden Panettiere, Ali Larter and Zachary Quinto may return.

Resurrected: NBC announced on Saturday that it is bringing back Heroes as the miniseries Heroes Reborn

'The enormous impact Heroes had on the television landscape when it first launched in 2006 was eye-opening,' said Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment. 'Shows with that kind of resonance don’t come around often and we thought it was time for another installment.

'We’re thrilled that visionary creator Tim Kring was as excited about jumping back into this show as we were and we look forward to all the new textures and layers Tim plans to add to his original concept.

Whether the shows original set of Heroes will return for the reboot remains a mystery.

'Until we get closer to air in 2015, the show will be appropriately shrouded in secrecy, but we won’t rule out the possibility of some of the show’s original cast members popping back in.'

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But it seems the network is already promoting the upcoming reboot during its Winter Olympics coverage.

Masi Oka, who played Hiro Nakamura on the show, even hinted he may come back.

'Was watching the Olympics and saw the #HeroesReborn trailer. Time to dust off the sword?' he tweeted.

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The peacock network abruptly canceled the series after four seasons in 2010, and many fans felt the show was never resolved.

Kring spoke with Entertainment Weekly in September 2010 about the possibility of Heroes coming back.

'The Heroes brand is an extremely broad premise,' he told the magazine. 'It was a premise about ordinary people, an undisclosed number of people all over the world, who were waking up to these extraordinary abilities.'

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'Any number of stories could happen around that. We never posited a single ending or a single premise. It wasn’t about getting off of an island or stopping something from happening.

'We told stories in volumes that had a beginning, a middle, and an end. Those volumes could go on and on and on with many different characters. As a result, that Heroes universe is something that can be tapped into again in many ways.'

Kring had moved on from the series to executive produce Touch, which Fox canceled after two seasons.

Heroes starred Hayden Panetierre, Ali Larter, Jack Coleman, Milo Ventimiglia and Zachary Quinto.

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NBC to resurrect hit show Heroes as miniseries... with hint original cast members might 'pop back in'

Are Ali, Hayden and Zachary coming back? NBC to resurrect hit show Heroes as miniseries... with hint original cast members might 'pop back in'