Heroes Tour & Season 2 Tidbits

Most of the cast of Heroes will be touring in various cities around the world (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris) to promote Season 1 of Heroes and the DVD release. The 1st season has yet to premiere on network TV in several cities around the world (despite the fact people in these cities were able to watch pirated episodes online). The tour will be sponsored by Nissan. Amongst those touring: Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman), Santiago Cabrera (Isaac), Jack Coleman (Horn-Rimmed Glasses/Noah), Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah, what a lucky kid!), Ali Larter (Niki/Jessica), James Kyson Lee (Ando), Masi Oka (Hiro), Hayden Panettiere (Claire), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Adrian Pasdar (Nathan), and Milo Ventimiglia (Peter). Not every member will go to every tour city either. The DVD box set for Heroes Season 1 is set to be released on August 28th and includes 50 deleted scenes as well as the original uncut 73 minute first episode of Heroes.

(**NOTE: Spoilers here, don't read further if you don't want them :)

Some tidbits about season 2 dropped by TVSquad.com:

- According to Greg Grunberg, he begins filming today. After realizing that he'd sort of let the cat out of the bag, he said "Well, I could be on a hospital bed ... or in a coffin." Hayden joked that the entire cast would be standing around, lowering him into the ground. So, it's a pretty safe bet that he'll survive those four bullets to the chest.

- Sylar is back as well, although c'mon ... did you doubt he would be?

- The end of season one, with Hiro in Japan wasn't really the ending ... it was a teaser of the first scene from the first episode of season two. Hiro will be in feudal Japan for "a handful of episodes," according to Kring

- Tim Kring envisions season two as consisting of three big story arcs.
Heroes: Origins is an "anthology show," which we knew. But it's not a midseason show; it will air after the season two finale, and not during sweeps. They have not yet begun writing or filming it.

- Adrian Pasdar was sporting a full beard, and Milo Ventimiglia had an extremely short haircut. When asked if they'd be in next season, Adrian said "I played ... er ... play Nathan Petrelli." So, hrm ... very clever. Still leaves us wondering