Heroes on the Silver Screen

Hate to say it but we're all still awaiting Season 3 of Heroes. To pass the time, there's several movies out and coming up in which we can see our favorite cast members as they play different sorts of characters. Here's what our Heroes' stars are up to prior to Season 3 coming back to NBC.

Everyone's favorite blonde electrocutioner, Elle (Kristen Bell) is currently starring in "Forgetting Sara Marshall", which is tagged as the "ultimate romantic disaster movie". Bell plays Sarah Marshall, the TV star who just broke the heart of her ex, who is ironically named Peter. Peter travels to an exotic resort to take his mind off her, but Sarah travels to the same resort with her new boyfriend. None of us could forget Elle, let alone the Peter from Heroes. There's been some on and off rumors that Bell would not return to be in Season 3 of Heroes, however she seemed to confirm on Entertainment Tonight that she has 5 episodes to film for Season 3. For more info on Bell's curent movie, see the Sarah Marshall IMDB entry.

Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) will be appearing in a suspense psychological crime thriller called "Pathology" which is coming to theaters next Friday. The story synopis: A group of medical students devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder. The tagline - "No body is safe". Milo plays the character of Ted Grey. More info at Pathology on IMDB.

Hayden Panettierre (Miss Claire Bennet) will be appearing in two movies at some point this year. "Fireflies in the Garden" is a semi-autobiography about love and commitment in a family torn apart by tragedy. The movie includes Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds and Carrie-Anne Moss, with no release date listed. Hayden will also star in "Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil", but in this one she lends her voice to the character of "Red". It's all about fairy tales and involves Red Riding Hood and the Wolf going to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Hansel & Gretel. More info at IMDB

It's already well known that Zachary Quinto (Heroes' Sylar) will have the future role of a good guy who already has plenty of brain power. Quinto will play a younger version of the highly intelligent vulcan, Mr. Spock in the upcoming Star Trek movie which also stars Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Leonard Nimoy (the original Spock). The next Trek is currently in post-production and is due out May 8, 2009, well after Season 3 of Heroes has ended. See more at the Star Trek IMDB page.

Season 3 of Heroes has been confirmed for a return to TV on September 15, 2008. The countdown continues...

Note: IMDB has a page up for Heroes Episode 3.1 with a mistaken September 7, 2008 return date but no further details other than all of the cast members listed.