A new writer joins Heroes
Mark Verheiden, the comic book/screenwriter, joins the show as a writer/”consultant” and along with Bryan Fuller makes up the team after the departure of Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander. Mark Verheiden comes with spectacular curriculum vitae after he recently worked on “Battlestar Galactica”.
For those who are strangers of his achievements, here’s a rehash. Mark Verheiden contributed to the flash-over of Dark Horse with “The American” and “Timecop” and writing the early “Aliens” and “Predator” titles, which are among the best tie-in material created in comics.
He also wrote for DC Comics including “Superman” and “Superman/Batman”, worked on the movies “The Mask” and “Timecop” and on tv shows including “Battlestar Galactica” and “Smallville”. Comic Book Resources interviewed the new Heroes writer and here, we bring forward some of the highlights.
“I met with (“Heroes” creator) Tim Kring and we mutually decided for me to come on and join as a consultant for the second half of season 3. It’s been exciting. It’s a huge show. Quite different in some respects from “Battlestar”. Some good. I think just on one level, the budgets are amazing and it’s fun to see the things you can do”, said Mark Verheiden.
“Tim and the people there certainly had an idea of what they wanted to do with the “Fugitives” arc before I came on board. “Villains” was basically done when I joined. I did not contribute to that, that all happened before I came. For the “Fugitives” arc, they certainly knew what they wanted to do, so for me it was about coming on board and jumping in. I started “Galactica” in Season 2 so it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with jumping in and catching up and rocking and rolling. In fact, like “Battlestar”, on “Heroes” I wrote and produced the second episode of the “Fugitives” arc so I got in there pretty quick.”
“I was able to work in the room with the writers and the writers have been very accepting and helpful. And look I needed help and probably still do, to get caught up and understand all the ins and outs of the show’s mythology and how things work and how to get things to work.
It’s been good. I’ve been there at this point four or five months and so the new guy-itis has drifted off and now I’m able to contribute as much as I can. But it’s Tim Kring’s show and my job is to help realize his thoughts and offer my own too and see where we can go.
What we tried to do with the show as a group, people will notice that we’re not doing as many stories per show and lingering a bit on the stories we’re doing. And we’ll see how that goes. It’s a crazy world out there.“, rounded off Mark Verheiden.
Related posts:
|