'Boy next Door' Star Ryan Guzman Joins Cast of Tim Kring's 'Heroes Reborn'
Ryan Guzman, 27, who stars opposite Jennifer Lopez in the thriller film Boy Next Door, joins Caitlin Green, Robbie Kay, Zachary Levi, Judith Shekoni and Danika Yarosh in the cast of new characters in Tim Kring's upcoming Heroes Reborn, a 13-episode miniseries that, according to NBC's official synopsis would "reconnect with the basic elements of the show's first season where ordinary people were waking up to the fact that they had extraordinary abilities."
The new cast members will co-star with Jack Coleman who will be reprising his Noah Bennet character. Kring is executive producing the project with James Middleton and Peter Elkoff. The opening episode will be directed by Matt Shakman, best known for his work on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Fargo and The Good Wife.
In terms of the upcoming show's setting, Kring told Entertainment Weekly, Heroes Reborn "takes place in a post-season 4 universe. So it will tie into some of the ideas that were left dangling." He also revealed that rather than reviving and continuing on with the story lines of the past characters, the miniseries will be more concerned with introducing new ones. Said he: "The vast, vast majority are brand new characters, brand new ideas. [Bringing back previous characters is] really only to give a sense of continuity and a tether to the original world. If it was all completely brand new, we'd miss certain elements that need to be there to give you that bridge to cross to something new. I approached Coleman because he was a character who had a spine through the series that allowed you to meet new characters. So he's a character I wanted to make sure had a little part at the beginning of this thing."
The coming of Heroes Reborn to the small-screen was heralded by way of a 16-second promo for the series that NBC aired during the 2015 Super Bowl in Phoenix. It is expected to premiere within the next few months. But before that, the network will be featuring a new digital series that introduces the new characters and story lines around which Heroes Reborn will revolve.