Heroes: A New Beginning (film)

Heroes: A New Beginning is a 2011 romantic-superhero science fiction based on the novel with the same name written by American author Joanne White. It will be the first film in the Heroes film series and directed by David Slade. It will star Emma Roberts as Amanda Humphrey, a normal girl who spots her love interest Mark Brown, played by Zac Efron, is a superhero after being rescued from getting killed by a falling piano. The movie was shot in Los Angeles, California and debuts in a theatrical release worldwide on November 23, 2011 in regular and IMAX theaters. The second installment into the film series will be released on November 21, 2012, with David Henrie playing in a larger role.

Plot

 * See also: Heroes: A New Beginning

17-year-old Amanda Humphrey (Emma Roberts) falls in love with 20-year-old Mark Brown (Zac Efron) and discovers that he has superpowers after being rescued by a falling piano. She is force to get her superpowers from him, but Mark refuses and will have to wait till she turned 20.

When three supervillains Michael Williams (Chad Michael Murray), his girlfriend Stephanie McDonald (Avril Lavigne) and best friend Tim Arnold (User) are taking over the world, Mark and his adopted brothers and sisters are force to protect Amanda. She still will have to wait in three years to become an adult and ready for her transformation.

Cast

 * See also: List of Heroes (book) characters


 * Emma Roberts as Amanda Humphrey, a 17-year-old girl, who fell in love with her first boyfriend, 21-year-old Mark Brown. However, she discovers that he is a superhero after being rescued by a falling piano from the building during an attack. Within spending time with him, she is in danger from getting attack by three 25-year-old supervillains.
 * Zac Efron as Mark Brown, leader of the Brown family, his friends, but adoptive brothers and sisters. A love interst to Amanda, he quickly became her boyfriend. Although, he is discover that he's has superpowers after rescuing from getting killed by a falling piano. Within spending time with her, Mark is forced to protect from the 25-year-old evil supervillains.
 * David Henrie as Joe Osment, one of Amanda's friend.
 * Kristin Davis as Lisa Humphrey, Amanda's divorce mother, as she moves with her mother to Los Angeles.
 * Dean Cain as Jonathan Watson, Amanda's father, who stayed in New York following his divorce from Lisa.
 * Devon Bostick as Justin Bradford, Amanda's ex-boyfriend.
 * Danielle Campbell as Maria Gray, one of Amanda's friend. She is revealed that she has superpowers.
 * Raquel Castro as Tina Gordon, one of Amanda's friend.
 * Luis Armand Garcia as Orlando Adams, one of Amanda's friend. He has superpowers, like Joe.
 * Sean Faris as Greg Brown, Mark's brother, who is a superhero like Mark.
 * Boddy Edner as Kyle Brown, Mark's second brother.
 * Emma Stone as Lilly Brown, Mark's first sister.
 * Ashlee Simpson as Nathalie Brown, Mark's second sister.
 * Chad Michael Murray as Michael Williams, a 25-year-old villains, and leader of his two team Stephanie McDonald and Tim Arnold is set to destroy Amanda Humphrey and Mark Brown and his family.
 * Avril Lavgine as Stephanie McDonald, Michael's 25-year-old girlfriend, and member of his side alongside Tim Arnold, who is set to destroy Amanda, Mark and his family.
 * T.I. as Tim Arnold, Michael and Stephanie's 25-year-old friend, who is set to destroy Amanda, Mark and his family.

Emily Osment was originally auditon to set to play as Amanda Humphrey for a planned Heroes film franchise. But within does not decided to join another franchise where she's busy with another project, and than she might join another frnachise. Instead, Emma Roberts decided to join this Heroes franchise where she is set to play as Amanda Humphrey replacing Osment. About 40 actresses arer auditioning to play the role of Amanda including Dakota Fanning, Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Debby Ryan, Victoria Justice, Alyson Stoner and Amy Tammie. On April 2010, it was announced that the role goes to Roberts.

Zac Efron will play as Mark Brown. David Henrie will play as Joe Osment. Also Alyson Stoner, originally set to play as Maria Gray, but her Camp Rock co-star Meghan Jette Martin has already taken her role as Maria. Also,Taylor Dooley as Tina Gordon and Luis Armand Garcia as Orlando Adams.

Ryan Sheckler originally as Greg Brown, and Aaron Carter originally as Kyle Brown, Sean Faris and Bobby Edner took over the boys to play as Greg Brown and Kyle Brown.

Emma Stone as Lilly Brown and Brooke Hogan as Nathalie Brown. Kristin Davis and Dean Cain will play as Amanda Humphrey's parents Lisa Humphrey and Jonathan Watson. Chad Michael Murray, Avril Lavigne and Usher will play as the three supervillains Michael Williams, Stephanie McDonald and Tim Arnold. Also, casting was confirmed and the sequel is already greenlighted before production has began.

Development
Walt Disney Pictures is developing the film adaptation for Heroes: A New Beginning, but cancels it because of the book too scary for the studio. Instead, Warner Bros. is beginning to devloping to make the film franchise of the book franchise. Therehfore, Disney than plans for making a A BFF With Ghost Imagination franchise.

A New Beginning will be directed by David Slade, who previously done Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The film's production budget is an estimated $100 million. Warner Bros. also puts three films The New Heroes, The Ultimate Power and The Final Battle in works. These are yet to begin the same production for the first film.

Joanne White states: "the movie must be at least for all boys and girls. I want this for everyone that they really enjoy. Boys like violence, and Girls like romances. Boys like action, and hopefully Girls will like some catfight." White said that the film is mixed between Batman and Twilight. Warner Bros. expected this movie and the other three future films to be a box office hit, and is making sure that this movie will be "a little romantic and alot action packed".

David Slade will be directing the first installment, and might be returning for the next three films. He also said that the film will have a coule of stunts. During casting, Zac Efron gets a call that he wants to do the film franchise to see if he is still popular outside of his High School Musical era.

Filming
Filming for Heroes: A New Beginning begins on July 23, 2010, and set to wrap in late October. Filming will take place in Los Angeles, and several of action sequences and special effects will be used in the film, from according to the book. For sequels, it is expecting to start the same production like this one. Production wrapped up on October 29, 2010, where Roberts and Efron filmed their kissing scene on the final day.

Soundtrack

 * Main article: Heroes: A New Beginning (soundtrack)

The soundtrack will be scored by Harry Gregson-Williams for the entire film and the film's theme song for a planned franchise.

It has been comfirmed that Lady Gaga's "Yoü and I" will be part of the film's soundtrack. Also, Joe Jonas's "See No More" will be featured in the film's soundtrack. It will be released on November 15, 2011.

Release
Heroes: A New Beginning will have a regular and IMAX release worldwide on November 23, 2011, where it is expecting to become a box office success, and might break records throughout its 5-day Thanksgiving weekend release to make possibly $100 million in five days to broke a new record. The film will be released under Warner Bros. commands. On July 25, 2010, the promotion for the film is held at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, where Emma Roberts, Zac Efron and David Henrie attends. Warner Bros. confirms that the film's teaser trailer will be released before Red Riding Hood beginning on March 11, 2011, eight months before the film's release, but has not been shown at all. The TV spot is set to release during the premiere of Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011. A first look was released on Yahoo! Movies on January 14, 2011.

A teaser poster debuts on April 18, 2011. A teaser trailer was released online on June 1, 2011, and was set to release in front of X-Men: First Class. On July 12, Warner Bros. released the theatrical poster featuring Roberts and Efron's characters in the forest with a tagline reading "It's Not Just Action... It was Love".

Warner Bros. confirmed that a full trailer for the film will be released when Abduction, starring Taylor Lautner, was released in theaters on September 23, 2011. It will than premiere online on 7 pm. On September 23, 2011, MPPA reported a PG-13 rating for the film due to "violence and language". The film's runtime was also confirmed. The film's world premiere will be held in Florida on November 17, 2011, including the UK premiere in London on November 21. A featurette for the film will most likely be released when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 was released on DVD on November 11.

Warner Bros. announced that tickets will begin to go on sale one month before the film's release. It was confirmed that they begin selling tickets early beginning on September 15, 2011, two months before the film's release. As of November 11, 2011, it sold out 1,300 theatrs to sell tickets. 'The film opens opens on November 23, 2011 in 4,015 theaters and 255 IMAX theaters. Box Office Reports states that the film projected to gross more than $100 million in five days, which could set a new Thanksgiving weekend record.

Critical reception
The film was strongly gave a positive review. The film ranked in 91% from Rotten Tomatoes, making this year's best rating film to date since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. This is based on 124 reviews with an average score of 7.9/10. It was said that Heores: A New Beginning is sexy, smart and perfect movie for a loving couple. On Metacritic, the film scored a 75% from 32 reviews out of 100%, calling it "supernaturually romantic and sexy" Metacritic also praised on the performances of both Roberts and Efron stating they are the next Kristen Steawrt and Robert Pattinsion from The Twilight Saga. Stephanie Henry from The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review calling the film "magical".

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times describes Heroes: A New Beginning a "dramatic film for teenagers that only focuces on romance and action".

Box Office
The film broke a new record by earning for a non-sequel film by earning $15.3 million in midnight screenings from 3,215 theaters. It was also the fifth biggest of 2011 so far. It earned $2.5 million on its opening day at the foreign box office. On its opening day in North America, the film grossed $45.2 million, marking it the biggest single day gross for a non-sequel (surprising Alice in Wonderland ($40.1 million) and fifth biggest Wednesday opening.

Sequels

 * Main article: Heroes: The New Heroes (film)

Warner Bros. has already greenlighted a sequel titling Heroes: The New Series because of it's planning to put the rights of the books into film adaptations. Roberts and Efron are both interested on reprising their roles for the sequel. David Henrie will play in a bigger role as Joe Osment. Filming is scheduled to begin in summer, for a November 21, 2012. Eclipse David Slade will not return for a sequel, and will be replaced by Iron Man director Jon Favreau.