# Heroes Reborn (2015)

> A fresh crop of newly empowered heroes is drawn into a war between those who would harness superpowers and those who would hunt them, as the original mythology stirs again.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/54299

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 43 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, drama
- Created by: Tim Kring
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Jack Coleman, Zachary Levi, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Kiki Sukezane, Judi Shekoni, Robbie Kay, Rya Kihlstedt, Henry Zebrowski
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3556944/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: suspenseful, earnest, propulsive, mysterious

## What critics say

Reviews broadly found the revival of the original Heroes premise mixed, with a fresh cast and familiar powers offering some pleasures but a weaker, less cohesive story than the original.

## Synopsis

Heroes Reborn (2015-2016) is an American network science fiction superhero series created by Tim Kring for NBC. Revisiting the supernatural phenomenon of his earlier show, Kring follows a fresh group of newly empowered individuals, with Zachary Levi as Luke Collins and Kiki Sukezane as Miko Otomo leading the charge alongside Judi Shekoni as Joanne Collins. Jack Coleman as Noah Bennet anchors the story with his own hidden agenda. The engine of the series is a race between those who want to protect extraordinary abilities and those who want to hunt and harness them, with each episode pulling characters from different corners of the world toward a common, mysterious destiny. Across a single thirteen-episode season, the storytelling moves between scattered locations, weaving standalone encounters into a serialized mythology that rewards close attention. The tone is earnest and propulsive, mixing spectacle with a suspenseful, conspiracy-driven atmosphere. Fans of Heroes, The Gifted and Dark Matter will find familiar pleasures here: ensemble superhero drama, sprawling mythology and a sense that the fate of the world hangs on a handful of ordinary people discovering what they can do. The limited run leaves its central questions open, offering a compact, self-contained entry point into a larger saga.

## Shows like Heroes Reborn

- [Jupiter's Legacy (2021)](https://ember.film/tv/79074)
- [The Gifted: Graduation (2020)](https://ember.film/tv/91005)
- [The Gifted (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/60980)
- [Marvel's Cloak & Dagger (2018)](https://ember.film/tv/58397)
- [Impulse (2018)](https://ember.film/tv/67864)
- [Supacell (2024)](https://ember.film/tv/120150)
- [Marvel's Runaways (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/59346)
- [Alphas (2011)](https://ember.film/tv/36167)
- [Raising Dion (2019)](https://ember.film/tv/78989)
- [The Tomorrow People (2013)](https://ember.film/tv/43882)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt