Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Villains" an tsara shi ne don a haɗa shi a cikin kakar wasa ta biyu; duk da haka, saboda yajin aikin marubutan
, an dauki kundin zuwa kakar wasa ta uku. Gabatarwa zuwa "Masu laifi" ya nuna Sylar ya dawo da ikonsa da ya ɓace, wanda aka nuna a matsayin ƙarshen ƙarshen "Generations". Tim Kring ya ce cewa sabon kundin zai kawo ma'aikatan mugaye zuwa wasan kwaikwayon, saboda haka taken. A ranar 5 ga Disamba, 2007, a Jules Verne Film Festival Adventure, Tim Kring ya nuna bidiyon bidiyo na kundi na uku. A cewar wata hira da Allan Arkush, yin fim don kakar wasa ta uku ya fara a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 2008. A ranar 9 ga Mayu, 2008, an sake sakin shirin talla na kakar wasa ta uku tare da alamun yiwuwar "masu laifi na ciki" a cikin jarumai. Tallace-tallacen ya ce, "A cikin kowane jarumi akwai mai laifi", kafin ya sanya kalmomin "jarumi" da "mara laifi" a kan fuskar kowane babban hali. A ƙarshe, a lokacin da aka nuna "Heroes" panel a San Diego Comic-Con, an nuna sa'a ta farko na farkon labarin "Villains".