Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Villains" pakutanga yakagadzirirwa kuiswa mukati memwaka wechipiri; zvisinei, nekuda kwekurova kwevanyori
, vhoriyamu yacho yakaendeswa kumwaka wechitatu. Kutungamirira-mu "Villains" kwakaratidza Sylar achidzorera masimba ake akarasika, akaratidzwa sechiitiko chekupedzisira che "Generations" yekupedzisira. Tim Kring akataura kuti bhuku idzva richaunza boka revakaipa kuchiratidziro, nokudaro musoro wacho. Musi waDecember 5, 2007, paJules Verne Film Festival Adventure, Tim Kring akaratidza vhidhiyo-preview yevhoriyamu yechitatu. Maererano nehurukuro naAllan Arkush, kutora firimu kwemwaka wechitatu kwakatanga musi waMay 1, 2008. Musi waMay 9, 2008, mwaka wechitatu promo clip yakaburitswa ine mazano pane angangoita "vatadzi vemukati" mukati mehondo. Kushambadzira kwacho kwakati, "Mumhare mumwe nomumwe munogona kuva nomunhu akaipa", vasati vaisa mashoko okuti "gamba" uye "munhu akaipa" pachiso chomunhu mukuru mumwe nomumwe. Pakupedzisira, panguva yepaneru re"Heroes" paSan Diego Comic-Con, awa yokutanga yose yechikamu chokutanga che"Villains" arc yakaratidzwa.