Friday, November 8, 2013

Update on 'Breaking Bad' spinoff series 'Better Call Saul'

On Sept. 29, 2013 the series finale of Breaking Bad aired. Audiences around the world watched as the main characters, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, tied up their loose ends in what ended up being the show’s most popular night with 10.3 million viewers. Fans applauded the grand finale and will surely miss their beloved show, but it wasn’t the last we’ll see of all the characters.

Saul Goodman (played by Bob Odenkirk) was Walter and Jesse’s lawyer with friends in low places. News broke mid September that there was to be a spinoff series with the working title Better Call Saul. This new show would be an hour-long drama with Saul as the main character in a prequel to Breaking Bad.

There is no doubt that fans would want to see how Saul became the crafty lawyer to Heisenberg, but after Breaking Bad’s series finale, many people were left wondering what happened to their favorite crooked lawyer. Luckily for fans, more information was released this week about the upcoming drama. Instead of being strictly a prequel, Odenkirk said Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has also brought up the possibility of the show being a sequel or a combination of the two, which can lead to endless possibilities.

Whether the show becomes a prequel, sequel, or hybrid, Odenkirk wants it to be an entirely different experience, "I told Peter and Vince ... 'Look, man, let us make this fresh for everyone.' So that right away, in the first five minutes, every viewer goes, 'Oh, this isn't 'Breaking Bad,' this is its own thing.' And I think they feel the exact same way."

Writers are expected to begin their work at the end of this month and Better Call Saul is expected to air sometime in 2014.

Click the picture to visit Saul's website bettercallsaul.com

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