According to an interview with
The Wrap, Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad creator) has figured out what he wants to do next. A spin off involving Walter White's "criminal" lawyer, Saul Goodman. That's all I need to hear. A Coen brother-esque comedy about a shady trial lawyer? Come on, you know you've never seen that before. Gilligan is willing to make it as flexible as possible. Even the running time isn't set in stone
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There’s a way to do both versions of the show. There’s a way to make
it a half-hour show and make it a little more — I don’t want to say
sitcom-y, but a little more traditionally half-hour comedic. Or there’s a
way to do it where it fits more snuggly in with the “Breaking Bad”
universe, in which it’s an hour-long show. As you can imagine with Saul
Goodman as a character, a show like that would have to have plenty of
humor to it. But also because he works for some pretty scary clientele
sometimes, there’d be a bit of drama in it as well. We’re trying to nail
that down. As of yet, we haven’t completely figured that out ourselves."
I'm personally sold on the prequel angle, You could have just a
smidge more of Gus (who doesn't want more of that guy?) and you'd definitely see more of Mike
. I think we could all use a little more of Mr. Ehrmantraut in our lives.
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So Gilligan is throwing his weight behind a slightly more mainstream version of BB. I can see where he's coming from. He's not content to make the next gritty suburban crime drama, he wants to branch out and try something lighter hearted. I think we should encourage him. No network has signed off on it, but I seriously doubt that's going to be a problem for much longer. As much as the public has ignored this show, folks in the industry eat it up.
Conan had Gilligan on his show for Malverde's sake! Name another show runner that gets a late night interview. Exactly. So this sounds like money in the bank so far and I'm seriously looking forward to it.
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