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It was also announced on the same day that Better Call Saul was renewed for a second season, but the first season was pushed back until the first quarter of 2015. On Jthe first official set photo was released, featuring Bob Odenkirk, Vince Gilligan, and Peter Gould.
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In January 2014, it was announced that Jonathan Banks would be reprising his role as Mike Ehrmantraut as a series regular.
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In December 2013 Netflix announced it had secured the rights to stream the series in all territories after the first season finale airs in 2014. In September 2013, AMC and Sony Pictures Television confirmed that AMC have bought the rights to screen Better Call Saul in the US and that episodes would be one hour long. The spin-off will be produced by Sony Pictures Television and AMC, air on AMC, and serve as a prequel to Breaking Bad.ĭuring his appearance on Talking Bad, Odenkirk noted that Saul was one of the more popular characters on the show, speculating that the audience likes the character because he is the program's least hypocritical figure, and is good at his job. In July 2013, Gilligan commented that the series had yet to be green-lit, but he and Gould are "full speed ahead on trying to get going." In developing the series, the producers considered giving the show a half-hour format, but ultimately decided on an hour-long format.
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On April 2013, it was announced that a spin-off series focusing on Saul Goodman was being developed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and writer Peter Gould the latter wrote the episode that introduced the character. From parking tickets to mass murder, from slip-and-fall to bond fraud, Saul handles it all. With the growth of Saul's character, Gilligan saw ways to explore the character further.ĭevelopment " Better Call Saul tells the story of mall-based super lawyer Saul Goodman in the years before he became Walter White's attorney. Furthermore, Saul's character on Breaking Bad became much more developed than the staff had planned, as he was originally slated to appear in only three episodes. The staff did not expect these events to come to fruition, but after they did, they started considering a spin-off featuring Saul as a thought experiment. Gilligan noted that over the course of Breaking Bad, there were a lot of "what if"s their team considered, such as if the show won a Primetime Emmy Award, or if people would buy "Los Pollos Hermanos" T-shirts. In July 2012, Gilligan hinted at a possible Goodman spinoff, stating that he liked "the idea of a lawyer show in which the main lawyer will do anything it takes to stay out of a court of law", including settling on the courthouse steps. During his appearance on Talking Bad, Odenkirk noted that Saul was one of the most popular characters on the show, speculating that the audience likes the character because he is "the program's least hypocritical figure", and "is good at his job". While filming the Breaking Bad episode "Full Measure", Gilligan asked Bob Odenkirk, the actor of Saul Goodman, what he thought of a spinoff of the show.įirst publicly released photo from the set of Better Call Saul Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould began planning a television spinoff of Breaking Bad as early as 2009. McGill becomes the lawyer for former police officer Mike Ehrmantraut ( Jonathan Banks), whose skills allow him to enter the criminal underworld.īetter Call Saul has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for its acting, characters, and cinematography many critics have called it a worthy successor to Breaking Bad and one of the best prequels ever made, with some deeming it superior to its predecessor. It has garnered many nominations, including a Peabody Award, 23 Primetime Emmy Awards, eleven Writers Guild of America Awards, five Critics' Choice Television Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Better Call Saul revolves around Jimmy McGill ( Bob Odenkirk), beginning six years before the events of Breaking Bad and showing his transformation into the persona of criminal for hire Saul Goodman. The tone of the series is less dark than Breaking Bad and more comedic, although it still contains drama. The series has run for a total of five seasons. The series is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable network AMC.
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The first Better Call Saul Title Sequence.īetter Call Saul is an American television crime drama series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. For the original score, see Better Call Saul (Original Score from the Television Series).
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This article is about the TV series spin-off from Breaking Bad. For the Breaking Bad episode, see Better Call Saul.