All three projects were developed by Vince Gilligan for AMC, although El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie first debuted on Netflix. After Walt met his demise during Breaking Bad's ending in 2013, the franchise expanded with the spinoff prequel series based on Saul's life when he was still ...
The recurring villain trope inThe Walking Deadfranchise highlights the problem with expanding the series into an endless string of spin-offs. There are only so many stories to tell in a world full of zombies, and so many stories to tell about how other survivors can be more monstrous than th...
That must be the thinking behind the recently announcedBreaking Badspinoff prequel,Better Call Saul, which will follow the legal misadventures of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). It's just the latest entry in a long legacy of classic spinoffs, likeThe Young Adventures of Little Omar LittleandTony ...
AfterBreaking Badended in 2013, the franchise continued with the arrival ofBetter Call Saulin 2015. The spinoff series served as an origin story for Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, thecriminallawyer played by Bob Odenkirk. As a prequel, the show did not feature much of Hank and Walt, but...
There appears to be some kind of legal mandate that any actor who spends time on the East Coast has to, at some point, guest star on “Law & Order” or one of its many spin-offs. Over the 20-year history of the franchise, it’s managed to find room for the diverse, acclaimed ...
Considering the fact that "The Purge" has turned into a multi-million-dollar franchise, it may be hard to believe that the original movie was put together with a budget of just $3 million. Now, there are multiple multi-million-dollar fil...
Don’t let the lengthy discussion on long-running Canadian TV franchises at the start of the episode fool you, this episode gets in-depth with a seminal comics work, with politics, representation, and life in general. A melancholy time was had by all. Also mentioned in this episode: Fun...
There appears to be some kind of legal mandate that any actor who spends time on the East Coast has to, at some point, guest star on “Law & Order” or one of its many spin-offs. Over the 20-year history of the franchise, it’s managed to...
Gilligan offered up a somewhat cryptic response last summer when asked if he will be creating any additionalBreaking Badspinoffs, expressing that he "can definitely imagine revisiting" the franchise, but that there comes a point when it's best to"leave it alone". With Gilligan currently working...