Breaking Bad may have had its finale in 2013, but The Albuquerque Journal published a report today that says series creator Vince Gilligan is working on a new film with ties to the beloved series.
Details are sparse, with no information on what shape the movie will take. The Albuquerque Journal includes a logline stating the film “tracks the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom.”
The Journal also reports the title as Greenbriar, though whether that’s the final title is up in the air as well. Production in Albuquerque is scheduled to begin mid-November and continue through early February.
Breaking Bad, which ran for five seasons, premiered on AMC in 2008.
While a distributor has yet to be revealed, most theatrical movies are announced well in advance. This news only leaked due to the New Mexico Film Office putting out the project’s title and logline and the Journal figuring out the rest. The secrecy hints toward an outlet like Netflix — which has the deep pockets to get the Breaking Bad band back together, a penchant for creating follow-ups to popular titles, a track record of doing surprise releases (such as dropping a secret Cloverfield movie after the Super Bowl earlier this year), and a long history with Breaking Bad (which was one of the first shows to really take off in syndication on the service to help define the “binging” phenomenon).
Stay tuned for more details.
Breaking Bad Movie Coming Soon from Creator Vince Gilligan.
