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5 Characters Who Deserve a ‘Young’ TV Spinoff

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George Chrysostomou on five character who deserve a ‘young’ TV spinoff… With the release and success of CBS’s Young Sheldon and other similar properties, such as FOX’s Gotham, it is perhaps the beginning of a trend that we shall see more often. Taking a character back to their childhood is usually reserved for the odd flashback, where […]

Breaking Bad VR project in the works from creator Vince Gilligan

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Vince Gilligan is working on a VR project for his critically acclaimed AMC TV series Breaking Bad. This is certainly strange news, but it seems that Vince Gilligan, who is currently executive producer and co-creator of Breaking Bad spin off, Better Call Saul, is pretty taken with the technology behind VR, and believes that he […]

Five TV Shows and Films That Need Virtual Reality Spin Offs

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Neil Calloway imagines some projects that you should be able to enjoy in Virtual Reality… This week’s news that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan wants to “do something” involving the show and Virtual Reality may seem odd, but in a world where we want increasing interactivity, it’s not too surprising that familiar properties will want […]

Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age

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Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]

Vince Gilligan has hit some trouble with a section of Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul continuity

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There is a part of the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul continuity that is causing Vince Gilligan and his writing team trouble. Prequels are always tricky to perfect. Having to deal with continuity, right down to the small details can be troubling, especially when fans are so heavily invested in the world and the characters that […]

AMC’s Better Call Saul renewed for season 3

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AMC’s Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul has been renewed for a third season. Much like seasons 1 and 2, season 3 will consist of 10 episodes, and Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould will serve as the series’ showrunners. Gilligan, Gould, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein and Thomas Schnauz are all on board to executive produce.  […]

Better Call Saul Season 2 Episodes 3 and 4 Review ‘Amarillo’ and ‘Gloves Off’

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Eric Bay-Andersen reviews the third and fourth episode of Better Call Saul season 2… At the end of episode 2, Kim gave Jimmy an ultimatum – she didn’t approve of his morally questionable methods, and if he carried on with them it would be a real sticking point in their fledgling relationship. As episode 3 […]

Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Rebecca’

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Eric Bay-Andersen reviews the fifth episode of Better Call Saul season 2… Episode five opens with a flashback to Jimmy’s first week at HHM, when he’s invited over to Chuck’s house one evening for dinner. In this scene we discover that in his pre-electrophobe days, Chuck had a wife, the titular Rebecca (some viewers might […]

Bryan Cranston would be “all in” to return as Walter White for Better Call Saul

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During an interview on The Rich Eisen Show, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston has admitted that he’d jump at the chance of reprising the role of Walter White in the spinoff series Better Call Saul, should the opportunity present itself. “I owe Vince Gilligan so much,” said Cranston. “He was my champion to get this […]