The Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe is ending, according to co-showrunners Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.
Gilligan and Gould, speaking at the show’s latest virtual TCA panel, said they have no plans to add another show to AMC’s shared universe, though they cautioned to “never say never.”
“You can’t keep putting all your money into Red 21. I think we probably pushed it by doing a spin-off on Breaking Bad [but] I couldn’t be happier with the results. Then I did El Camino and I’m very proud of that too. But I think I’m starting to sense that you have to know when to leave the party, you don’t want to be the guy with a light screen on your head,” Gilligan said.
“Right now I have no plans to do anything else in this universe. I know I probably gave the same answer at the end of Breaking Bad. I have to prove to myself that I have something else in me. I’m not a one-trick pony , that’s what I hope.
Better Call Saul will conclude on August 15 after six seasons and 63 episodes, in addition to the 62 episodes of Breaking Bad and its spinoff film.
The comments come after Deadline revealed that Gilligan is preparing to release his next project; another series along the lines of The X-Files and The Twilight Zone.
Gould added that 127 hours is “a long time.” “This is a huge investment to ask for an audience and it’s unique … how dramas are going to run for so long. I couldn’t be happier or prouder of the work. But like Vince, I think I want to try, there are some things that I wanted try,” he said. “That said, I love Albuquerque. I love Bob, I love Rhea, I love Vince, I love the whole group, so we’re going to keep the band together as long as we can and also, never say never, who knows how we’re going to feel from here in a couple of years.”
Better Call Saul stars Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton and Giancarlo Esposito and is executive produced by Peter Gould, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Diane Mercer, and Michael Morris.
The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
