Hands up if you loved Break bad And You better call Saul. We also. So we’re absolutely thrilled to hear the news that Vince Gilligan, the creator of both shows, has a new series in production for Apple TV Plus. It’s a science fiction series starring Rhea Seehorn, who was so brilliant in it Saul, and filming will begin in New Mexico later this year.
Gilligan revealed some details about the new show in a fascinating interview with Variety in which he explains why there won’t be a ‘Heisenberg Jr’ spin-off series, how he deals with writing himself into a corner and how the characters from the shows live on in his head. But it’s the new series that has us particularly excited.
What show is Vince Gilligan making now?
“I wouldn’t call this heavy science fiction,” Gilligan says. “I would call it mild science fiction. But at its core there is a sci-fi element… it will be fun and different.” Although the show is set in Albuquerque, where You better call Saul was largely filmed, it’s a very different Albuquerque – literally. “The world changes very abruptly in the first episode,” Gilligan explains. “It is the modern world – the world we live in – but it changes very abruptly. And the consequences that entail will hopefully create drama for many, many episodes afterward.
Apple has commissioned two series and there’s clearly potential for more, and it will likely be among our list of the best Apple TV Plus shows soon. Gilligan is convinced that there is no overlap between the worlds of You better call Saul and the new show – Seehorn “plays a character who is not Kim Wexler,” he says – but he is keeping most details secret for now.
I don’t know about you, but I’m already sold: We know the combination of Seehorn and Gilligan is fantastic, and that’s enough to put this untitled show at the top of my watchlist. And it’s worth pointing out that Gilligan isn’t new to ‘mild’ sci-fi, so this isn’t him venturing into a genre he’s unfamiliar with: previously Break bad he continued to work The X filesfor which he shared three Golden Globe Awards, and its spin-off series The lone gunmen.