Better Call Saul: AMC Seriously Considering a 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff Featuring Bob Odenkirk

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has often joked about following up Breaking Bad with a spinoff featuring Saul Goodman, the sleazy lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk. Well, according to a Deadline report on Tuesday, AMC is seriously considering the possibility.

As AMC‘s Breaking Bad is heading into its final eight-episode run this summer, the network and series producer Sony TV are exploring keeping the franchise alive with a spinoff series centered on one of Breaking Bad‘s most recognizable supporting characters, Bob Odenkirk‘s unflappable criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. There are no deals in place yet as the project is in its nascent stages, but I hear it is being conceived by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and series writer-producer Peter Gould, who created the Saul character together for a Season 2 episode written by Gould.

The Deadline article also mentions that AMC envisions a Saul Goodman spinoff as an hour-long comedy, breaking from the darker subject matter of Breaking Bad.

I'm torn on the idea of a Goodman spinoff. Breaking Bad is fantastic, but would it be weird to keep the franchise going with a series that doesn't reflect the tone of Breaking Bad itself?