First and foremost, creator and director Vince Gilligan says that the series will take place in 2002, which means that it’s set before the events of Breaking Bad. He added, however, that the show will have something of a flexible timeline. “You saw on Breaking Bad that we like nonlinear storytelling,” he said. Again, no idea, but sure! Excellent!
Today also saw the reveal of a number of new cast details. The very funny Bob Odenkirk will be playing the title character, while Jonathan Banks will also star. Michael McKean will play Chuck (who I’m guessing is not a smarmy trust fund sociopath in love with a girl named Blair Waldorf) while comedic actress Rhea Seehorn will plan Kim.
Patrick Fabian will portray a character called Hamlin and Michael Mando will play the delicious and possibly deadly Nacho. These characters, said Gilligan and his co-creator Peter Gould, will represent “both legitimate and illegitimate sides of the law,” adding that Seehorn is “a wonderfully funny actress capable of great depth.”
The show has already been greenlit for a second season of 13 episodes, although the first season won’t debut until next year, because AMC hate you and want you to suffer. Explaining the delay, Vince Gilligan said “we have a way of doing things that is slower than most TV shows.” No duh, Vince Gilligan.
Above is the second new still released from the show.
Better Call Saul is an adaptation of the popular Twitter account ‘S**t My Dad Says’, and is about a former child piano prodigy who moves to Portland and opens an artisanal lantern-making business with his cranky old father.
via Variety
