Vince Gilligan recently spoke at the Season 6 premiere for Better Call Saul about what is coming next from the acclaimed creator.
In a recent interview with Deadline, Better Call Saul co-creators, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould talked about what they want to do next and the future of the Breaking Bad universe.
At Better Call Saul‘s final virtual TCA (television critics association) panel both Gilligan and Gould spoke on their feelings about wrapping up the Breaking Bad universe but added a caveat to “never say never,” leaving the door wide open for future projects.
“You can’t keep putting all your money on red 21. I feel like we probably pushed it doing a spinoff to Breaking Bad [but] I could not be more happy with the results. Then I did El Camino and I’m very proud of that too. But I think I’m starting to sense you’ve got to know when to leave the party, you don’t want to be the guy with a lampshade on your head,” Gilligan said.
“I don’t have any plans right now to do anything more in this universe. I know I probably gave the same answer at the end of Breaking Bad. I gotta prove to myself that I got something else in me. I’m not a one trick pony, that’s what I’m hoping.”
Gould also commented on the series, adding that 127 hours is a “lot of time”. “That’s a big investment to ask for an audience and it’s unique… how dramas are going to get that much time. I couldn’t be happier or more proud of the work. but like Vince, I think I want to try there are some things I wanted to try,” he said. “Having said that, I love Albuquerque. I love Bob I love Rhea, I love Vince, love the whole group so we’ll keep as much of the band together as we can and also, never say never, who knows how we’re going to feel in a couple of years.”
The two also commented on what could be next for them in terms of a project outside of their pre-established works. Gilligan specifically commented on, “something really different” he has in the works and said, “I haven’t told my wife about it.”
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”I love these characters, I love this world,” Gould said. “Maybe someday, but personally I’m going to take a little break from that world and try something else, just to prove that I can.”
“I think that’s my answer too,” Gilligan said. “There are stories left to tell, but it’s not proving something to the world, it’s about proving something to yourself. That thing I’m working on, hopefully someone will want to buy it, someone will want to make it.”
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.
