The return of Jesse Pinkman is on the horizon.
TheBreaking Badsequel, a feature-length follow-up to the hit AMC show, will premiere on Netflix on Oct. 11.
Though the movie remains shrouded in mystery, it will revolve aroundAaron Paul, who will reprise his Emmy-winning role.
“In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future,” Netflix said in a statement.
The sequel will air on the streaming service before airing on AMC, according tomultiple reports.
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The series followedBryan Cranstonas Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin, and Paul as Jesse, his student/meth cook.
Cranstonconfirmedin November that aBreaking Badmovie was in the works but said he hadn’t read the script. As for whether he would reprise his role?
“I would, I would. Absolutely,” he said onThe Dan Patrick Show. “If Vince Gilligan asked me to do then absolutely. He’s a genius. It’s a great story and there’s a lot of people who felt they wanted to see some kind of completion to these storylines that were left open and this idea, from what I’m told, gets into at least a couple of the characters who were not completed as far as their journey.”
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Breaking Bad, which ran for five seasons, premiered on AMC in 2008 and later became available on Netflix.Entertainment Weeklycelebrated the10-year anniversary with a reunion photoshoot and interviewwith the cast last summer.
“You can’t just move on,” Cranston, 62, told the outlet of his breakout role. “Something that was so indelible and meaningful in your life and you can’t, and I don’t want to. I want to hold on to those good memories of that gathering, both then and during our seven years together. So, it’s a bit melancholy, actually. Bittersweet.”
“I love these people,” added Paul, 39. “I feel blessed to have shared this incredible experience that isBreaking Badwith each and every one of these people … It’s crazy that 10 years has passed, and I am still constantly thinking that. It’s like, wow, how lucky we all are.”
source: people.com
