Vince Gilligan is known for creating the TV series Breaking Bad, which is considered one of the best shows in the modern TV era. Having wrapped up that show and the prequel series Better Call Saul, Gilligan is now shifting focus to a completely new show starring Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn. The show is coming to Apple TV+ and is described as being in the sci-fi genre, but not much else is known. Gilligan has now discussed more about what to expect.
He told Variety that the new show is not “heavy” sci-fi, but is more “mild” sci-fi, with a sci-fi element “at its core.” That’s already a big departure from the more grounded Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul franchises. Unlike Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, the new show has “no crime and no methamphetamine,” Gilligan said.
“It’s going to be fun and different. I have no prediction as to how folks to react to it–whether they’ll love it or hate it, or somewhere in the vast in-between,” he said. “But I know it’s a story that interests me, and Rhea will be playing a very different character than she played on Saul.”