BREAKING BAD Movie Lands at AMC and Netflix

While details of the BREAKING BAD movie remain minimal, Deadline reports that it will eventually air on Netflix and AMC.

The BREAKING BAD series aired originally on AMC, with seasons made available for streaming on Netflix after the fact. The word seems to be that these roles would reverse, with the movie airing on Netflix first and then on AMC.

Series creator Vince Gilligan acknowledged Netflix in his acceptance speech for the series' first best drama series Emmy win in 2013.

"I think Netflix kept us on the air," he said back then. "Not only are we standing up here, I don't think our show would have even lasted BEYOND Season 2. ... It's a new era in television, and we've been very fortunate to reap the benefits."

We know that the BREAKING BAD movie is written and directed by creator/executive producer Gilligan, who also co-created and executive produces AMC prequel series Better Call Saul.

The original series ran for five seasons and became a TV phenomenon, spawning the successful prequel series, Better Call Saul.

A project by the name of Greenbriar - possibly a code name - was listed as starting production in mid-November in Albuquerque, according to the New Mexico Film Office. The logline, reported by the Albuquerque Journal last fall, follows the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom. There had been online speculation that the film could be a sequel to the original series and that man could be Aaron Paul's meth cook Jesse Pinkman.

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