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Saul Goodman, portrayed by Bob Odenkirk, will be back in a 'Breaking Bad' spinoff series.
Whether or not perpetually frazzled lawyer Saul Goodman survives past the upcoming series finale of "Breaking Bad," the fan favorite character will live on.
AMC announced Wednesday it has greenlighted "Better Call Saul," a prequel series about meth-dealing Walter White's attorney.
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The one-hour drama series will return actor Bob Odenkirk to the role he played in "Breaking Bad."
When reports of the spinoff surfaced this summer, Odenkirk said, "I would love to do it. I'd do it in a second. I'd do it because, if ['Breaking Bad' creator] Vince [Gilligan] wrote it, it's going to be awesome."
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No details on the show have been released, though Odenkirk said this summer he had some thoughts about Saul's backstory, "which I've never shared with Vince."
The one thing he knows for sure about Saul, said Odenkirk, "is that he's from Chicago.
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"I'm from outside of Chicago. A lot of Chicagoans love to go to, you know, the Southwest. I think they perceive the people, everybody west of Chicago, as being easy to manipulate.
"You can sell granola to those people. They eat raisins and stuff that grows out of trees."
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"Better Call Saul" "will focus on the evolution" of Saul's character, Sony Television and AMC said in a joint statement.
"Breaking Bad" gave some hints on that evolution — like the fact that Saul is not Jewish, but gave himself a Jewish name because he thought that would be better for business.
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Writer/producer Peter Gould is onboard as the show-runner, with "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan also involved in a producing capacity.
Gilligan himself has been touting the potential of a Saul spinoff for months.
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If "Better Call Saul" can tap into some of the fervor surrounding the outgoing "Breaking Bad" — which started its final episodes with a record high of 5.9 million viewers — it will help the network shore up an increasingly thin slate for next year.
AMC does have the megahit "The Walking Dead," but the network just announced it's whacking "The Killing," and its flagship "Mad Men" will also wrap up next year.
"Hell on Wheels" has not become a breakout hit yet, nor has this year's new "Low Winter Sun."
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