Before starring as Jessica Jones in the MCU, Krysten Ritter was popularly known for her role in Bryan Cranston’s iconic TV series Breaking Bad. Not just that, the actress even reprised her role as Jane Margolis in Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad epilogue, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019).
Krysten Ritter as Jane Margolis
Speaking about her filming experience on the 2019 sequel that followed the storyline of Aaron Paul’s Jesse, immediately after Breaking Bad, Krysten Ritter admitted to being on cloud nine about reprising her role. However, during that very interview with THR, the actress recalled her emotional Breaking Bad death scene, which she still hasn’t recovered from.
Krysten Ritter Addresses El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Almost 6 years after the end of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan came up with a sequel to the show, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie in 2019. Narrating the tale of Aaron...
Krysten Ritter as Jane Margolis
Speaking about her filming experience on the 2019 sequel that followed the storyline of Aaron Paul’s Jesse, immediately after Breaking Bad, Krysten Ritter admitted to being on cloud nine about reprising her role. However, during that very interview with THR, the actress recalled her emotional Breaking Bad death scene, which she still hasn’t recovered from.
Krysten Ritter Addresses El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Almost 6 years after the end of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan came up with a sequel to the show, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie in 2019. Narrating the tale of Aaron...
- 4/8/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
No matter what happens at the 2023 Emmys ceremony in September, “Better Call Saul” will go down in television history as a 53-time nominee. That’s not too shabby. But, let’s just be real, it’s high time for the show to become an Emmy winner. To date, AMC’s spin-off of “Breaking Bad” has lost 46 times with the television academy, including six for Best Drama Series. It just nabbed seven additional nominations this year for the second half of its farewell season, so pundits everywhere are wondering: Will “Better Call Saul” finally win an Emmy?
Its seven last chance nominations are in Best Drama Series, Best Drama Actor for Bob Odenkirk, Best Drama Supporting Actress for Rhea Seehorn, Best Drama Writing for both Gordon Smith (“Point and Shoot”) and Peter Gould (“Saul Gone”), Best Picture Editing and Best Sound Mixing. In addition, “Better Call Saul Filmmaker Training” picked up...
Its seven last chance nominations are in Best Drama Series, Best Drama Actor for Bob Odenkirk, Best Drama Supporting Actress for Rhea Seehorn, Best Drama Writing for both Gordon Smith (“Point and Shoot”) and Peter Gould (“Saul Gone”), Best Picture Editing and Best Sound Mixing. In addition, “Better Call Saul Filmmaker Training” picked up...
- 7/12/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Once Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn both lost on their 2022 Emmy nominations for “Better Call Saul,” their show joined “Murder, She Wrote” in first place on the list of drama series with the most unsuccessful TV academy acting notices and no wins, at 13. With six regulars and seven guests on this year’s first-round ballot, the recently concluded AMC program could potentially double its current acting Emmy nominations total and comfortably surpass that of its parent series, “Breaking Bad” (17). However, if it at least reaches 19 and none of its 2023 contenders triumph, it will set a new record as the show with the most failed acting bids and no wins, regardless of genre.
“Better Call Saul” ran for a total of six seasons, the last of which was split into two parts. After primarily beginning as a prequel series to “Breaking Bad” about formerly supporting character Jimmy McGill (aka Saul Goodman...
“Better Call Saul” ran for a total of six seasons, the last of which was split into two parts. After primarily beginning as a prequel series to “Breaking Bad” about formerly supporting character Jimmy McGill (aka Saul Goodman...
- 7/5/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
“It was fascinating for me to be in that world, that I didn’t expect to,” admits Betsy Brandt about her shocking appearance in the “Better Call Saul” finale. For our recent webchat she continues, “To get to see my character later was such a gift to me. It was one of the few times I’ve felt satiated. I’ve sat with that and think about Marie a lot. It was incredible for me to get to do that.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
From 2008 to 2013, Brandt played Marie Schrader on each season of “Breaking Bad.” Marie was the sister-in-law of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), whose husband Hank (Dean Norris) was killed as a direct result of her in-law’s drug empire. On returning to the character she reflects, “I never could have imagined getting that kind of closure for that character. I think Marie is stronger than she thinks she is.
From 2008 to 2013, Brandt played Marie Schrader on each season of “Breaking Bad.” Marie was the sister-in-law of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), whose husband Hank (Dean Norris) was killed as a direct result of her in-law’s drug empire. On returning to the character she reflects, “I never could have imagined getting that kind of closure for that character. I think Marie is stronger than she thinks she is.
- 6/18/2023
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Eight long years after the legendary “Breaking Bad” saga came to a heavenly close, Betsy Brandt graced us with an unexpected appearance as her character Marie Schrader on the series finale of “Better Call Saul.” This AMC prequel is reaching a similar status of its own.
Brandt’s critically lauded, grief-stricken widow absent of her famously favored color purple, made every single second of her screen time count in “Saul Gone.” She delivered a show-stopping, teary-eyed monologue that ranked amongst the highlights of “Saul’s” swan song episode. The ocean of subtext made the moment eternally affecting and fitting. More than fans could have ever hoped for.
Despite “Breaking Bad” garnering a whopping 58 Emmy nominations (16 of them resulted in wins), Brandt somehow never received recognition for her work as Marie. And considering how multiple male actors were able to make the supporting lineup over the years, it seems unjust for...
Brandt’s critically lauded, grief-stricken widow absent of her famously favored color purple, made every single second of her screen time count in “Saul Gone.” She delivered a show-stopping, teary-eyed monologue that ranked amongst the highlights of “Saul’s” swan song episode. The ocean of subtext made the moment eternally affecting and fitting. More than fans could have ever hoped for.
Despite “Breaking Bad” garnering a whopping 58 Emmy nominations (16 of them resulted in wins), Brandt somehow never received recognition for her work as Marie. And considering how multiple male actors were able to make the supporting lineup over the years, it seems unjust for...
- 5/30/2023
- by Nick Bisa
- Gold Derby
Who could have ever predicted that when “Better Call Saul” premiered in 2015, straight off the heels of one of the most victorious final seasons at the Emmys with its predecessor “Breaking Bad,” that it would suffer one of the biggest Emmy droughts in history? The AMC prequel series amassed 46 total nominations in the loss column to date, and has still yet to win a single Emmy Award. This will be its last chance as it contends for its final season’s second installment, which contains its concluding six episodes; will this be the year it finally wins something as the show bids farewell?
Last year for its first half of its final season, the legal crime drama garnered seven Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Drama Actor for Bob Odenkirk (as Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takovic), Best Supporting Actress for Rhea Seehorn (as Kim Wexler) and Best Drama Writing for Thomas Schnauz.
Last year for its first half of its final season, the legal crime drama garnered seven Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Drama Actor for Bob Odenkirk (as Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takovic), Best Supporting Actress for Rhea Seehorn (as Kim Wexler) and Best Drama Writing for Thomas Schnauz.
- 4/3/2023
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Thanks to the whims of the movie gods, production company Plan B Entertainment has seen its three high-profile Oscar contenders debut nearly simultaneously: “Women Talking” (UA via MGM), “Blonde” (Netflix) and “She Said” (Universal).
Dede Gardner — one of the three Plan B partners, along with Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt — tells Variety: “I didn’t think it would happen this way. Covid was big driver, with things backing up and then happening all at once. But I don’t think it’s a mistake. If movies are alive and kicking, they’re in a conversation with what’s happening inside culture. These three are all in the conversation, and I’m appreciative of the timing of it all.”
“Women Talking,” with Sarah Polley directing and adapting the book by Miriam Toews, is about women in a religious sect debating how to handle the physical and mental abuse on their collective.
Dede Gardner — one of the three Plan B partners, along with Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt — tells Variety: “I didn’t think it would happen this way. Covid was big driver, with things backing up and then happening all at once. But I don’t think it’s a mistake. If movies are alive and kicking, they’re in a conversation with what’s happening inside culture. These three are all in the conversation, and I’m appreciative of the timing of it all.”
“Women Talking,” with Sarah Polley directing and adapting the book by Miriam Toews, is about women in a religious sect debating how to handle the physical and mental abuse on their collective.
- 1/6/2023
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been two weeks since the series finale of Better Call Saul. It was an episode of television that gave viewers everything they could’ve wanted in closing the character arcs of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). And now that we’ve had time to absorb the brilliance of the conclusion, we have to come to grips with a very sad thought: this just might be the end of the Breaking Bad universe forever.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has stated that he’s planning to move on from the meth-filled misadventures of Albuquerque’s most infamous criminals.
“You can’t keep putting all your money on red 21,” Gilligan said during the TCA press tour, as transcribed by Deadline. “I feel like we probably pushed it [by] doing a spinoff to Breaking Bad [but] I could not be more happy with the results. Then I did El Camino...
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has stated that he’s planning to move on from the meth-filled misadventures of Albuquerque’s most infamous criminals.
“You can’t keep putting all your money on red 21,” Gilligan said during the TCA press tour, as transcribed by Deadline. “I feel like we probably pushed it [by] doing a spinoff to Breaking Bad [but] I could not be more happy with the results. Then I did El Camino...
- 8/29/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Photo: ‘Better Call Saul’ The Evil that Men Do “No matter what they do with you now, no matter where they put you or for how long, it will never be enough,” Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt) bitterly tells Jimmy. Both of the shows created by Vince Gilligan, ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ deal with the irrevocable consequences of the actions of powerful men. Since a lot of what ‘Better Call Saul’ is interested in is the consequences of actions, and the irreversible hurt and damage they do, it is fitting that this last episode delves into this further than ever. The question is raised by the finale, called ‘Saul Gone,’ not just of what the consequences of Jimmy’s actions are, but also of whether or not redemption is wanted or even possible. Incredibly, it matches the ‘Breaking Bad’ finale in gravity and outstrips it in profundity, managing not...
- 8/23/2022
- by Samuel Sandor
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
"Better Call Saul" ended with the series finale, "Saul Gone." The prequel/sequel series told the story of James McGill and his descent into deceit and criminality. Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman was filled with heartbreak, familial trauma, and many fantastic montages. Interestingly enough, the series finale doesn't just feel like the ending to "Better Call Saul" — it feels like a definitive conclusion to the "Breaking Bad" universe that started in 2008.
"Saul Gone" plays like an episode that knows it will be the last time you see the actors portray these characters on screen, and it doesn't waste any opportunity to remind you of who they are. Throughout 11 seasons of television and one feature-length film, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, and so many other talented writers and directors created a rich, character-driven world. One that feels like it's come to its natural end with the series finale of "Better Call Saul.
"Saul Gone" plays like an episode that knows it will be the last time you see the actors portray these characters on screen, and it doesn't waste any opportunity to remind you of who they are. Throughout 11 seasons of television and one feature-length film, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, and so many other talented writers and directors created a rich, character-driven world. One that feels like it's come to its natural end with the series finale of "Better Call Saul.
- 8/18/2022
- by Ernesto Valenzuela
- Slash Film
One of the best television shows ever to grace our screens has ended, and with it, the "Breaking Bad" Universe that Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould created. "Better Call Saul" aired its series finale this past Monday, ending its incredibly well-crafted sixth season. This last stretch of the series featured massive tonal shifts and particularly dark imagery, which paired well with the fact that Saul Goodman was well on his way to getting the ending he deserved.
Some of the most shocking moments in this season are surprising not only in the context of the final season but also in the series as a whole. Unexpected character decisions, interactions, and pacing have led to this final season being one that audiences won't soon forget. With that being said, we at /Film have compiled the 10 most shocking moments of the final season of "Better Call Saul."
Spoilers follow for the sixth...
Some of the most shocking moments in this season are surprising not only in the context of the final season but also in the series as a whole. Unexpected character decisions, interactions, and pacing have led to this final season being one that audiences won't soon forget. With that being said, we at /Film have compiled the 10 most shocking moments of the final season of "Better Call Saul."
Spoilers follow for the sixth...
- 8/17/2022
- by Ernesto Valenzuela
- Slash Film
"Better Call Saul" has always made an art form out of not showing its hand too soon. It's a show that rewards patience, not just when it comes to overarching plots and character development, but with specific scenes and episodes, too. Often, chapters will open with con man lawyer Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) or fixer Mike (Jonathan Banks) working on a detail-oriented task that will only much later be revealed as part of a grand plan, the likes of which we never could've guessed. The series finale employs a similar structure, circling around its center point without revealing it until -- in keeping with the grand tradition of the legal drama -- the truth comes out during a climactic courthouse moment.
In the end, Jimmy reveals himself to be a better man than audiences worried he might be. He's capable of selfish and criminal acts, sure, but when the plan he's...
In the end, Jimmy reveals himself to be a better man than audiences worried he might be. He's capable of selfish and criminal acts, sure, but when the plan he's...
- 8/17/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
For seven years, "Better Call Saul" fans have watched with rapt attention as lawyer and con man Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) transformed into sleazy crime lord Saul Goodman. The change was more gradual than expected, and more emotional, too. By the time the series finally fast-forwarded through the years between Jimmy's breakup with Kim (Rhea Seehorn) and his first encounter with Walter White, we weren't so much thrilled to see the character's reverse evolution take place as we were devastated.
This is why the show's beautiful, subtle, thrilling series finale came as such a surprise. For a while, writer-director Peter Gould let viewers think that Jimmy was gone for good, replaced by the kind of heartless coward who would try to convince a grieving widow he was innocent, only to callously yank the rug out from under her in public for his own gain. Hell, Jimmy was the person who did that,...
This is why the show's beautiful, subtle, thrilling series finale came as such a surprise. For a while, writer-director Peter Gould let viewers think that Jimmy was gone for good, replaced by the kind of heartless coward who would try to convince a grieving widow he was innocent, only to callously yank the rug out from under her in public for his own gain. Hell, Jimmy was the person who did that,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
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[This conversation contains spoilers for the full run of AMC’s Better Call Saul, including the series finale, “Saul Gone.”]
Daniel Fienberg: So we’ve taken some time to let the Better Call Saul finale marinate in our brains (and for readers to watch and process), so let’s start, naturally enough, at the end of things.
Finale writer-director Peter Gould and the Better Call Saul team left Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) in a prison, and not the cushy one where he initially wanted to do seven years taking golf lessons. Instead, he’s got 86 years, which sounds very bad, except when you compare his fate to Walter White in the Breaking Bad finale or to Patrick Fabian’s Howard or Michael Mando’s Nacho. Saul has a cushy kitchen job making bread — those Gene Takovic skills from Cinnabon coming in handy — and, more importantly, he has reclaimed his identity as Jimmy McGill.
[This conversation contains spoilers for the full run of AMC’s Better Call Saul, including the series finale, “Saul Gone.”]
Daniel Fienberg: So we’ve taken some time to let the Better Call Saul finale marinate in our brains (and for readers to watch and process), so let’s start, naturally enough, at the end of things.
Finale writer-director Peter Gould and the Better Call Saul team left Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) in a prison, and not the cushy one where he initially wanted to do seven years taking golf lessons. Instead, he’s got 86 years, which sounds very bad, except when you compare his fate to Walter White in the Breaking Bad finale or to Patrick Fabian’s Howard or Michael Mando’s Nacho. Saul has a cushy kitchen job making bread — those Gene Takovic skills from Cinnabon coming in handy — and, more importantly, he has reclaimed his identity as Jimmy McGill.
- 8/16/2022
- by Angie Han and Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Season 6, Episode 13 of Better Call Saul, “Saul Gone.”] Better Call Saul may have been a prequel to Breaking Bad, but more than a few stars from the original series dropped in over the six-season run and the finale included one of the most shocking to date. Set post-Breaking Bad, the finale saw Jimmy come face to face with none other than Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt), the widow of DEA Agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), a.k.a. Walter White’s (Bryan Cranston) in-law. While she wasn’t the only cameo in the episode as a flashback with Saul (Bob Odenkirk) and Walter was among the mix, it was certainly a surprise to see her after all these years. “I think that was pretty late in the game,” co-creator and showrunner Peter Gould says of the decision to include the actress. “Betsy Brandt is one of my favorite people in the world and...
- 8/16/2022
- TV Insider
Major spoilers for the final episode of "Better Call Saul" follow.
This might be a controversial opinion, but the series finale of "Breaking Bad," appropriately titled "Felina," has one major flaw. While it certainly gave closure to the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), egregious fanservice helped pave that way. The involvement of Badger (Matt Jones) and Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) in his final act of revenge against the Schwartzs (Adam Godley and Jessica Hecht) always felt a bit contrived, like the point of the scene was to shoehorn in these characters first in order to clumsily tie up loose ends. It's a bit of a tedious scene in an episode that is otherwise wonderfully paced and executed.
"Better Call Saul's" finale, "Saul Gone," did have its fair share of cameos and surprise appearances, but it didn't fall into that same fanservice trap as "Felina" did. The appearances of...
This might be a controversial opinion, but the series finale of "Breaking Bad," appropriately titled "Felina," has one major flaw. While it certainly gave closure to the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), egregious fanservice helped pave that way. The involvement of Badger (Matt Jones) and Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) in his final act of revenge against the Schwartzs (Adam Godley and Jessica Hecht) always felt a bit contrived, like the point of the scene was to shoehorn in these characters first in order to clumsily tie up loose ends. It's a bit of a tedious scene in an episode that is otherwise wonderfully paced and executed.
"Better Call Saul's" finale, "Saul Gone," did have its fair share of cameos and surprise appearances, but it didn't fall into that same fanservice trap as "Felina" did. The appearances of...
- 8/16/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Over the course of "Better Call Saul," we've watched with equal parts fascination and horror as Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) has fought a losing battle against his own worst inclinations, inching ever so closely towards becoming the heartless criminal lawyer we all know he'll inevitably become. It's in the name, after all. In the lead-up to last night's series finale, appropriately and cleverly titled "Saul Gone," invested viewers were given a front row seat to the most spectacular self-implosion we've seen since Bryan Cranston's Walter White burned everything to the ground in the final episodes of "Breaking Bad."
Throughout the final episode, it seems all but certain that the man once known affectionately as Slippin' Jimmy is nowhere to be found. Having finally been arrested in a dumpster, of all places, the rest of the episode takes us through the painfully familiar scheming we've seen from Saul Goodman again and again.
Throughout the final episode, it seems all but certain that the man once known affectionately as Slippin' Jimmy is nowhere to be found. Having finally been arrested in a dumpster, of all places, the rest of the episode takes us through the painfully familiar scheming we've seen from Saul Goodman again and again.
- 8/16/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” Season 6, Episode 13, “Saul Gone.”]
The final season of “Better Call Saul” has seen both death and resurrection. There’s a growing body count that’s been offset by a handful of reappearances, of characters either presumed or confirmed dead, in the life of a notorious defense lawyer on the lam. These weekly reviews have made definitive statements that a certain persona was all but cooked. They’ve also teetered on the brink of making assumptions that his one-time partner was all but marked for a death of her own.
So it’s only fitting that the series finale many assumed would carry physical and emotional carnage (as its predecessor show fit into its final hour) offers one last zig in the face of expected zags. “Saul Gone,” written and directed by showrunner Peter Gould, isn’t solely a parting tale of rebirth. But it certainly offers more...
The final season of “Better Call Saul” has seen both death and resurrection. There’s a growing body count that’s been offset by a handful of reappearances, of characters either presumed or confirmed dead, in the life of a notorious defense lawyer on the lam. These weekly reviews have made definitive statements that a certain persona was all but cooked. They’ve also teetered on the brink of making assumptions that his one-time partner was all but marked for a death of her own.
So it’s only fitting that the series finale many assumed would carry physical and emotional carnage (as its predecessor show fit into its final hour) offers one last zig in the face of expected zags. “Saul Gone,” written and directed by showrunner Peter Gould, isn’t solely a parting tale of rebirth. But it certainly offers more...
- 8/16/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
"What would you do if you had a time machine?" It's a question that comes up multiple times during "Saul Gone," the final episode of the masterpiece that is "Better Call Saul." We first hear it during a flashback to the season 5 episode "Bad Choice Road," where Jimmy and Mike are wandering through the desert hauling 7 million of Lalo's money. While pausing to rest at a watering hole, Jimmy asks Mike what he would do, and where he would go, with a time machine. Mike says he'd like to go back to the first time he took a bribe as a cop, presumably to stop himself from going down that road — and then into the future, to check in on people he cares about. Jimmy, in turn, talks about going back in time to invest in Berkshire Hathaway. Mike wryly observes that all Jimmy seems to care about here is money.
- 8/16/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched the series finale of “Better Call Saul,” Season 6 Episode 13, “Saul Gone.”
In the end, Jimmy McGill unbroke bad. Just when it looked like Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) had finessed his way into a sweet plea agreement — just seven years at the most country club-like of correctional facilities — he reversed course and confessed all, in Monday night’s series finale of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”
It was a finale rife with references to regret, time machines and how there’s “no shame in going back and changing your path,” as Chuck McGill tells his younger brother. With “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston and Betsy Brandt also making an appearance, there was plenty for fans of the entire “Breaking Bad”/”Better Call Saul” universe to sink their teeth into.
But ultimately, it came down to an ending that mirrored the very...
In the end, Jimmy McGill unbroke bad. Just when it looked like Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) had finessed his way into a sweet plea agreement — just seven years at the most country club-like of correctional facilities — he reversed course and confessed all, in Monday night’s series finale of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”
It was a finale rife with references to regret, time machines and how there’s “no shame in going back and changing your path,” as Chuck McGill tells his younger brother. With “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston and Betsy Brandt also making an appearance, there was plenty for fans of the entire “Breaking Bad”/”Better Call Saul” universe to sink their teeth into.
But ultimately, it came down to an ending that mirrored the very...
- 8/16/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Better Call Saul has ended. A review of the series finale, “Saul Gone,” coming up just as soon as I build a time machine…
“Where do I see it ending? With me on top, like always.” —Saul
James Morgan McGill and Walter White join forces one final time midway through “Saul Gone.” It is a flashback to the two of them hiding out in the vacuum store’s basement circa the “Granite State” episode of Breaking Bad, each of them waiting for Ed to secret them away to their new lives under assumed identities.
“Where do I see it ending? With me on top, like always.” —Saul
James Morgan McGill and Walter White join forces one final time midway through “Saul Gone.” It is a flashback to the two of them hiding out in the vacuum store’s basement circa the “Granite State” episode of Breaking Bad, each of them waiting for Ed to secret them away to their new lives under assumed identities.
- 8/16/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the series finale of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Saul Gone.”
More than seven years after “Better Call Saul” began, and 13 years after Bob Odenkirk first popped up as the sleazy lawyer in “Breaking Bad,” his story has come to a close — and Saul is behind bars.
After a little United States v. Saul Goodman legal action, the now-reformed Jimmy McGill ended up with 86 years in prison as Walter White’s “indispensable” criminal lawyer. After going down a dark path the past few seasons, Saul finally turned a corner and confessed to all of his crimes, clearing Kim Wexler’s (Rhea Seehorn) name.
So how did we get to this (somewhat) happy ending, at least by “Breaking Bad” standards? The episode started with a flashback to “Better Call Saul” Season 5, Episode 8, where Saul and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) are trapped in the desert carrying 7 million.
More than seven years after “Better Call Saul” began, and 13 years after Bob Odenkirk first popped up as the sleazy lawyer in “Breaking Bad,” his story has come to a close — and Saul is behind bars.
After a little United States v. Saul Goodman legal action, the now-reformed Jimmy McGill ended up with 86 years in prison as Walter White’s “indispensable” criminal lawyer. After going down a dark path the past few seasons, Saul finally turned a corner and confessed to all of his crimes, clearing Kim Wexler’s (Rhea Seehorn) name.
So how did we get to this (somewhat) happy ending, at least by “Breaking Bad” standards? The episode started with a flashback to “Better Call Saul” Season 5, Episode 8, where Saul and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) are trapped in the desert carrying 7 million.
- 8/16/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Betsy Brandt’s acting resume is truly nothing short of impressive. Her career has spanned the course of four decades, and she’s managed to stay consistent the entire time. Whether she’s acting in a movie or a TV show, Betsy’s level of skill and professionalism never go unnoticed. She is most famous for playing the role of Marie Schrader in the hit series Breaking Bad. Even though the show ended more than eight years ago, it will always have a special place in pop culture history. Since the show’s end, Betsy has remained on our screens with various roles and she
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- 11/6/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Life in Pieces alum Betsy Brandt is set as the female lead opposite Jim Jefferies in his NBC comedy pilot Jefferies, from writer-producer Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV.
Written by Jefferies and Martin, Jefferies stars the veteran comedian as a fictionalized version of himself – a comedian with a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend (Brandt).
Brandt’s Cleo is Jim’s best friend and mother of his child.
2020 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Jefferies and Martin executive produce with Hayes and Milliner for Hazy Mills, along with Tim Sarkes and Alex Murray for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Known for her role as Marie Schrader on AMC drama Breaking Bad, Brandt recently starred as Heather on comedy series Life in Pieces, which aired for four seasons on CBS. She recurred on the USA drama series...
Written by Jefferies and Martin, Jefferies stars the veteran comedian as a fictionalized version of himself – a comedian with a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend (Brandt).
Brandt’s Cleo is Jim’s best friend and mother of his child.
2020 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Jefferies and Martin executive produce with Hayes and Milliner for Hazy Mills, along with Tim Sarkes and Alex Murray for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Known for her role as Marie Schrader on AMC drama Breaking Bad, Brandt recently starred as Heather on comedy series Life in Pieces, which aired for four seasons on CBS. She recurred on the USA drama series...
- 2/24/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
These days, past successful shows are finding new life as reboots, a prequel or a sequel or as a movie. “Deadwood” is returning to HBO, “Will & Grace” and “Murphy Brown” returned to NBC and CBS, respectively. A new “91020” is set for Fox and the fix is in – “Breaking Bad” is coming back to TV.
In February, Netflix and AMC announced a “Breaking Bad” sequel film with a focus on science and woodworking enthusiast Jesse Pinkman played by Aaron Paul. No particulars on the movie’s plot have been released but that certainly hasn’t stopped those that deal in speculation to run rampant. As the yet-unannounced premiere date draws closer (sometime in 2020?) BetOnline one of the best sportsbooks will certainly offer props on Jesse’s future.
The movie will first run on Netflix before making the move to AMC. The show’s producers have long cited Netflix for the...
In February, Netflix and AMC announced a “Breaking Bad” sequel film with a focus on science and woodworking enthusiast Jesse Pinkman played by Aaron Paul. No particulars on the movie’s plot have been released but that certainly hasn’t stopped those that deal in speculation to run rampant. As the yet-unannounced premiere date draws closer (sometime in 2020?) BetOnline one of the best sportsbooks will certainly offer props on Jesse’s future.
The movie will first run on Netflix before making the move to AMC. The show’s producers have long cited Netflix for the...
- 3/15/2019
- by James Smith
- Nerdly
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, the beloved series will collect five LPs-worth of music that featured during the show’s five seasons for a limited-edition, vinyl-only box set.
Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each housed in a jacket that represents one of the series’ five seasons.
The set also features “a lift off box set with Breaking Bad logo on front with special drip-off varnish,” an exclusive poster and “Los Pollos Hermanos” plastic ID...
Limited to 5,000 copies, the Breaking Bad Original Soundtrack arrives November 30th and boasts five “Albuquerque crystal”-colored 10″ records, each housed in a jacket that represents one of the series’ five seasons.
The set also features “a lift off box set with Breaking Bad logo on front with special drip-off varnish,” an exclusive poster and “Los Pollos Hermanos” plastic ID...
- 9/22/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Some interesting Breaking Bad tidbits have emerged from Conan O’Brien’s annual excursion to Comic-Con. As the comedian noted, “This is our fourth year at Comic-Con. That’s right. I’ve been coming to Comic-Con for four years. Or to put that in terms everyone at Comic-Con understands, “17 Spiderman movies.”
To celebrate that return and the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, O’Brien interviewed series stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks, Betsy Brandt, Rj Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, and showrunner Vince Gilligan.
In the course of those interviews, a few items came to light:
*** For one, Bryan Cranston doesn’t think that Walter White is dead, since he hasn’t seen a coroner’s report or obituary;
*** Series creator Vince Gilligan once contemplated killing off Walt Jr., a pitch that horrified his writers;
*** Gilligan also shared that his mother didn’t like the...
To celebrate that return and the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, O’Brien interviewed series stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks, Betsy Brandt, Rj Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, and showrunner Vince Gilligan.
In the course of those interviews, a few items came to light:
*** For one, Bryan Cranston doesn’t think that Walter White is dead, since he hasn’t seen a coroner’s report or obituary;
*** Series creator Vince Gilligan once contemplated killing off Walt Jr., a pitch that horrified his writers;
*** Gilligan also shared that his mother didn’t like the...
- 7/19/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Betsy Brandt played Marie Schrader on all six of Breaking Bad’s critically acclaimed seasons, which she calls an “embarrassment of riches.” Betsy Brandt On ‘Breaking Bad’ Looking back on playing Marie – Skyler’s sister, Walt’s sister-in-law and Hank’s wife – Brandt can’t help but feel fortunate for having the opportunity to take on a character that was given […]
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- 4/7/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Good news for Breaking Bad fans: Costumes and other artifacts from the series were added to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on Tuesday.
Most of the AMC drama's cast were on hand for the donation, including Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Dean Norris and Rj Mitte, as well as series creator Vince Gilligan.
"These objects and the groundbreaking show they are from help us document the ways in which American entertainment reflects and influences our lives," said John Gray, director of the National Museum of American History, in a statement. "In particular, Breaking Bad offers us templates...
Most of the AMC drama's cast were on hand for the donation, including Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Dean Norris and Rj Mitte, as well as series creator Vince Gilligan.
"These objects and the groundbreaking show they are from help us document the ways in which American entertainment reflects and influences our lives," said John Gray, director of the National Museum of American History, in a statement. "In particular, Breaking Bad offers us templates...
- 11/11/2015
- by Chancellor Agard, @chancelloragard
- People.com - TV Watch
Want to see Walter and Jesse's yellow Tyvek suits up close? How about Walter's "Heisenberg" hat? Or a baggie of Blue Sky? Well, you're in luck because those items and more props from the show will soon be adorning the hallowed halls of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The museum showed off the newest additions to its collection on Twitter: Donation incl Tyvek suits, @BryanCranston & @aaronpaul_8's gas masks, & more. Note: not on display yet #BreakingBad pic.twitter.com/zUtKxYn3Gj — Smithsonian (@smithsonian) November 10, 2015 10 #BreakingBad items join the @amhistorymuseum collection. Sorry #RoofPizza fans, it didn't make the cut. pic.twitter.com/v3c9NOOi7K — Smithsonian (@smithsonian) November 10, 2015 Joining the Tyvek suits, baggies, and the porkpie hat (which Bryan Cranston tried on at the presentation last night) are Marie Schrader's purple corkscrew, Hank's DEA ID, a cup from Los Pollos Hermanos, a sketch of Heisenberg, and a "Better Call Saul" matchbook.
- 11/11/2015
- by Sara Morrison
- Hitfix
Few were surprised by the news that the man that created Walter White would be gifting us with a spinoff show called Better Call Saul. It can be argued that Breaking Bad is the greatest television show ever made. In fact, it has been demonstrated repeatedly, since its debut in September 2008, that Vince Gilligan’s multiple award-winning drama is a work of utter brilliance. The story of a seemingly mild-mannered chemistry teacher and his transformation into the most feared crystal meth dealer ever known captured the imagination of millions of fans around the globe – thanks in no small part to the phenomenal writing, the breathtaking direction, and the stellar performances.
Throughout its five seasons, the show boasted what was essentially an acting masterclass, led by the main cast (Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Dean Norris as Hank Schrader, Betsy Brandt as Marie Schrader,...
Throughout its five seasons, the show boasted what was essentially an acting masterclass, led by the main cast (Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Dean Norris as Hank Schrader, Betsy Brandt as Marie Schrader,...
- 1/14/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
"The only bad thing about being on 'Breaking Bad' is, what do I do after?" wondered Betsy Brandt in April at the TV Academy during a cast reunion in front of Emmy voters. "That's a champagne problem to have. When you first are done with a show like this, the next few scripts you look at, you're like, I can't do that. Oh, come on, seriously? I was on 'Breaking Bad'!" As the unsung heroine of the final season of "Breaking Bad," Brandt reached a career high that even she wonders if she'll ever see again. Here's hoping her enthusiasm for the show translates to Emmy voters, because it's her very last chance to be nominated as the neurotic, emotional, purple-loving kleptomaniac Marie Schrader. -Break- 'Breaking Bad' cast reunites at TV Academy: Hear their spin-off ideas three...
- 6/3/2014
- Gold Derby
On June 3, there will be a new, less expensive Breaking Bad Box Set available. It will feature hours of bonus content, including the two-hour documentary “No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad.” Now is your chance to watch, and rewatch one of the greatest TV series ever made.
Here is the news release from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
The chemistry continues on June 3 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning shows of all time, Breaking Bad: The Complete Series, available on Blu-ray™ with newly created packaging, and, for the first time ever, as a complete series set on DVD. Just in time for Father’s Day and graduation gift giving, the explosive saga of high school chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White is available in its entirety, including all 62 uncut, uncensored episodes. The 16-disc Blu-ray set features more than 55 hours of bonus content,...
Here is the news release from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
The chemistry continues on June 3 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning shows of all time, Breaking Bad: The Complete Series, available on Blu-ray™ with newly created packaging, and, for the first time ever, as a complete series set on DVD. Just in time for Father’s Day and graduation gift giving, the explosive saga of high school chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White is available in its entirety, including all 62 uncut, uncensored episodes. The 16-disc Blu-ray set features more than 55 hours of bonus content,...
- 5/19/2014
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Sony:
For Immediate Release
“…one of the great shows of television's Golden Age…”
-- The Huffington Post, Maureen Ryan
The Addictive, Emmy Award®-Winning TV Drama
Starring Emmy Award® Winners Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul
Breaking Bad:
The Complete Series
Newly Created 16-Disc Blu-ray™ Box Set Available June 3
Featuring Hours of Bonus Content, Including the Two-Hour Documentary
“No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad”
Also Available for the First Time Ever as a 21-Disc Complete Series DVD Set
Culver City, Calif. (April 7, 2014) – The chemistry continues on June 3 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning shows of all time, Breaking Bad: The Complete Series, available on Blu-ray™ with newly created packaging, and, for the first time ever, as a complete series set on DVD. Just in time for Father’s Day and graduation gift giving,...
For Immediate Release
“…one of the great shows of television's Golden Age…”
-- The Huffington Post, Maureen Ryan
The Addictive, Emmy Award®-Winning TV Drama
Starring Emmy Award® Winners Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul
Breaking Bad:
The Complete Series
Newly Created 16-Disc Blu-ray™ Box Set Available June 3
Featuring Hours of Bonus Content, Including the Two-Hour Documentary
“No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad”
Also Available for the First Time Ever as a 21-Disc Complete Series DVD Set
Culver City, Calif. (April 7, 2014) – The chemistry continues on June 3 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning shows of all time, Breaking Bad: The Complete Series, available on Blu-ray™ with newly created packaging, and, for the first time ever, as a complete series set on DVD. Just in time for Father’s Day and graduation gift giving,...
- 4/7/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
It's Showtime for Betsy Brandt. Brandt, who portrayed purple-clad kleptomaniac Marie Schrader on AMC's “Breaking Bad,” has signed on for the second season of the Showtime drama “Masters of Sex.” Also read: ‘Breaking Bad’ Prequel: Aaron Paul's Had ‘Serious Talks’ for ‘Better Call Saul’ In a recurring role, Brandt will play the new secretary to Michael Sheen's Dr. William Masters. The second season of “Masters of Sex,” which has also signed on “True Jackson, VP” star Keke Palmer, begins production in Los Angeles this month. Also read: How to Replace ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Mad Men'? AMC's...
- 3/18/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The cast of “American Hustle” poses at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
SAG-aftra presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2013 at the “20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Saturday, January. 18, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Honored with individual awards were Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong’o for performances in motion pictures and Ty Burrell, Bryan Cranston, Michael Douglas, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith for performances in television.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to American Hustle, while the Actors...
SAG-aftra presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2013 at the “20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Saturday, January. 18, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Honored with individual awards were Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong’o for performances in motion pictures and Ty Burrell, Bryan Cranston, Michael Douglas, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith for performances in television.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to American Hustle, while the Actors...
- 1/19/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's always an incredible night to see stars honor their fellow performers at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and tonight was no exception (January 18).
The 20th Annual event was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
The 20th Annual event was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
- 1/19/2014
- GossipCenter
It's always an incredible night to see stars award their fellow performers at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, and tonight was no exception (January 18).
The evening was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
The evening was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.
The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Picture.
Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt.
- 1/19/2014
- GossipCenter
The Screen Actors Guild Awards took place on Saturday night in Los Angeles, where the best of film and television were celebrated.
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Top film honors went to David O. Russell’s American Hustle, which won Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. It beat out 12 Years a Slave, August: Osage County, Lee Daniel’s The Butler and Dallas Buyers Club for the win.
Cate Blanchett received the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, while Matthew McConaughey won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Dallas Buyers Club. Supporting role awards went to McConaughey’s Dallas Buyer’s Club costar Jared Leto and 12 Year’s a Slave breakout star Lupita Nyong’o.
Breaking Bad won for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series and its star, Bryan Cranston, won Outstanding Male Actor in...
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Top film honors went to David O. Russell’s American Hustle, which won Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. It beat out 12 Years a Slave, August: Osage County, Lee Daniel’s The Butler and Dallas Buyers Club for the win.
Cate Blanchett received the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, while Matthew McConaughey won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Dallas Buyers Club. Supporting role awards went to McConaughey’s Dallas Buyer’s Club costar Jared Leto and 12 Year’s a Slave breakout star Lupita Nyong’o.
Breaking Bad won for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series and its star, Bryan Cranston, won Outstanding Male Actor in...
- 1/19/2014
- Uinterview
The odds of Cate Blanchett winning her second Oscar look even stronger after she collected the Screen Actors Guild award on Sunday for best lead actress in Blue Jasmine.
Similarly Matthew McConaughey.s hopes of taking the best lead actor prize have improved after SAG recognised his performance in Dallas Buyers Club.
The SAG awards for Jared Leto as best supporting actor for Dallas Buyers Club and for Lupita Nyong.o as supporting actress in 12 Years A Slave won.t have dimmed either.s chance of winning gold.
Meanwhile the outstanding cast award for American Hustle is viewed by some pundits as a harbinger of that film.s prospects of taking the best picture gong, as happened last year with Argo.
.At this point it just doesn.t appear Blanchett can be beaten . and she still has BAFTA to go before the Academy opens its envelopes on March 2,. opined Deadline com.s Peter Hammond.
Similarly Matthew McConaughey.s hopes of taking the best lead actor prize have improved after SAG recognised his performance in Dallas Buyers Club.
The SAG awards for Jared Leto as best supporting actor for Dallas Buyers Club and for Lupita Nyong.o as supporting actress in 12 Years A Slave won.t have dimmed either.s chance of winning gold.
Meanwhile the outstanding cast award for American Hustle is viewed by some pundits as a harbinger of that film.s prospects of taking the best picture gong, as happened last year with Argo.
.At this point it just doesn.t appear Blanchett can be beaten . and she still has BAFTA to go before the Academy opens its envelopes on March 2,. opined Deadline com.s Peter Hammond.
- 1/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The award season is now in full swing. This morning, SAG-aftra announced the nominees for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nominations and wins at these awards often add to one’s Oscar hopes, so it’s always interesting to see which projects are getting the most attention.
One neat personal note here is that, since I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild for 7 years, I get to cast my votes on all of these. Looking forward to that.
And the nominees are…
20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt. Richard Phillips – “Captain Phillips” (Columbia Pictures)
Matthew McConaughey / Ron Woodroof – “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)
Forest Whitaker / Cecil Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler...
One neat personal note here is that, since I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild for 7 years, I get to cast my votes on all of these. Looking forward to that.
And the nominees are…
20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tom Hanks / Capt. Richard Phillips – “Captain Phillips” (Columbia Pictures)
Matthew McConaughey / Ron Woodroof – “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)
Forest Whitaker / Cecil Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler...
- 12/11/2013
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Are you ready? The incredible saga of high-school-chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-kingpin Walter White is coming to a finish tonight in the series finale (gulp) of AMC’s Breaking Bad.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment cooks up a full batch on Nov. 26 when Breaking Bad: The Complete Series comes to Blu-ray™ in its entirety. One of the most explosive series to air on television, the 16-disc set is this year’s must-have gift for the holiday season, complete with all 62 episodes and more than 55 hours of special features. Starring three-time Emmy® winner Bryan Cranston (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) alongside two-time Emmy® winner Aaron Paul (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series), the critically acclaimed drama from Sony Pictures Television boasts one of television’s most radical storylines, giving viewers a glimpse into the life of how far a man might go in order to take care of the ones he loves.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment cooks up a full batch on Nov. 26 when Breaking Bad: The Complete Series comes to Blu-ray™ in its entirety. One of the most explosive series to air on television, the 16-disc set is this year’s must-have gift for the holiday season, complete with all 62 episodes and more than 55 hours of special features. Starring three-time Emmy® winner Bryan Cranston (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) alongside two-time Emmy® winner Aaron Paul (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series), the critically acclaimed drama from Sony Pictures Television boasts one of television’s most radical storylines, giving viewers a glimpse into the life of how far a man might go in order to take care of the ones he loves.
- 9/29/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Betsy Brandt may be devastated Breaking Bad is ending on Sunday, but there are upsides to her new job as Michael J. Fox’s wife on The Michael J. Fox Show. “[The Michael] show doesn’t make me physically ill, whereas I really thought I might throw up on Breaking Bad,” she explained to EW this week. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, my chest hurts. I don’t feel well, I don’t feel well.’ On Breaking Bad we laugh a lot when the cameras aren’t rolling, and on this show we laugh a lot when the cameras aren’t rolling...
- 9/27/2013
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside TV
[Warning: Spoilers ahead for those not caught up on Breaking Bad.] It's a big week for Breaking Bad's Betsy Brandt, who celebrated the AMC show's first outstanding drama series win at the Primetime Emmys and saw her new project, NBC's The Michael J. Fox Show, premiere Thursday night. Ahead of Breaking Bad's series finale Sunday, Brandt (Marie Schrader) tells The Hollywood Reporter that she still hasn't watched one of the show's most talked-about scenes, which shows her onscreen husband, Hank (Dean Norris) executed by Uncle Jack (Michael Bowen). She says she didn't want to be on location when
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- 9/27/2013
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York (AP) — Betsy Brandt says the intensity of the final "Breaking Bad" episodes "physically affected" her. "There were days shooting — these last eight episodes especially — I just felt sick. My chest would get all tight and I just felt awful," she said. Brandt plays Marie Schrader, sister-in-law to chemistry teacher turned drug lord Walter White (Bryan Cranston) on the show, which airs its series finale this Sunday on AMC at 9 p.m. Edt. In an interview Wednesday she said she did a lot of crying, too. "After we'd get a take then I'd just sort of start...
- 9/27/2013
- by Lauri Neff (AP)
- Hitfix
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Nov. 26, 2013
Price: Complete Series Blu-ray $299.99, Final Season DVD $55.99, Blu-ray $65.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
The seven-time Emmy Award-winning Breaking Bad rolled to its end with season five in 2013.
A critical darling, the ground-breaking TV show, which aired on AMC, was hailed for just about every aspect of its production, and although it didn’t win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, Breaking Bad was nominated for the honor every year.
The crime television series stars Bryan Cranston (Argo) as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who, after he’s diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, partners with his junkie student Jesse (Aaron Paul, TV’s Big Love) to cook and sell meth. Over the five seasons of the drama, White transforms into a powerful and ruthless drug kingpin, trying to balance his criminal life with his family, including his DEA brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris, TV’s Under the Dome...
Price: Complete Series Blu-ray $299.99, Final Season DVD $55.99, Blu-ray $65.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
The seven-time Emmy Award-winning Breaking Bad rolled to its end with season five in 2013.
A critical darling, the ground-breaking TV show, which aired on AMC, was hailed for just about every aspect of its production, and although it didn’t win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, Breaking Bad was nominated for the honor every year.
The crime television series stars Bryan Cranston (Argo) as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who, after he’s diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, partners with his junkie student Jesse (Aaron Paul, TV’s Big Love) to cook and sell meth. Over the five seasons of the drama, White transforms into a powerful and ruthless drug kingpin, trying to balance his criminal life with his family, including his DEA brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris, TV’s Under the Dome...
- 9/11/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Sony:
Culver City, Calif. (September 9, 2013) –
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment cooks up a full batch on Nov. 26 when Breaking Bad: The Complete Series comes to Blu-ray™ in its entirety. One of the most explosive series ever to air on television, the 16-disc set is this year’s must-have gift for the holiday season, complete with all 62 episodes and more than 55 hours of special features. Starring three-time Emmy® winner Bryan Cranston (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) alongside two-time Emmy® winner Aaron Paul (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series), the critically acclaimed drama from Sony Pictures Television boasts one of television’s most radical storylines, giving viewers a glimpse into the life of how far a man might go in order to take care of the ones he loves. “Bryan Cranston is still turning in a transformative, unimpeachable performance as Walt,...
Culver City, Calif. (September 9, 2013) –
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment cooks up a full batch on Nov. 26 when Breaking Bad: The Complete Series comes to Blu-ray™ in its entirety. One of the most explosive series ever to air on television, the 16-disc set is this year’s must-have gift for the holiday season, complete with all 62 episodes and more than 55 hours of special features. Starring three-time Emmy® winner Bryan Cranston (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) alongside two-time Emmy® winner Aaron Paul (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series), the critically acclaimed drama from Sony Pictures Television boasts one of television’s most radical storylines, giving viewers a glimpse into the life of how far a man might go in order to take care of the ones he loves. “Bryan Cranston is still turning in a transformative, unimpeachable performance as Walt,...
- 9/9/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
We're only three episodes from the end of Vince Gilligan's beyond-brilliant Breaking Bad, but fans can take some solace in knowing that there are hours of new bonus features included on Sony's expansive Breaking Bad: The Complete Series DVD box set. Or perhaps I should say, "Barrel Set."
Related - How Should Breaking Bad End?
Encased in a familiar-looking container, and one that couldn't be more timely given last night's fiery episode, are 16 discs featuring all 62 episodes and more than 55 hours of bonus features.
Video - Behind-The-Scenes of Bb's Great Train Heist
The Complete Series set contains the following:
No Half Measures - Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad - An all-new, exclusive two hour documentary that chronicles the filming of the final eight episodes.
Bad Memories - Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul talk about the show ending and some of their favorite moments.
Bryan Cranston: Director – Go on set with Bryan Cranston as he...
Related - How Should Breaking Bad End?
Encased in a familiar-looking container, and one that couldn't be more timely given last night's fiery episode, are 16 discs featuring all 62 episodes and more than 55 hours of bonus features.
Video - Behind-The-Scenes of Bb's Great Train Heist
The Complete Series set contains the following:
No Half Measures - Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad - An all-new, exclusive two hour documentary that chronicles the filming of the final eight episodes.
Bad Memories - Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul talk about the show ending and some of their favorite moments.
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- 9/9/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
On AMC's "Breaking Bad," Betsy Brandt plays Marie Schrader, the sticky-fingered sister-in-law of meth kingpin Walter White, and when she finally said goodbye to the show, she took a page out of her own character's handbook.
"Of course I stole something. I furnished my home with that purple shag carpet," she joked with co-hosts Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Friday's Access Hollywood Live.
"No, that was hard because I couldn't get that in my purse," she continued, joking about the carpet. "I took the tchotchke that my character stole in this episode 'Open House.' She goes to ...
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"Of course I stole something. I furnished my home with that purple shag carpet," she joked with co-hosts Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Friday's Access Hollywood Live.
"No, that was hard because I couldn't get that in my purse," she continued, joking about the carpet. "I took the tchotchke that my character stole in this episode 'Open House.' She goes to ...
Copyright 2013 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 9/9/2013
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
We are down to the final four episodes of Breaking Bad, and only one thing is clear: We have no idea if Walt, Jesse, Hank, Skyler or any other member of the Abq crew will find light at the end of this terror tunnel. The final season of AMC’s crafty drug drama is becoming increasingly tense and grim by the hour, and the forecast is calling for giant s@%#storms ahead. “If you think you’ve seen darkness on Breaking Bad, you’ve truly seen nothing,” Aaron Paul tells EW. “It’s about to get messy.” Meanwhile, series creator...
- 9/8/2013
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
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