'Breaking Bad' Netflix movie to play in theaters, bring back even more fan favorites
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie will not only stream on Netflix when it premieres in October, but in select theaters around the country.
Netflix revealed Wednesday that El Camino will be available on the big screen in select U.S. cities the weekend of Oct. 11 - 13, with tickets available now.
Writer and director Vince Gilligan told The Hollywood Reporter that the film's theatrical engagement is a tribute to how the cast and crew of Breaking Bad would watch each season premiere on a big screen.
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"We would have this wonderful, very limited, one-time opportunity to watch our television show on a big screen with giant stereo speakers thumping, the image filling 40 feet across," he said. "I always thought, 'This thing, it looks like a movie. It doesn't look like a show.' I really want to be able to share that with fans."
Gilligan also told THR that at least 10 known Breaking Bad characters will return for El Camino. We already know that it's about Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), and that it features his old pal Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) in the trailer. Badger (Matt L. Jones) will also make an appearance, but the rest remain a mystery.
We wouldn't be surprised to see old Saul Goodman since Bob Odenkirk continues to work in the Breaking Bad universe with Better Call Saul, but many other big-name characters didn't survive the series (including Walter White himself — but isn't that why flashbacks were invented?). Skylar (Anna Gunn) and Marie (Betsy Brandt) are still out there, somewhere far away, but a search for Jesse Pinkman might be the last thing to pull them back into a life they left behind.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie hits Netflix Oct. 11. It will also play in theaters in the following cities:
Albuquerque Ann Arbor Asheville Atlanta Athens Austin Bakersfield Baltimore Boston Chapel Hill Chicago Cleveland Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Denver Des Moines El Paso Eugene Fort Collins Fresno Houston Ithaca Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Lexington Los Angeles Lubbock Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Missoula Monterey New Braunfels New Orleans New York Norfolk Omaha Palm Desert Phoenix Portland Portsmouth Raleigh Richmond Salem Salt Lake City San Antonio San Francisco San Jose Santa Barbara Santa Fe Santa Rosa Sebastopol Seattle Spokane Springfield, MO St. Louis Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC
Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.
