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‘Breaking Bad’ to be remade for Latin America

The new series - retitled Metástasis - is from Sony Pictures Television and Teleset.

Bryan Cranston’s Walter White has been reinvented as Walter Blanco - played by Diego Trujillo [pic 1] - while Aaron Paul’s Jesse is now Jose (Robert Urbina [pic 2]).

Sandra Reyes will play Walter’s wife Cielo [pic 3], with Julián Arango [pic 4] cast as Henry Navarro - Walter’s brother-in-law who works as a Colombian narcotics agent.

“Critics and audiences love Breaking Bad and its original take on the drug-dealing business,” said SPT’s Angelica Guerra. “It is a very relevant story for all audiences, produced with the highest standards, in spectacular locations with the best talent in the region.”

Alex Marin, senior vice president of distribution in Latin America for SPT, added: ” Metástasis is masterfully complex and irresistibly compelling. We are sure the show can bring the audiences and acclaim garnered by the US series to broadcasters in Latin America.”

The original Breaking Bad has garnered seven Emmy wins across its five-season run and will wrap after eight final episodes, which will air on AMC from August 11.

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Interviewer: One of the criticisms of Breaking Bad that keeps coming up is over the female characters. Skyler White is seen by some as this henpecking woman who stands in the way of all of Walt’s fun.

Vince Gilligan: Man, I don’t see it that way at all. We’ve been at events and had all our actors up onstage, and people ask Anna Gunn, “Why is your character such a bitch?” And with the risk of painting with too broad a brush, I think the people who have these issues with the wives being too bitchy on Breaking Bad are misogynists, plain and simple. I like Skyler a little less now that she’s succumbed to Walt’s machinations, but in the early days she was the voice of morality on the show. She was the one telling him, “You can’t cook crystal meth.” She’s got a tough job being married to this asshole. And this, by the way, is why I should avoid the Internet at all costs. People are griping about Skyler White being too much of a killjoy to her meth-cooking, murdering husband? She’s telling him not to be a murderer and a guy who cooks drugs for kids. How could you have a problem with that?

“Yes, the topic of Jane was the fly. There’s a reason why Walt wasn’t able to get the fly to that point. Walt, falling deep into his pill-aided dream, said the fly is going to “stay up there forever,” like he’s never going to resolve this issue with Jesse. Jesse took the proactive approach and reached for a ladder, trying to swat it. They went back and forth, Walt said “I’m sorry about Jane.” Jesse replied “it’s no one’s fault, we are who we are, we both would’ve been dead within a week. I miss her, though.” Jesse finally swatted the fly and that’s the end of their conversation, but the fly shows up in Walt’s imagination later.” - “Fly” review by Seth Amitin

ipreferthemgay:

Breaking Bad meme: five minor characters [5/5]

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heisenbergchronicles:

2013 TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world

Bryan Cranston was named to the coveted Time 100 list for 2013 and the magazine asked his fellow AMC star Jon Hamm to do the write-up. In the piece, Mad Men star Hamm discusses his bizarre initial encounter with the Breaking Bad’s leading man:

“The first time I met Bryan, he was standing in his underwear. We were doing a photo shoot for a little-known network called AMC, and he was in a rubber chemistry apron, tighty whities and desert boots, while I was in an impeccably tailored 1960s suit, with slicked-back hair and a cigarette dangling from my mouth. Our shows hadn’t premiered yet. We were simply two actors, in costume and out of context. He was friendly, funny, gregarious, humble and lovely.

“Over the past five seasons, I’ve marveled at Bryan’s ability to turn Breaking Bad’s Walter White from a feckless, terrified father and husband to a ruthless, terrifying father, husband and crime lord. The transformation is mesmerizing. The performance is fearless. Bryan is that good. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him since that photo shoot, as he has collected accolade after accolade, as his film career has flourished, as more and more people realize just how good he is. Through it all, he has remained friendly, funny, gregarious, humble and lovely.

“I know I’m not alone in my ravenous anticipation for the final episodes of Breaking Bad. I also know I’m not alone in waiting with bated breath to see what Bryan does next.” – Jon Hamm

poehlering:

#this is the show

Conan O'Brien: I think there's still a lot of fans out there who still have sympathy for your character, even though he has become, in many ways, a monster. What do you say to those people?

Bryan Cranston: [laughs]

bastardfromabasket:

Remember when Breaking Bad ended their season with a slow zoom into a potted plant and it was simultaneously the most revelatory and upsetting thing that’s ever happened?

AMC Eyes Saul-Centric ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff With Bob Odenkirk | Deadline »

popculturebrain:

It is being developed by Vince Gilligan and ‘Bad’ writer Peter Gould as a comedy in either an hour or half-hour format.

ipreferthemgay:

Breaking Bad meme: three relationships [3/3] — Jesse and Jane

“You weren’t supposed to wake up.”

“Ever, or?”

heisenbergchronicles:

Pineapple Meth: Photos from the set of a Breaking Bad parody featuring Bryan Cranston, Seth Rogen & David Krumholtz that was filmed on Easter Sunday. These pics came from the Instagram accounts of some Funny or Die producers, so I’m assuming we can expect to see something soon on their site. Or maybe it’s some type of promotion for Pineapple Express 2 or This Is the End. Stay tuned.

Sources: #1 by mattpittman1, #2 by Christian Heuer, #3 by blairsneighbor, #4 & #5 by Alex King

heisenbergchronicles:

Breaking Bad Tattoo Party at QBar Casa Esencia in Albuquerque, NM

To celebrate the wrap of principal photography on Wednesday (04.03), the cast and crew of Breaking Bad got tattoos of the show’s logo.

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