David Farnor | On 23, Sep 2022

Vince Gilligan is reuniting with Rhea Seehorn for a new Apple TV+ series.

Gilligan, who is best known for creating Breaking Bad, has just finished airing the prequel Better Call Saul, which co-starred Rhea Seehorn as lawyer Kim Wexler. Now, hot on the heels of earning an Emmy nomination, Seehorn is attached to star in Gilligan’s next series, which has already been given a straight-to-series order by Apple for two seasons.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Gilligan will be showrunner on the programme, and will exec-produce alongside Jeff Frost and Diane Mercer. The series hails from Sony Pictures Television, which produced both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and has an overall deal with Gilligan in place.

The project also marks a reunion between Gilligan and Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, the heads of worldwide video at Apple who were previously co-presidents of Sony TV, plus Chris Parnell, a former co-president at Sony TV who now has a senior programming role at Apple.

“After 15 years, I figured it was time to take a break from writing antiheroes.. and who’s more heroic than the brilliant Rhea Seehorn?” Gilligan said in a statement. “It’s long past time she had her own show, and I feel lucky to get to work on it with her. And what nice symmetry to be reunited with Zack Van Amburg, Jamie Erlicht and Chris Parnell! Jamie and Zack were the first two people to say yes to ‘Breaking Bad’ all those years ago. They’ve built a great team at Apple, and my wonderful, long-time partners at Sony Pictures Television and I are excited to be in business with them.”

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