AMC, Sony Agree to Breaking Bad Prequel "Better Call Saul"

Saul Goodman when he represented Larry Sanders?

AMC is moving forward with its Breaking Bad spinoff.

After several weeks of heated negotiations, the basic cable network has inked a licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Television for the series' next iteration. "As conceived, the new series is based on the show's popular Saul Goodman character with the working title Better Call Saul," the studio and network confirmed in a joint statement, adding: "plans call for Saul to be a one-hour prequel that will focus on the evolution of the popular Saul Goodman character before he ever became Walter White's lawyer."