Vince Gilligan returning to science fiction with new TV project

Vince Gilligan has spent the last fifteen years writing about anti-heroes in Albuquerque, New Mexico, through Breaking Bad, its spin-off Better Call Saul and a related film, El Camino. But his new project will be a whole new science fiction idea.

Gilligan made his name on The X-Files, on which he rose from a writer in 1995 to an executive producer and director by the end of its run in 2002. He also co-created the short-lived spinoff series, The Lone Gunmen. After pottering about with other projects, he scored a major hit with Breaking Bad, which ran on AMC from 2008 to 2013, and then Better Call Saul, which began in 2015 and ended earlier this year after six seasons.

Gilligan's new show will be science fiction and will be set on Earth, but with an "unexpected, surprising" twist. Gilligan is continuing his relationship with Sony Television in a new deal worth $10 million. Gilligan and Sony are pitching the show to different networks and streamers, and the combination is likely to wrap up a deal quickly.

Gilligan has not ruled out a return to the Breaking Bad-verse, but it sounds like he wants to do something different first.