Breaking Bad sequel film El Camino premieres today: what is known before its release

All the details in one place and, of course, spoilers, a lot of spoilers for the series.

Today, October 11, the feature-length sequel to the popular series Breaking Bad is premiering on the streaming platform Netflix. Its original title is "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie", and in the Russian localization it has been given the title "Путь: Во все тяжкие. Фильм". We look at what the creators shared before the film's release.

The feature film was directed by the same Vince Gilligan, who also made the original series about chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston), who learned he was dying of cancer and decided to earn money cooking drugs together with his former hapless student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

At the end of the final episode of the concluding fifth season, Walter White rescues Jesse Pinkman from the neo-Nazis' captivity. Despite the ambiguous ending and fans' hopes, director Vince Gilligan confirmed Walter White's death, although this does not mean that Bryan Cranston will not appear in the film.

Although Netflix has released 4 teasers and 1 full trailer for El Camino, viewers only know that Jesse is being sought by the police. Otherwise, the film's plot and main characters remain a secret.

What was shown in the teasers and trailer

In the first teaser, cops interrogate Jesse's friend, former drug dealer Skinny Pete, who claims he does not know where Pinkman went after the escape. Even if he did know, he still would not tell.

Then a video followed with a montage of series clips set to the song "Enchanted" — to which Pinkman first tried heroin with his girlfriend Jane, who died of an overdose.

The third teaser was shown at the Emmy Awards ceremony. In the clip, Jesse cries in a car, while news about the shooting at the series finale is broadcast on the radio.

After 3 mysterious Netflix teasers, a full trailer was finally released, although it also revealed little to viewers. A battered and unkempt Jesse comes to his friends Badger and Skinny Pete, he is being sought by the police, and otherwise the trailer shows a montage of film scenes. Only at the end of the trailer does an unknown person ask Pinkman: "Are you ready?", to which he receives a positive answer. But again, it is unclear what or for what he is ready.

In another teaser, the creators showed another character familiar to viewers — Old Joe — the owner of the junkyard where the main characters of the series destroyed evidence. Old Joe answers a call, and during the conversation, judging by his answers, he is being questioned about Jesse.

What Aaron Paul did

Also on August 25, the actor advised on his Twitter account to rewatch a scene from the series in which a beaten Pinkman shouts at Walter and claims he lost everything because of him. In the post, Aaron Paul also alludes to a cat out of the bag — a reference to the titles of the 2nd and 3rd episodes of season 1, "Cat's in the Bag..." and "...And the Bag's in the River".

The actor also held an unusual event with a giveaway of tickets to a special screening of the film in the state of Idaho. Tickets were not sold; they could only be won or found in hiding places around the city based on Aaron Paul's posts, as he hid them in downtown Boise and posted clues on Twitter.

Aaron Paul discussed the film with the host on the Jimmy Kimmel show and talked about fans' tattoos inspired by the series. For example, one of them had the word "Pinkman" tattooed on the inside of her lip. But most importantly, the actor retold the plot of Breaking Bad in 2.5 minutes.

Also, for the promotional video, the series' actors (unfortunately, without Bryan Cranston) read viewers' comments on the trailer in the legendary mobile lab of the main characters.

How the film premiere went

The world premiere of El Camino took place in Los Angeles on October 8. Director Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston (Walter White), Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman), Giancarlo Esposito (Gustavo Fring) and most of the other actors involved in the series attended.

Although there were many guests at the premiere, no new details about the film's plot appeared online.

A day before the premiere, Netflix released a video about the filming of the movie, in which the actors hug and share their impressions of reuniting after 6 years.

Earlier, TK Media wrote about Breaking Bad in numbers: budgets, audience and awards. And in September, the British publication The Guardian placed the series Breaking Bad in 5th place in its ranking of the 100 best series and shows of the 21st century.

And finally, we invite you to enjoy the 2-minute final scene of the series.