Breaking Dangerous creator Vince Gilligan’s new venture for Apple TV+ is near launch, with the streamer ramping up teasers for the forthcoming sci-fi sequence.
Apple TV+ first acquired the rights to Gilligan’s subsequent sequence nearly three years in the past and it’s anticipated to premiere later this yr.
Extra particulars are imminent, if a teaser from the streamer is something to go by. It dropped a cryptic video on YouTube that includes a countdown and the tagline ‘Happiness is Contagious’. The countdown will expire on July 25 at 8pm UK time.
The sequence’ title has not but been revealed, however it should star Higher Name Saul’s Rhea Seehorn. It has been billed as a sci-fi drama in comparison with The Twilight Zone, whereas additional particulars stay beneath wraps.
Happiness is contagious. pic.twitter.com/81igNemjAk
— Breaking Dangerous (@BreakingBad) July 22, 2025
Deadline beforehand mentioned that it could be set in our world and would discover human nature in a method that will be “thought-provoking however not a morality story”.
In 2023, Gilligan instructed Selection that, like Breaking Dangerous and Higher Name Saul, the motion unfolds in Albuquerque. “The world modifications very abruptly within the first episode, after which it’s fairly totally different,” Gilligan mentioned. “And the implications that that reaps hopefully present drama for a lot of, many episodes after that.”
Due to the success of his earlier initiatives, the present was of curiosity to a number of studios and went by way of a number of rounds of bidding.
in different information, a viral tweet has drawn focus to the best way Breaking Dangerous has impressed memes on the web.
On July 18, the Vids That Go Onerous X (previously Twitter) account remarked: “Breaking Dangerous followers received PhDs in meme creation”. The submit, which gained over 48million views, prompted a slew of replies that includes photos of the characters in numerous conditions.
Followers instantly supplied many alternative photos and movies. They included a clip the place the character Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz) is edited into the ultimate battle of Avengers: Endgame; one that includes sequence favourites concerned in a Mario Kart battle; and an individual who has used Walter’s well-known “Say My Title” line as a method of unlocking their pc.