Speaking with People shortly after El Camino's release, Paul expressed not just his willingness, but his intent, to continue working with Gilligan, with whom he has developed a close relationship. "It's up to Vince [whether to do an El Camino sequel] ... Vince and I definitely plan on working together many times in the future, and if it's Breaking Bad-related, then great," the actor said. "If not, so be it. But ... if he want to kind of dive deep into this again, I'm all for it."
Having said that, Paul explained that he felt El Camino had delivered the ending for Jesse for which he'd always hoped. "In all honesty, this is the exact ending I'd envisioned," Paul said. "Years ago, when [Breaking Bad] was wrapping up, I was always just kind of hoping that Jesse would find some sort of inner peace, and find sort of a peaceful setting to call home ... and I think, I hope, that he has found that."
For Gilligan's part, he whistled a similar tune when cornered by Variety at El Camino's premiere — although he made it clear that he's already focused on coming up with a new, non-Breaking Bad-centric project, with the excellent spin-off series Better Call Saul slated to wrap up with its sixth and final season next year. "I've probably got to figure out a whole new story that's not in the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe next," Gilligan said. "I don't want to overstay my welcome, so we'll see how this one goes. Never say never, but it's probably about time I do something new."
We're certainly not going to be the ones to say "never," with respect to more Breaking Bad, so we'll just go ahead and say "maybe, hopefully, eventually." In the meantime, we'll be anxiously awaiting the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul, which will arrive at some point next year.
