“Breaking Bad” To Return, But In Virtual Reality: Sony, Creator Vince Gilligan To Create New Immersive Experience

One of TV’s most iconic shows is returning, but in virtual reality. According to AV Club, Sony’s PlayStation is currently working with Vince Gilligan to create a new, non-gaming virtual reality experience based on the latter’s critically-acclaimed series, “Breaking Bad.”

Sean O’Neal revealed how the new project came to be:

“Shawn Layden, president of Sony’s video game division, says he recently invited seven of the company’s most accomplished current and former showrunners—including “Battlestar Galactica”’s Ronald D. Moore, “The Walking Dead”’s Frank Darabont, and “The Blacklist”’s David Shore—to tour its VR facility, hoping to inspire them to think of new ways to create within the virtual reality medium. While each producer left excited by what they’d just seen (“To each individual, when they took the headset off, they each shouted an expletive and followed that with, ‘Wow, this just blows up narrative,’” Layden says), only Gilligan was ready to get to work on a Breaking Bad-themed VR experience, recognizing right away that you’re a total pansy who probably won’t even sacrifice your family or welcome the slow erosion of your soul in order to peddle narcotics and sate your own megalomaniacal desires, so he’d better make something so you can just play pretend.”

Variety said the new project will be developed using computer graphics, as production tools for live-action 360 video are said to be “still primitive.” However, Sony’s game team and Gilligan will be working together to ensure that the project will realize the latter’s vision.

Although there are no details as to when the “Breaking Bad” VR experience will launch, Layden is confident that the project will deliver.