These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

Breaking Bad

We first met Walter White and Jesse Pinkman on the small screen until its series finale in 2013. There was a spin-off television show called Better Call Saul that focused on the small-town smarmy lawyer, Saul Goodman. But Breaking Bad wouldn't be the last of the beloved drug dealers.

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Aaron Paul returns as Jesse Pinkman in the series' sequel film and epilogue story. The plot follows Jesse as he hopes to start a new life beyond Walter White's meth business, but he wants to make amends with his past first. This task proves to be a lot more dangerous than he thinks...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.