Breaking Bad has been renewed for a fifth and final season.
After months of negotations and looming deadlines Sony TV and AMC have finally hammered out a deal on the hit show.
16 more episodes have been ordered to conclude the series which will be filmed next year. Details on how the show will be aired still haven't been released, the show may run the last 16 episodes together or split into two groups of 8, mimicking the current style of Futurama where each season is rolled out over two seasons. It has been confirmed however that the show will remain on AMC.
The deal comes just in time as the show's licence with AMC was set to expire today and the options on the stars' contracts were set to expire at the end of the month, though the stars are still expected to renegotiate their deals.
Series creator and Executive Producer Vince Gilligan's contract ran out at the end of series 4 but he says he will be working on season 5 and is very excited to do so. "It’s a funny irony - I’d hate to know the date of my own last day on earth, but I’m delighted to know what Walter White’s will be (episodically speaking)." he said. "This is a great gift to me and to my wonderful writers. It’s knowledge which will allow us to properly build our story to a satisfying conclusion. Now, if we don’t manage to pull that off, we’ve got no one to blame but ourselves.”
