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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 15, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:58, 25 July 2022 (UTC)



El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (or simply El Camino) is a 2019 American neo-Western crime thriller film that serves as a sequel and epilogue to the television series Breaking Bad. It continues the story of Jesse Pinkman, who partnered with former teacher Walter White throughout the series to become kingpins of an Albuquerque crystal meth empire. Series creator Vince Gilligan wrote, directed, and produced the film; Aaron Paul reprised his role as Jesse Pinkman. Gilligan started considering the story of El Camino while writing Breaking Bad's series finale. He approached Paul with the idea several years later, but told few others. After the script was complete, principal photography discreetly began in New Mexico. Netflix released a trailer and unveiled the film's premiere date in August 2019, surprising fans and critics alike due to the secrecy surrounding the project.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The Empire Strikes Back was similarly featured on May 4, a special day related to the film and the Star Wars franchise
 * Main editors: Flowerkiller1692
 * Promoted: July 27, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Better Call Saul, a spin-off of Breaking Bad, will be airing its series finale the day before on August 15. With the events of the franchise likely on most people's minds, it would be appropriate to nominate this just to showcase the efforts that were put into one of its other entries.
 * Support as nominator. Flowerkiller1692 (talk) 16:56, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Perfect timing after Better Call Saul finale! Chompy Ace 05:38, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Good timing, indeed.  Ergo Sum  15:34, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. A remarkably thorough article on such a recent film. Good occasion for the TFA date. FrB.TG (talk) 06:56, 8 July 2022 (UTC)