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Did you still have to twist some arms to get the sequel greenlit?
no, not at all. According to Bob Odenkirk, the biggest challenge wasn’t getting the sequel approved, but rather finding the right story. Worldwide was happy to make it onc they had a story they were confident in, even though the script wasn’t fully finalized at that point. He states, “We played around with different stories…and then all of a sudden, universal was like, “Okay, we’re going to make it.””