NetStudio.TV Showrunner and Actor Bryan Cranston to Star in AMC 'Breaking Bad' Series

NetStudio.TV Showrunner and Actor Bryan Cranston to Star in AMC 'Breaking Bad' Series

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor/director Bryan Cranston plays the protagonist in an original dramatic series premiering January 20 on AMC. Called Breaking Bad, the show centers on a high school chemistry teacher, Walter White, who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and opts to run a drug lab to support his family. The title refers to the idiomatic verb, 'to break bad,' meaning to defy authority.

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Cranston, who launched his star on Fox's popular sitcom, Malcolm in the Middle, is also developing online video content with collaborative scriptwriting site NetStudio.TV. Currently he is guiding its Web community members in developing a horror property called Fright Site, and later in 2008 he will develop and star in other NetStudio.TV projects. He joins a growing roster of pedigreed showrunners co-creating online scripts and videos with NetStudio.TV.

'We've been fans of Bryan Cranston since long before Malcolm in the Middle, and we're completely thrilled to be supporting one of the most compelling and innovative video projects on the Web,' said Bernadine Santistevan, CEO of NetStudio.TV. 'The tagline of Bryan's AMC show is 'An uncontrolled experiment with the American dream,' which also echoes the convention-bucking spirit of NetStudio.TV.

'It's a huge endorsement of what we do that NetStudio.TV is the platform of choice of one of the most exciting and talented personalities in the entertainment industry,' added company president Chris Marcantel. 'Cranston's collaboration with NetStudio.TV shows that our novel formula of involving lay users and professional showrunners in content creation works and will continue to work.'

About Bryan Cranston: The three-time Emmy nominee and one-time Golden Globe nominee has appeared in numerous television shows -- from Seinfeld to HBO's From the Earth to the Moon -- and films, including That Thing You Do!, Saving Private Ryan and Little Miss Sunshine. He wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award-winning romantic drama Last Chance.

About NetStudio.TV: Launched in October, the New York startup offers a unique and highly popular collaborative, user-generated script development experience and a growing stable of 'showrunners' and 'reviewers' who comprise its creative community. Partnerships with these media- and taste-makers provide a launch pad for the most promising emerging screenwriting and video talent around the globe.

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CONTACT: Chris Marcantel, President of NetStudio.TV, +1-718-768-4788,
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http://www.netstudio.tv/

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