Metástasis

It follows the storyline for all five seasons of Breaking Bad, with alterations to its pacing, visual style, and subplot elements.

Metástasis
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Genre	Crime drama Telenovela
Based on	Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan
Directed by	Andi Baiz Andrés Biermann
Starring	Diego Trujillo Roberto Urbina [es] Sandra Reyes [es] Julián Arango
Country of origin	Colombia
Original language	Castilian Spanish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	62
Production
Production locations	Bogotá, Colombia and surroundings
Production companies	Sony Pictures Television Teleset
Original release
Network	UniMás Fox Latin America Caracol Television
Release	June 8 (2014-06-08) – September 18, 2014 (2014-09-18)
Related
Breaking Bad

The series premiered on June 8, 2014 until September 18, 2014, airing a total of 62 episodes. It has been broadcast in Chile, Venezuela, Peru, the United States, Costa Rica and Mexico, among other countries, by Fox Latin America.

Walter Blanco is a frustrated high school chemistry teacher, married to his unexpectedly-pregnant wife Cielo Blanco, and father of his disabled son Walter Blanco Jr. Walter also works in a car wash in the afternoons. When he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he wonders what will happen to his family when he dies.

Witnessing a raid by the Anti-Narcotics Police organized by his brother-in-law Henry Navarro, Walter recognizes a former student of his: José Miguel Rosas, whom he contacts to manufacture and sell methamphetamine and thus ensure the economic well-being of his family. But the approach to the world of drugs and dealing with traffickers and mobsters contaminates Walter's mind, making him gradually abandon his straight and predictable personality to become someone without too many scruples when it comes to getting what he wants.

The idea for a Spanish remake of Breaking Bad was originally conceived due to how cable television is not common in Latin America. The episodes were individually shot in an average of two and a half days, compared to eight for its American counterpart.

Some changes were made to adapt aspects of Breaking Bad's American elements to Metástasis' Colombian setting. The outdoor scenes of Metástasis were shot in Bogotá, which has a colder and more mountainous environment compared to the deserts surrounding Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pest exterminators are uncommon in the region, so the main characters pose as demolition experts in the latter half of the fifth season. Saúl Bueno (the show's equivalent of Saul Goodman) demonstrates his legal services on a television talk show rather than through commercials, as legal services cannot be advertised in Colombia. The iconic recreational vehicle which Jesse and Walter use to cook meth is replaced by a school bus, as RVs are rare in Latin America.

• Diego Trujillo – Walter Blanco (Walter White)
• Roberto Urbina ^[es] – José Miguel Rosas (Jesse Pinkman)
• Sandra Reyes ^[es] – Cielo Blanco (Skyler White)
• Julián Arango – Henry Navarro (Hank Schrader)
• Luis Eduardo Arango – Saúl Bueno (Saul Goodman)
• Diego Garzón – Walter Blanco Jr. (Walter White Jr.)
• Manuel Gómez – Gustavo Cortéz (Gus Fring)
• Frank Ramírez – Héctor Salamanca
• Damián Alcázar – Tuco Salamanca

In Mexico, Televisa's Channel 5 broadcast the series Monday through Friday at midnight; in the United States, the series aired on UniMás, with a debut simulcast on UniMás, Univision, and Galavisión on Sunday, June 8, 2014.

Vince Gilligan, the original creator of Breaking Bad, praised Metástasis' creators for being able to create the original series' entire runtime much faster and on a smaller budget.