Fox’s Prison Break revival has been officially ordered to series
It’s official: Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are coming back to TV. At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, FOX officially announced that Prison Break is returning as an event series.
Both Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell – who also both currently star in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow -- will reprise their roles as the oft-imprisoned brothers. The original Prison Break producing team, series creator Paul T. Scheuring (Zero Hour), Neal Moritz (The Fast and the Furious franchise), Marty Adelstein (Aquarius, Last Man Standing) and Dawn Olmstead (The Whispers, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce), all are back as executive producers, with Scheuring serving as showrunner/writer. FOX's executives promised other returning characters, yet to be named.
“The story unravels on an international landscape — it’s not a domestic [plot],” Fox co-chariman/CEO Dana Walden said. “We open on a very international contemporary-feeling story.”
Last summer, confirming earlier reports, FOX revealed they were actively developing the return of Prison Break, making it seem almost a certainty the show would return.
UPDATE:
Following the announcement, FOX’s Chairman and CEO
Gary Newman, was asked a bit more about Prison Break, including how Michael Scofield could be a part of the show, given he seemed to die in the "Final Break" conclusion movie.
