Hulu has greenlit a reboot of the hit TV show
"Prison Break". The project originally received a pilot order at Hulu in December 2024. The new show is set in the same world as the original series but will feature different characters and a new storyline. Here is the official logline:
"An ex-soldier turned corrections officer takes a job at one of the deadliest prisons in America to prove just how far she'll go for someone she loves".
The cast includes
Emily Browning, Drake Rodger, Lukas Gage, Clayton Cardenas, JR Bourne, Georgie Flores and
Myles Bullock.
Elgin James (
"Mayans M.C.",
"The Outlaws") serves as the writer, showrunner, and executive producer in addition to directing the pilot.
Dawn Olmstead executive produces along with
Paul Scheuring, the creator of the original
"Prison Break",
Marty Adelstein and
Neal Moritz. Olmstead, Adelstein, and Moritz were all executive producers on the original series. 20th Television, which produced the original show, is the studio.
"Prison Break" ran for five seasons on Fox. The original cast included
Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Sarah Wayne Callies, and
Rockmund Dunbar. It also spawned a TV movie,
"The Final Break", and a low-budget spinoff titled
"Prison Break: Proof of Innocence" that was exclusively available on mobile phones. The series also inspired a video game, online webisodes, a magazine and a novel.
