The Prison Break reboot has received a substantial update at Hulu.
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According to a Deadline report, Hulu has ordered a pilot episode of the planned Prison Break reboot, which was first reported on in early November.
At the time, it was reported that Hulu was early into the development stages for a reboot, though things weren’t firmed up just yet. Now, however, Hulu’s ordering of a pilot series suggests that development on the series is moving in a positive direction.
Deadline reports that the casting for its pilot episode has not yet begun. The Prison Break reboot is being helmed by Mayans M.C. and The Outlaws co-creator Elgin James, who is working on the project with four executive producers from the original series, Dawn Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Neal Moritz and Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring.
While details surrounding the reboot are being kept under wraps, it was reported in November that the new episodes won’t follow the central cast members of the original series, played Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller.
It is unclear when the reboot’s pilot will air.
Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller in ‘Prison Break’. Credit: FOX Image Collection via Getty Images
In the original Prison Break series, Purcell and Miller portrayed brothers Lincoln Burrows and Michael Scofield. Lincoln is sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, while Michael then crafts an elaborate plan to try to get his brother out of prison and clear his name. The series also starred Amaury Nolasco, Sarah Wayne Callies, Paul Adelstein, Rockmond Dunbar, Inbar Lavi, Mark Feuerstein, Robert Knepper, and Augustus Prew.
Prison Break ran for five seasons and a TV film. In 2020, Purcell said that a sixth season was on the way, though this was later shot down by Miller, who said that he wouldn’t be returning for any more seasons of the show: “I’m out. Of PB. Officially. Not bec of static on social media (although that has centered the issue). I just don’t want to play straight characters. Their stories have been told (and told).”
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