By Crystal Huggins
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.
LOS ANGELES — Fans have been asking for it for years, and now it’s finally happening.
After generating a staggering 1.6 billion minutes of U.S. streaming in a single week in August 2024, the cult favorite 2000s drama “Prison Break” is officially making a comeback. Hulu has greenlit a reboot of the iconic series, signaling a bold new chapter for the franchise as first reported by Variety.
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Originally airing on Fox for five seasons, “Prison Break” became a breakout hit and pop culture phenomenon. The series followed brothers Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows ( Dominic Purcell ) in their elaborate, high-stakes escapes that spanned prisons and continents. The original ensemble also featured Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Sarah Wayne Callies and Rockmond Dunbar, among others.
The reboot won’t revisit Michael and Lincoln’s saga. Instead, it introduces an entirely new story set in the Prison Break universe. The official logline teases: “An ex-soldier turned corrections officer (Browning) takes a job at one of the deadliest prisons in America to prove just how far she’ll go for someone she loves.”
The new lead, Emily Browning, known for her roles in “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and “American Horror Stories”, stars as Cassidy, the ex-soldier at the heart of this next chapter.
She’s joined by Drake Rodger (Tommy), Lukas Gage (Jackson), Clayton Cardenas (Michael ‘Ghost’), JR Bourne (Junior), Georgie Flores (Andrea), and Myles Bullock (Darius ‘Red’).
The revival is spearheaded by Elgin James, known for “Mayans M.C.” and “The Outlaws”, who serves as showrunner, executive producer, writer, and director of the pilot. He’s joined by Dawn Olmstead, an executive producer on the original series, alongside “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein, and Neal Moritz.
Like the original, the new “Prison Break” is expected to feature gripping prison escapes and global intrigue. The 2005 — 2017 series took fans from the fictional Fox River State Penitentiary in Illinois to locations across the U.S., Panama, Los Angeles, and even Yemen.
The reboot will stream exclusively on Hulu. For fans eager to revisit the original saga, all episodes of “Prison Break” are streaming on Hulu.
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