Prison Break (miniseries)

Prison Break is an upcoming limited event television series series and continuation of the original series created by Paul Scheuring that aired on Fox from 2005 to 2009. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Adelstein/Parouse Productions and Original Film. Paul Scheuring serves as showrunner, with himself, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz and Dawn Olmstead, Vaun Wilmott, Michael Horowitz and Nelson McCormick serving as executive producers. McCormick also serves as director. The series is scheduled to premiere in early 2017 and air Tuesdays at 9:00 pm. The first trailer of the series was released on May 16, 2016.

Wentworth Miller stars as Michael Scofield and Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows, while Amaury Nolasco, Paul Adelstein, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Sarah Wayne Callies also return from the original series. New cast additions include Mark Feuerstein, Marina Benedict, Augustus Prew, Rick Yune and Steve Mouzakis. A pilot was ordered in August 2015 and the series was greenlit in January 2016. Production on the series began in April 2016 and is still ongoing. Filming takes place in Vancouver and the Moroccan cities of Rabat, Casablanca, and Ouarzazate.

Premise

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the limited series "...picks up after Michael's apparent death [...] When clues surface suggesting that Michael may be alive, Sara teams with Lincoln to engineer the series' biggest escape ever, as three of Fox River State Penitentiary's most notorious escapees — T-Bag, C-Note and Sucre — are pulled back into the action."

Cast

Main articles: List of Prison Break characters and List of Prison Break minor characters

Main cast

• Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield
• Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows
• Sarah Wayne Callies as Sara Tancredi
• Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre
• Robert Knepper as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
• Rockmond Dunbar as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin
• Paul Adelstein as Paul Kellerman

Recurring cast

• Mark Feuerstein as Scott Ness
• Augustus Prew as Whip
• Rick Yune as Ja
• Steve Mouzakis as Van Gogh
• Inbar Lavi as Sheba
• Marina Benedict as A&W
• Kunal Sharma as Sid
• Faran Tahir as Jamil

Production

Development

On January 12, 2015, at the 2015 Winter TCA Press Tour, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell revealed that they are ready to bring Prison Break back from the dead, with Miller stating: "We actually floated the idea to Fox very casually and they seemed very not casual about this interest. They seemed to think there was something there." Purcell concluded by adding, "It's something that Fox is, as Wentworth said, potentially excited about."

On January 17, 2015, Fox Television Group chairmen and CEO Gary Newman made it clear that they would love to bring Prison Break back for another run, although Fox had nothing to report. Newman himself stated, "There's some speculation in the press at Prison Break and we've made it clear at the studio that we'd bring Prison Break back at the studio [...] It's the perfect event series. But at the moment, we have nothing else to report."

On June 2, 2015, it was reported that a limited series revival of Paul Scheuring's Prison Break was in development at Fox.

On August 6, 2015, Fox confirmed a 10-episode order for the revival, to debut in 2016. The limited series is a sequel to the original series, taking place several years later, and will feature Miller and Purcell reprising their roles as well as the return of other original characters. Fox Television Group chairmen and CEO Dana Walden herself stated the series of Prison Break has performed particularly well internationally and on SVOD platforms such as Netflix. Walden added that: "a logical and believable explanation to why the characters are alive and still moving around the world [...]" Walden said. "The brothers and some of the iconic characters will be back, and it will address some questions that were set up at the end of the series for a new audience."

On January 15, 2016, Fox officially ordered the revival to series, with the episode order revised to nine episodes, though Fox declined to announce how many episodes the series will run. The original producing team of creator Paul Scheuring, Neal Moritz, Marty Adelstein and Dawn Olmstead were all confirmed as to return for the event series as executive producers, with Scheuring writing and serving as showrunner.

Writing

On August 7, 2015, it was announced that creator and executive producer Paul Scheuring would be writing the first episode as well as a style/tone bible for other writers to follow.

Casting

On January 15, 2016, stars Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell were confirmed to be reprising their roles as brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows.

On February 22, 2016, Variety had announced that Mark Feuerstein will play Scott Ness, the husband of Dr. Sara Tancredi, a Professor of Economics (game theory) at Cornell who has been described as, "dubious of the government but still has a bit of fight in him when it comes to taking them on." Additionally, on February 22, 2016, it was confirmed that Sarah Wayne Callies was in talks to reprise her role in the follow-up along with Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Amaury Nolasco, although there were no deals in place with any of them at that time.

On March 9, 2016, Augustus Prew, Rick Yune and Steve Mouzakis were cast for "heavily recurring roles". Prew will play "funny, crazy and pretty damn sharp" Whip, Yune will play Ja who is described as a "Korean identity thief, who disheveled appearance belies his genius", and Mouzakis will play Van Gogh, "a bad-ass nut-job". On March 9, 2016, Sarah Wayne Callies was confirmed to be returning as Sara Tancredi. On March 16, 2016, Amin El Gamal was cast in a recurring role, playing Cyclops.

On March 17, 2016, it was announced that original stars Robert Knepper, Amaury Nolasco and Rockmond Dunbar, are reprising their respective roles as T-Bag, Sucre and C-Note, respectively. On March 21, 2016, Paul Adelstein was confirmed to be reprising his role as Paul Kellerman. On March 21, 2016, Inbar Lavi, Marina Benedict and Kunal Sharma were cast in major recurring roles. Lavi will play Sheba, an operator/fixer/activist who becomes involved with Burrows. Benedict is A&W, "a crazed and fearless villainess who is unconcerned about her physical well-being but ruthless and efficient in completing her deadly goals", and Sharma will play Sid, a man in prison.

On April 22, 2016, it was announced that Faran Tahir will play Jamil, to which Tahir describes as "a man who has an inner conflict which again is something I love experimenting with." Tahir also added that he will not be playing a role that will fall into bias or discrimination on different aspects, to which he stated, "If there is a level of bias or negativity which I feel is not justified, I either speak to the director and writing team or just let the role go."

Filming

Production on the season began in April 7, 2016, in Vancouver, once Miller and Purcell's shoot on Legends of Tomorrow had completed. Filming is scheduled to conclude in Vancouver on July 5, 2016.

Music

Composer Ramin Djawadi stated that he would definitely like to return and work on the new season of Prison Break, after learning of the news of the possible revival, to which further stated, "I literally just heard it, so it's news for me. It's very exciting because the show was such a good show but nobody has contacted me at this point." Djawadi later added, "Most likely, if my schedule allows - that show was very close to me. I loved all the people involved. I thought it was an incredible show. Absolutely."

External links

• Official website
• Prison Break at IMDb
• Prison Break at TV.com