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[chadskin]

Five months after getting a pilot script order, Fox’s Prison Break revival has been officially ordered to series — and the cast is starting to be fleshed out.

Both Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell have signed on to reprise their lead roles, as brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows, while TVLine hears that talks thus far are underway with both Sarah Wayne Callies (now starring on USA Network’s Colony) and Robert Knepper, to return as Sara and T-Bag.

Miller and Purcell currently co-star on The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, which the actors said earlier this week will dictate their window of availability for the Prison Break revival, which is tentatively set to start filming this spring. Originally eyed as a 10-episode event series, the exact length is now TBD.

Walden said that Fox’s Prison Break continuation will “address” the events of the straight-to-DVD epilogue, The Final Break, in which a major character met his demise. Noting how many times the characters have broken out of prison, “It’s not a documentary!” she laughed.

The Fox drama’s original producing team, including series creator Paul T. Scheuring, Neal Moritz, Marty Adelstein and Dawn Olmstead, will executive-produce the new series, with Scheuring serving as showrunner.

http://tvline.com/2016/01/15/prison-break-revival-fox-michael-lincoln-sara-t-bag/

 

[Dragon]

Does Fox just have nothing else that could possibly work? Seems crazy to being back 24 and this when they haven't been off the air that long.

 

[Bleepey]

Sure. Season 3 was all sorts of stupid and the company stuff was dumb but fuck it I am down.

 

[xxracerxx]

Fox is really just scrapping the bottom of the barrel for ideas now.

When is the House revival coming?

 

[chadskin]

I'd like a The O.C. revival next, please.

 

[ryan299]

I loved the show, for the most part, but I'm not sure about this coming back. I rather see 24 return again.

 

[mf.luder]

Insert gif of homer dressed as krusty beating the kid please.

 

[Sojgat]

 

[BronsonLee]

This revival will either freeze
OR BURN

 

[VoxPop]

Loved it up until the end of season 2. Not sure what they're aiming for this revival. Never got to watch "The Final Break" either cause it came out by the time I stopped caring. Is it worth going back to?

 

[Dragon]

I'd like a The O.C. revival next, please.

Have a Gotham tie in while you're at it.

 

[Magwik]

This revival will either freeze
OR BURN

 

[strafer]

I'd like a The O.C. revival next, please.

Airwolf.

 

[shadowkat]

Why? And isn't Michael dead???

 

[captive]

I loved the show, for the most part, but I'm not sure about this coming back. I rather see 24 return again.

it already is.

 

[The Illiterati]

I'm pretty sure Michael Scoville was dead in the last episode, or was that a twist I forgot?

 

[Loudninja]

Good hopefully they can fixed the issues with the last seasons.

 

[darkinstinct]

The series could work - with new characters and a new prison to break out of for each season. The way they handled it was just weird.

 

[Ashhong]

I'd like a The O.C. revival next, please.

No please, that ended pretty perfectly. Don't ruin it!

I loved the show, for the most part, but I'm not sure about this coming back. I rather see 24 return again.

Why not both? Season 1 of Prison Break was amazing.

I'm pretty sure Michael Scoville was dead in the last episode, or was that a twist I forgot?

Says it takes place before the DVD movie.

 

[HolySheep]

edit: nvm

 

[Liquidsnake]

I'd like a The O.C. revival next, please.

Lol.

 

[ghostjoke]

Fox's handling of their old star series is bizarre, so I'm not holding out hope of it being good.

 

[icespide]

M.A.N.T.I.S. revival. fox pls

 

[JohnsonUT]

Says it takes place before the DVD movie.

Just a terrible idea.

 

[vinnygambini]

Will it feature chubby Miller or slim Miller?

 

[g0tm1lk]

When's firefly revival?

 

[Angry Grimace]

they already broke out of the prison

When's firefly revival?

didn't everyone die in the movie

 

[Kyoufu]

why

no really

why

 

[Vlad]

I'm pretty sure Michael Scoville was dead in the last episode, or was that a twist I forgot?

Well, like the OP says, it takes place before the post-season movie that they did, which takes place kind of before the last scene of the actual series.

For a more specific refresher (Prison Break ending spoilers, of course):

Spoiler

Ok, it's been a while, so I might be a tad off on the specifics, but here's how I remember it: The last episode of the series had them all in the clear, but Michael ended up with a nosebleed, signifying that his brain cancer had come back. The series then flash-forwards to a few years later (long enough for Michael and Sara's kid to have aged to around 5 or so, I think. I seem to recall a little girl in the epilogue). Sara, Lincoln, and Mahone all meet at Michael's grave to pay their respects. The series leaves the actual circumstances of his death unclear.

The movie takes place before the epilogue, so Michael's still alive. For some reason, Sara is arrested and the remnants of the bad guys are planning on killing her in prison, so Michael hatches a plan to break her out. During the course of the escape, Michael kills himself so that everybody else can get out. If I remember correctly, he had to electrocute himself so that some crucial part of the prison's systems wouldn't work.

 

[fantomena]

Lost revival next.

New island, new adventures.

 

[Maddocks]

Good Fox, now bring back House for 10 more episodes of him 6 years after Wilson passed. See how far his life has descended into chaos

 

[Exploratory]

This is pathetic. 24 & Prison Break?

I mean I hope they're good. But still creatively its kinda sad...

 

[winjet81]

Heroes revival revival, please.

 

[The Elite]

Has FOX released a statement regarding original ideas?

Can I get Strange Luck, VR5 and The Adventures of County Brisco Jr. to lead into The X-Files?

 

[ryan299]

Is there even anytime between seasons for them to fit a new story in? From what I remember everything seems to take place in a short time period.

Fichtner better come back.

 

[mreddie]

 

[Halcyon]

I love the first season. *Shrug*

 

[Sapiens]

If T-Bag is there, I'm there.

 

[Kinyou]

I love the first season. *Shrug*

I think the first season is pretty fantastic. It's everything that came afterwards that was pretty much unneeded.

 

[The Illiterati]

Good Fox, now bring back House for 10 more episodes of him 6 years after Wilson passed. See how far his life has descended into chaos

And WIlson is back from the dead. If Sara can survive being beheaded and Michael can survive brain tumor/electrocution, WIlson is gonna be fine.

 

[Kyoufu]

I love the first season. *Shrug*

That was the only great season. Season two was OK, but then it got reeeeeeeal bad after that.

 

[metsallica]

This show was terrible, where's Season 10 of 24? And don't tell me they're still going ahead without Kiefer. GIVE THAT MAN HIS MONEY. Enough.

 

[Jazzy Network]

Funny cause I just started researching season 1 again last night.

 

[Future PhaZe]

teabag?

teabag

 

[Struct09]

Season 1 and 2 were great. Make it like those and I'll be happy.

 

[Bleepey]

Good Fox, now bring back House for 10 more episodes of him 6 years after

Spoiler

Wilson

passed. See how far his life has descended into chaos

Do spoilers mean nothing to you? I could understand it in a House thread but this is about PB? I am not even a fan of House but someone else might be watching it.

 

[Averon]

Is Prison Break a concept that can really go the distance? The whole point of the show is to see how our characters break out of prison, but once they do, that's it. Unless the writers find reasons to delay the prison break, with each reason being more nonsensical than the last.

 

[chadskin]

Have a Gotham tie in while you're at it.

Gotham, here we coooooomeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

No please, that ended pretty perfectly. Don't ruin it!.

It did! But

Spoiler

with the flash forwards at the end of the finale they set a potential revival up nicely I think, I'd definitely be curious to see where they are at now.

 

[BronsonLee]

didn't everyone die in the movie

No, Whedon isn't that much of a shit

 

[Gig]

Is Prison Break a concept that can really go the distance? The whole point of the show is to see how our characters break out of prison but once they do, that's it. Unless the writes find reason to delay the prison break, with each reason being more nonsensical than the last.

That was the problem with the original series, once they got out of prison the series got crazy and stupid and then more crazy.