Fox bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman officially confirmed they’re developing a “Prison Break” event series that will feature both Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller.
“I would describe it as a bit of a sequel, it picks up the characters several years after we left them in the last season of the show,” Fox Chairman and CEO Walden told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour. “The brothers will be back. Some of the iconic characters from that show will be back. It definitely will address some questions that were set up at the end of the series and for a new audience… It’ll start after where we left the Scofields in the final season.”
Interesting to note is that *SPOILERS* Wentworth Miller’s Michael Scofield died in the direct-to-video follow-up “The Final Break”, so how will they bring his character back? Fox Chairman and CEO Newman answers that question as well:
“I don’t think he’s going to completely ignore what happened in that episode, but what he pitched to us was a very logical and believable explanation in the world of Prison Break for why are character’s alive and still moving around the world.”
Walden also went on to add:
“Paul was not a part of the final seasons of Prison Break. He had some other ideas about where these characters were headed, but it will connect to that episode. He’s not going to disregard it. You will get a satisfying answer to why these characters are still alive.”
Fair enough…but will the new event series actually feature a prison break? Walden was hesitant to offer up actual spoilers, but noted, “It’s just the title,” she said.
More as it becomes available
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