‘Prison Break’ Reboot Gets Hulu Pilot Order

The “Prison Break” reboot in enhugement is one step shutr to freedom, landing a pilot order from Hulu.

The novel iteration of the series, from “Mayans M.C.” co-creator and showrunner Elgin James and 20th Television, is not foreseeed to feature the characters at the caccess of the innovative jailhoengage drama, Michael Scofield (joined by Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell). Rather, it will exist in the same universe as the innovative “Prison Break” but intensify on a novel crew of inmates.

James executive produces aprolongedside Dawn Olmstead, “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz. In insertition to the “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans,” James also co-produced with Stephen Merchant the Amazon Studios/BBC One series “The Outlaws,” starring Christopher Walken.

“Prison Break” ran for five seasons on Fox and spawned a TV movie, “The Final Break,” and a low-budget spinoff, “Prison Break: Proof of Innocence,” which was exclusively useable on mobile phones. The series also inspired a video game, online webisodes, a magazine and a novel.

The innovative “Prison Break” trails Lincoln Burrows, who has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not pledge, and his brother Michael Scofield, who hatches a schedule to help Lincoln escape from prison. The show was a ratings juggernaut and picked up a Gelderlyen Globe for best television series drama for its inaugural season.

The series also starred Robin Tunney, Peter Stormare, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Allman, Wade Williams and Paul Adelstein. It was executive produced by Adelstein, Moritz, Matt Olmstead, Kevin Hooks, Dawn Paroengage and Brett Ratner.

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