The new “Prison Break” series is slowly becoming a reality.
Hulu has ordered a pilot for the “Prison Break” follow-on series, with “Mayans M.C.” co-creator Elgin James attached to write, TheWrap has learned. The new series hails from 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.
The new “Prison Break” series is being considered a next chapter for the thriller show and is expected to feature a fresh cast of characters attempting a daring jailbreak. James will executive produce alongside “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring as well as “Prison Break” EPs Dawn Olmstead, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz.
The pilot order comes just over a month after the “Prison Break” series was reported to be in the works at 20th Television, which produced the first run of the show that originally premiered in 2005.
Created by Scheuring, the original series revolved around the ingenious structural engineer Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller), who masterminded an audacious plan to rescue his falsely imprisoned brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), from the clutches of justice. Lincoln had been wrongfully convicted of murdering the Vice President's brother. This thrilling drama, which aired on Fox from 2005 to 2008 and experienced a one-season revival in 2017, has found a new lease of life on Hulu, where all its episodes are now available for streaming. According to Nielsen data, "Prison Break" soared to the top spot as the most-streamed series in August in the United States and has consistently ranked within Nielsen's Top 10 most-streamed acquired series for ten weeks over the past four months. On Hulu, "Prison Break" has amassed nearly 200 million hours of streaming between January and October.
James, who served as the co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner for FX's "Mayans M.C.," and also co-created "The Outlaws," starring Christopher Walken, is represented by WME, Jamie Patricof at Hunting Lane, and Tara Kole at Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
