20th Television and Hulu's "Prison Break" Spinoff Adds Emily Browning, Lukas Gage, and Drake Rodger
The 2005 FOX series had a massive resurgence of viewers after going viral on social media.
Hulu and 20th Television’s Prison Break reboot has added Emily Browning, Lukas Gage, and Drake Rodger as series regulars to their upcoming pilot.
Casting News:
- Deadline is reporting that the upcoming reboot of Prison Break has added Emily Browning, Lukas Gage, and Drake Rodger as series regulars.
- The reboot comes from Elgin James and 20th Television after the series had a resurgence on TikTok, with Hulu ordering the pilot.
- An original story set inside the same universe as the FOX hit series from Paul Scheuring, and isn’t expected to involve Wentworth Miller or Dominic Purcell reprising their roles as Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows.
- The spinoff project went into development in 2023, with Hulu picking up the pilot in December.
- While plot information is scarce, we do have information about the characters audiences will meet in the new Prison Break.
- Browning is set to portray Cassidy Collins, an ex-soldier who took a job as a corrections officer at one of America’s deadliest prisons.
- Gage is taking on the role of Jackson, a well-to-do politician in the midst of his first congressional campaign.
- Rodger will be playing Tommy, a ten year inmate and one of America’s deadliest prisons.
- While the original series ended back with the 2009 TV movie The Final Break, Prison Break saw a massive resurgence in streaming due to many clips of the series going viral on social media. In August of 2024, the 2005 series was the most streamed series in the US.
- James is executive producing the series alongside OG series executive producers Dawn Olmstead, Paul Scehuring, Mary Adelstein and Neal Moritz.
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