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‘Prison Break’ Reboot Gets Green Light 20 Years Later

The crime drama will return with one major change.

Prison Break is set to be rebooted for a new generation 20 years after it first aired on TV. Hulu has green-lit a new version of the crime drama, according to Variety. The original Prison Break ran on Fox between 2005 and 2009, with a revival series in 2017. The premise saw two brothers in jail, with Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and his sibling Michael (Wentworth Miller) concocting a plan to help him escape and clear his name. Fans wanting to see the return of Purcell or Miller, however, will be disappointed. Hulu’s reboot will be set in the same world as the original Prison Break, but will have an entirely new cast and storyline. The cast so far includes Australian actress Emily Browning (American Horror Stories), Lukas Gage (Euphoria), Drake Rodger (Motorheads), Clayton Cardenas (American Crime), JR Bourne (Teen Wolf), Georgie Flores (Dumplin’) and Myles Bullock (BMF). The official summary for the reboot promises, “An ex-soldier turned corrections officer (Browning) takes a job at one of the deadliest prisons in America to prove just how far she’ll go for someone she loves.” There is no release date for the reboot as yet.