Prison Break Revival Cast, Trailers, Release Date, And More

Editor’s note: This article is our news hub for Fox’s Prison Break revival. All the latest news will be placed near the top. 

Perhaps no show to return during television's revival era is as binge-worthy as Prison Break. With the series getting a second life thanks to new fans who are finding the series on streaming services, Fox decided to bring Prison Break back for an event series. We're following the production of the show here, so stick with us for updates as we have them. 

Prison Break First Look

"Prison Break is back, and we're planning our biggest escape," says Dominic Purcell in the first behind-the-scenes look at Prison Break's revival. We don't take that hype lightly considering what the series managed to accomplish over just four now highly binge-worthy seasons. 

Here's Fox's sneak peek on the set of Prison Break's return: 

Prison Break Revival Trailer

A new trailer for Prison Break arrived during SDCC 2016. Check it out below:

And here's the first official trailer for Prison Break:

Prison Break Revival Cast

Stars Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell are signed on to reprise their roles as Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows, respectively. The actors previously reunited forThe Flash and currently star together on The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

Joining Miller and Purcell are Augustus Prew (The Borgias) and Rick Yune (Marco Polo), who will have “major recurring roles” according to a report fromTVLine. The site also broke news of Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) signing on to play the husband of Sarah Wayne Callies’ Dr. Sara Tancredi. Callies is confirmed to return to the series as well. 

Prison Break Revival Synopsis

Wondering what's going on plot-wise in the Prison Break revival? Here's the official, lengthy synopsis straight from Fox:

PRISON BREAK is back and ready for its biggest escape yet. In the thrilling new event series PRISON BREAK, original series stars Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Paul Adelstein are reunited for an all-new adventure spanning the globe and featuring the signature thrills and cliffhangers that were hallmarks of the original series when it aired on FOX from 2005-2009.

The original action drama centered on MICHAEL SCOFIELD (Miller, “The Loft”), a young man determined to save his convicted brother, LINCOLN BURROWS (Purcell, “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”), from death row by hatching an elaborate plan to escape from prison. In the all-new event series, filmed on location in Morocco, clues surface that suggest a previously thought-to-be-dead Michael may be alive. Lincoln and SARA (Sarah Wayne Callies, “Colony,” “The Walking Dead”), Michael’s wife until he was assumed dead, reunite to engineer the series’ biggest escape ever, as three of Fox River State Penitentiary’s most notorious escapees, SUCRE (Nolasco, “Telenovela”), T-BAG (Knepper, “Heroes”) and C-NOTE (Dunbar, “The Mentalist”), are pulled back into the action.

“Prison Break” was an immediate critical and ratings hit when it premiered on FOX in the fall of 2005, garnering Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Television Series – Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Miller). The original producing team, including series creator Paul T. Scheuring, Neal Moritz, Marty Adelstein and Dawn Olmstead, will return to executive-produce the new series, with Scheuring serving as showrunner/writer. 

Prison Break Revival Premiere

Fox announced its 2016/2017 programming lineup during its upfront presentation and confirmed Prison Break's return for midseason. A premiere date is yet to be set, but we know it will take over Bones' 9:00 p.m. Thursday timeslot in early 2017.

The new season will be nine episodes, longer than the six-episode order for TheX-Files, but shorter than the 12-episode 24 limited series. 

Prison Break Revival A Go at Fox

At TCAs, Fox made a formal announcement for the return of Prison Break for an event series. There was no talk of how many episodes we're getting, but it's clear that the popularity of the show on streaming services was key in the decision to bring the drama back.

“It’s going to bring back both brothers, [played by] Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell,” Chairman and CEO Gary Newman said at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. 

Fox CEO Dana Walden said it would be sort of a sequel. "It picks up the characters several years after we left them in the last season of the show," she said. "The brothers will be back. Some of the iconic characters from that show will be back. I don’t think [exec producer] Paul [Scheuring] knows exactly where he’s going over the 10-episode arc, but it definitely will address some questions that were set up at the end of the series for a new audience.”

Fox has been keen on bringing old properties back to life for limited runs. 24: Live Another Daywas a ratings hit, as was The X-Files six-episode run. Prison Break ran four seasons from 2005 to 2009 on Fox.  It was created by Paul Scheuring, who most recently was the showrunner for the short-lived ABC series Zero Hour. Scheuring will serve as the showrunner for the revival. 

This article has been updated and restructured to reflect new information.