The streaming platform Netflix is betting on including in its catalog television series that were very successful years ago and have become classics for viewers. If in July we discover that the episodes of Lost They were going to be available to watch on Netflix and users had been enjoying those for a long time. Mad MenNow the streaming platform surprises with the announcement that The prison series returns to its catalog Prison Break which was there until 2022. The classic series will premiere on Netflix on September 4 and has been available in the United States since July 29. A new opportunity for fans of this series to enjoy again its 5 seasons and 89 episodes in which the story of brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrow is told.
The series Prison Break was created by Paul Scheuring and first premiered in August 2005. In Spain, this series premiered on September 21, 2006 on laSexta and at that time It has already become a hit with the public.The protagonists are brothers Michael Scofield, played by actor Wentworth Miller, and Lincoln Burrows by actor Dominic Purcell. Michael is a brilliant structural engineer who designs a complex plan to free his brother Lincoln, unjustly sentenced to death and imprisoned in Fox River Prison.
What’s happening in the series Prison Break?
When does the series start? Lincoln Burrows is accused of committing a crime to which he pleads innocent: assassinate Terrence Steadman, the brother of the Vice President of the United States. Lincoln is sentenced to death and sent to Fox River State Penitentiary, to serve his sentence until the day of his execution. But his younger brother, Michael Scofield, is convinced of his innocence and hatches a plan to escape from prison.
Michael Scofield creates a careful plan to enter the prison where his brother is and try to escape with him. To get caught, he robs a bank at gunpoint and gets himself imprisoned in Fox River. Inside the prison, he will have to try to survive and reunite with other prisoners in order to escape with his brother before his execution date. From outside the prison, lawyer Veronica Donovan, a childhood friend of the brothers, tries to make the plot that put Lincoln in prison possible, but secret agents from an organization known as the Society do everything they can to hinder Veronica’s work.
The series Prison Break surprised all the spectators with its unexpected twists and incredible action scenes. A suspense and action fiction in which the tension was maintained from the first episode and whose ending also became one of the most anticipated in the history of television.
As we have already mentioned Actors Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell brought the two main brothers to life.. Additionally, the cast of this classic series included actor Michael Scofield as Wentworth Miller, actress Sarah Wayne Callies as Sara Tancredi.
The Future of the Universe Prison Break
The series Prison Break was cancelled in 2009, but due to its great success and the large number of fans who demanded a new installment, eventually A fifth and final season premiered in 2017.In 2010, the video game based on the series Prison Break: The Conspiracy was released and it was recently announced that the Prison Break universe would expand with a reboot announced by Hulu in 2023. This new project will focus on new characters within the same universe as Michael and Lincoln and promises to explore new stories and challenges.
From what is emerging, Paul Scheuring will not be the showrunner of this reboot, but rather Elgin James will be responsible for this new opus. Executive producer Marty Adelstein confirmed to Deadline that the first script is “really, really well done” and that writing is still underway for the reboot. Adelstein explained, “It’s coming along really well. The first script is really, really well done. “They’ve given notes and it seems like it’s on track.”
Although no plot details have been revealed or when filming will begin, what is clear is that the project continue and soon his followers will be able to enjoy this new fiction. For now, they will have to be content to watch all the episodes of the classic series on Netflix or Disney+ Prison Break.
