The Prison Break reboot has reportedly been confirmed and a decision has said to have been made over the cast.
Airing from 2005 to 2017, the Golden Globe nominated series ran for five seasons and a whopping 90 episodes.
Led by Paul Scheuring, it follows the story of structural engineer Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), who devises an elaborate plan to break his falsely accused brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), out of death row.
The original Prison Break series aired from 2005 to 2017 (Fox)
Sarah Wayne Callies stars as Dr Sara Tancredi, Michael’s love interest, while Robert Knepper plays complex inmate Theodore ‘T-Bag’ Bagwell.
After four seasons, Prison Break returned in 2017 for a short revival and, up until last year, we hadn’t heard much.
Though lead actor Miller said in 2020 made it clear he wouldn’t be returning to the series.
“I’m not concerned for myself. I can’t be ‘bullied’ in this space. I have too much power. ‘Delete. Block. Deactivate.’ Etc,” he wrote on Instagram.
A Prison Break reboot has reportedly been confirmed, without Miller (Fox)
“But I take seriously the possibility of queer kids visiting here, recently out of the closet or exploring the idea… I don’t want them exposed to bulls**t.
“On a related note… I’m out. Of PB. Officially.
However, Entertainment Weekly reported last year that the reboot was officially in the works at Hulu and now Variety also has a sad update on the cast.
The outlet reports that the new storyline will ‘exist in the same universe as the original Prison Break but focus on a new crew of inmates.’
They also note that Elgin James is set to direct the new prison series, alongside producers Dawn Olmstead, original creator Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz.
Fans have mixed views of the reboot (Fox)
Though the news of a reboot has received a mixed response from fans online.
One person tweeted: “Whyyyy do we need to reboot everything? i stg reboots are always 100x more s**t.”
“How about an original thought for a new show lmao let this show be remembered as one of the greatest ever,” a second pointed out.
While a third said: “I couldn’t bring myself to watch the last season.”
“They should just make a new show. Prison Break was great so probably not a good idea to invite the comparison at this point,” someone else suggested.
“Season 1 was good, the rest was a waste of time and money. Hopefully a reboot will do better,” another penned.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens next.
This British grandma waiting on death row in Indonesia has a chilling final wish.
Lindsay Sandiford has spent an excruciating 11 years behind bars on charges of smuggling £1.6 million of cocaine into Bali from Bangkok.
The 68-year-old was found guilty back in 2012 and was set to be executed by firing squad.
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The execution was set to be carried out within months of the verdict, but a decade has passed and Sandiford still remains behind bars.
This is because executions aren’t regularly carried out in Indonesia. And given that the last one took place in 2016, Sandiford could be waiting a long while yet.
While awaiting her grim fate, the Essex gran spends most of her time knitting items in her cell. She sells these in a bid to raise legal funds.
One inmate has spoken of Sandiford’s final wish.
Heather Mack, who was serving 10 years for murdering her mother, got to know Sandiford. Mack claims that she was withdrawn and struggling with prison life.
The American killer said: “She spends all day pretty much alone in her cell and doesn’t mix so much with the other prisoners.”
According to her, Sandiford has one wish: “She has said she wants to die.”
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The grandmother apparently said: “It won’t be a hard thing for me to face anymore.
“It’s not particularly a death I would choose but then again I wouldn’t choose dying in agony from cancer either.”
As it currently stands, Sandiford is residing in Kerobokan prison, which was built in 1979 to hold 320 prisoners. In 2017, almost 1,300 people were living there, leading to a new facility being built the following year. Despite this, the issue of overcrowding persists.
At the time of her trial, Sandiford claimed that she had been forced into carrying the drugs by a gang who threatened to hurt her family. Her lawyers put forward the case that she was suffering from mental health problems.
Speaking to the court during her trial, the grandmother expressed her regret.
She said: “I would like to begin by apologising to the Republic of Indonesia and the Indonesian people for my involvement.
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“I would never have become involved in something like this but the lives of my children were in danger and I felt I had to protect them.”
Drug trafficking offences are covered in Indonesia’s Narcotics Act. Article 111 stipulates that a minimum of four to twelve years in jail should follow such an offence.
