Fox To Bring Back "Prison Break" With Michael Scofield Back In The Series

Fox to bring back Michael Scofield by real name Wentworth Miller in the upcoming prison break series...

Via EW :

Fox bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman finally (and officially) confirmed they're developing a Prison Break event series that will feature both Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller — despite the latter's ultimate fate on the original show.

"I would describe it as a bit of a sequel, it picks up the characters several years after we left them in the last season of the show," Fox Chairman and CEO Walden told reporters at the Television Critics Association's semi-annual press tour. "The brothers will be back. Some of the iconic characters from that show will be back. It definitely will address some questions that were set up at the end of the series and for a new audience… It'll start after where we left the Scofields in the final season."

Now the big question remains what that means for Michael Scofield (Miller), who died in the direct-to-video follow-up The Final Break. Though fellow Fox Chairman and CEO Newman initially said writer and original series creator Paul Scheuring would ignore the events of The Final Break, Walden backtracked. "I don't think he's going to completely ignore what happened in that episode, but what he pitched to us was a very logical and believable explanation in the world of Prison Break for why are character's alive and still moving around the world."

"Paul was not a part of the final seasons of Prison Break," Walden later added. "He had some other ideas about where these characters were headed, but it will connect to that episode. He's not going to disregard it. You will get a satisfying answer to why these characters are still alive."

Walden also added that both Fox and Scheuring are very cognizant of the strong fan reaction when the show brought Sarah Wayne Callies back to life after featuring her decapitated head in a box. "For Paul, this is an opportunity to tell a story about these characters that he created," Walden said. "I would say to those fans that this is the pure vision of the creator of the show and it's going to take a detour a little bit from where we left off, but it should feel very satisfying and eventized. I think that fans will be excited about seeing these characters back together again. I'm very excited about T-Bag [Robert Knepper]."

Whether the event series would actual feature a prison break, however, remains to be seen. Walden was hesitant to offer up actual spoilers, but noted, "It's just the title," she said.

The Prison Break event series is only in development stages, but Newman and Walden had every faith it would go straight to series once Scheuring finished mapping out the 10-episode arcs. For their part, Miller and Purcell are currently teamed up once again on The Flash and its spin-off DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which debuts midseason on The CW.