Overview
- Elgin James will serve as showrunner, executive producer, writer and pilot director on the Hulu-ordered series.
- The official logline follows an ex-soldier turned corrections officer who takes a job at one of the deadliest U.S. prisons to help someone she loves.
- Emily Browning leads as Cassidy, alongside series regulars Drake Rodger, Lukas Gage, Clayton Cardenas, JR Bourne, Georgie Flores and Myles Bullock.
- Set in the same universe as the Fox original, the new series is not expected to feature Michael Scofield or Lincoln Burrows, with Paul Scheuring, Dawn Olmstead, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz returning as executive producers via 20th Television.
- The pilot filmed in West Virginia in June 2025; guest stars include Margo Martindale, Ray McKinnon, Donal Logue and Lili Taylor; distribution is planned for Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally; no premiere date is set, following a streaming resurgence that saw the original rank No. 1 in August per Nielsen.