New Fox Drama, Prison Break
If you're a fan of prison dramas, or a prison geek, you're probably really looking forward to the new Fox series, Prison Break. This new 24-wannabe is centered around two brothers in prison- Lincoln is on death row at the fictional Fox River State Penitentiary, falsely accused of killing the Vice President's brother, and Michael, who sticks up a bank to get placed in the same jail as his brother in order to break him out. It just so happens that Michael is a structural engineer with the prison's blueprints so it sounds like he's going to try to break Lincoln out in a similar fashion to Sean Connery breaking into Alcatraz in The Rock. Everyone knows you can practically indefinitely postpone an execution in the Appeals process but I guess that doesn't make for Must See TV.
The question on everyone's mind is- what happens when the brothers break out? Will that happen in one season? Is that the end of the series? If they stretch it out past one season (a la Lost), will we lose interest?
The two brothers are played by guys who are semi-familiar. Michael is played by Wentworth Miller ("The Human Stain") and Lincoln is played by Dominic Purcell ("John Doe," "Blade: Trinity"). I'm looking forward to seeing Peter Stormare ("Fargo," "Minority Report") as John Abruzzi, as an imprisoned former mob boss, Robin Tunney who plays Veronica, Michael's defense attorney/friend, and Stacy Keach ("Titus," "Mike Hammer") , who plays the warden. But for prison geeks, the real star is Joliet Correctional Center, closed in 2002, which stars as the prison.
Action guy Brett Ratner directed the two-hour pilot which airs Monday, August 29th at 8/10 PM Eastern/Pacific time. Afterwards, it will air on Mondays at 9 PM.
The question on everyone's mind is- what happens when the brothers break out? Will that happen in one season? Is that the end of the series? If they stretch it out past one season (a la Lost), will we lose interest?
The two brothers are played by guys who are semi-familiar. Michael is played by Wentworth Miller ("The Human Stain") and Lincoln is played by Dominic Purcell ("John Doe," "Blade: Trinity"). I'm looking forward to seeing Peter Stormare ("Fargo," "Minority Report") as John Abruzzi, as an imprisoned former mob boss, Robin Tunney who plays Veronica, Michael's defense attorney/friend, and Stacy Keach ("Titus," "Mike Hammer") , who plays the warden. But for prison geeks, the real star is Joliet Correctional Center, closed in 2002, which stars as the prison.
Action guy Brett Ratner directed the two-hour pilot which airs Monday, August 29th at 8/10 PM Eastern/Pacific time. Afterwards, it will air on Mondays at 9 PM.
posted by Danielle at 1:16 PM
