Reboot of 20-year-old show will be set in same universe as original series that debuted on Fox

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Prison Break

Hulu has greenlit a reboot of 20-year-old drama Prison Break and picked up rights to a Spanish psychological thriller originally ordered by Netflix.

The move for a new version of Prison Break - set in the same universe as the Fox original but with different characters - comes nine months after the Disney-owned streamer ordered a pilot from 20th Television.

The US studio was behind the original series that debuted in 2005, while the updated version has Elgin James attached as writer, showrunner and exec producer, alongside creator Paul Scheuring.

Marty Adelstein, Neal Moritz and Dawn Olmstead are also exec producing, with all three having previously worked on the original show.

The show will follow a woman who becomes a prison officer to help someone she loves, and comes after the original series - which ran across four seasons - rose to the top of Nielsen’s US streaming charts in August 2024. It is available Stateside on Hulu.

The reboot stars Emily Browning as Cassidy, Drake Rodger as Tommy, Lukas Gage as Jackson, Clayton Cardenas as Michael (aka Ghost), JR Bourne as Junior, Georgie Flores as Andrea, and Myles Bullock as Darius (aka Red).

Innate decision

Hulu is also expanding its Spanish-language scripted offering with an exclusive US streaming deal for Dynamic Television’s psychological thriller Innate.

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Innate

The series was created by Fran Carballal (Cicatriz) and Enrique Lojo (En Fin), with production by ITV Studios-owned Plano a Plano Bilbao.

Dynamic Television is worldwide distribution partner for the series, which was commissioned by Netflix Spain. The 8 x 45-minute show is expected to premiere on Hulu later this year.

It was directed by Lino Escalera (Élite) and Inma Torrente (Valeria), and stars Elena Anaya (La Piel que Habito) and Imanol Arias (Cuéntame cómo pasó). Executive producers include César Benítez, Emilio Amaré, Álvaro Benítez, Daniel March and Carrie Stein.

Innate follows the story of a female psychologist whose life is thrown into turmoil when her father - a serial killer - is released from prison.