Prison Break Season 6 New Episodes, Potential Release Date

Prison Break spoilers ahead.

Never knowingly un-ridiculous, the revived FOX series wrapped its fifth season with totally outrageous finale, 'Behind the Eyes', in May 2017 – complete with two extreme plot twists and a happy ending for Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller).

But then, less than a year later, it was confirmed that a "new iteration" was in the works.

So what happened to Prison Break season six and will it ever see the light of day?

Here's what we know.

Prison Break season 6: Is it happening?

In January 2018, FOX officially confirmed that it was "developing a new iteration" of Prison Break. "It's in very early stages of development," said entertainment president Michael Thorn. "But we're really excited about it."

Miller himself also expressed an interest in revisiting his character under the right circumstances: "There's always room for more, in my mind. As long as it's a story that's worth telling, as long as it feels justified and cool and edgy.

"It has to be something that's not going to let the fans down, that's going to satisfy and surprise. I'm open to the conversation."

However, after the initial excitement for the reboot – sorry, 'reiteration' – faded, things started heading into trouble almost immediately.

Series creator Paul Scheuring left the project, and said that despite "desire... from fans... and some of the actors", he "couldn't tell you another story about this group of people".

"Maybe somebody else can," he added. "Or by accident I'll somehow, possibly, dream up another prison escape that's new and fresh, but I would bet against it."

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The new version of the series was championed initially by FOX CEO Dana Walden, however his successor seemed far less keen.

Following the network's merger with Disney in February 2019, the newly-appointed Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said: "There's no plan right now to revive Prison Break or any of the other franchises, but when the creators come with a story that they think is the right time to tell, we are so ready to listen because those are some franchises of which I'm so proud and feel so fortunate that they're in our stable.

By August 2019, it seems that plans had fully stalled, with the Prison Break writers' room sharing a statement that read: "Nothing is ever dead (remember when Sara was decapitated?), but for now, the elusive season six is not on the cards."

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But in 2020, actor Dominic Purcell (who plays Lincoln on the series) spoke out on his hopes for a sixth season, explaining how the coronavirus pandemic opened a "steely resolve" in him to get it made.

"We are all in agreement that if the story is worthy it will get made," he said.

"I'm very optimistic with #socialdistancing and a fierce adherence to expert opinion on how to beat this catastrophic unprecedented event, we all as one will be victorious over #coronavirus – corporations such as #netflix are desperate for content," he continued.

Purcell followed up with another Instagram update (since deleted) that added more fuel to the Prison Break fire: "Will season pb 6 happen. Yes....."

Prison Break season 6 cast: Who will star?

"If the right storyline comes along, I am sure the gang would be back to do it again," said Vaun Wilmott, implying that any main character still breathing at the end of the latest mini-series could be back.

We know now that it's highly unlikely we'll be seeing Miller again, but there are still plenty of other favourites who are a possibility, including:

• Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows)• Rockmond Dunbar (C-Note)• Robert Knepper (T-Bag)• Amaury Nolasco (Sucre)• Inbar Lavi (Sheba)

Sarah Wayne Callies could also return as Sara Tancredi-Scofield.

Mike Jr would be part of any future iteration, while the recurring character Ja (Rick Yune) is also a possibility.

Series original Kellerman (Paul Adelstein) was spectacularly killed off in the latest episodes, but that hasn't stopped Adelstein from hinting that the hitman-turned-politician could still resurface in season six.

"I don't see it as his swan song," he said. "I mean, it's Prison Break. In all seriousness, how can you ever really know if you should believe what you see?"

He's not wrong – after all, both Michael and Sara have now successfully come back from the dead, so anything's possible.

But that also means any character could go at any moment.

One major character missing from the revival was ex-FBI special agent Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner), but could he have a part to play next season?

"Paul loves Bill Fichtner and I love Bill Fichtner," Robert Knepper said at 2016's San Diego Comic-Con. "He's a brilliant actor – but Paul honestly said to me, 'I don't know what to do with that character'.

"He didn't want to just bring everybody back, so that the audience go, 'Oh, look, it's Bill Fichtner again!' – he honestly thought, 'I'm not sure where to do that in the plot,' so if someday there's another chapter of this, maybe then Bill will be back."

Scheuring himself later tweeted that there was "somewhere between [a] 50-150 percent chance" that Mahone will be back for season six... so fingers crossed!

Scheuring couldn't find much room for fan-favourite character Fernando Sucre in the revival either – he played a major role in just one of the nine episodes. But that could also change next time round.

"All characters had to be organically within the series and he didn't really have a role other than being the sidekick running around in Yemen, which he really didn't have a skill set for," the writer explained.

"So I wish there could've been more Sucre. It would have been creatively disingenuous to include him more than that, but if there's another season, maybe there's way more Sucre."

Sounds good to us, Papi.

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