"Prison Break" Reboot Pilot Adds Emily Browning to Cast

The “Prison Break” reboot pilot at Hulu has added three series regulars.

Emily Browning, Lukas Gage, and Drake Rodger have all been cast in leading roles in the pilot, which was originally announced in December. 

The pilot is set in the same world as the original “Prison Break” but will tell a new story with new characters. The exact plot details are being kept locked up.

Browning stars as Cassidy Collins, described as “an ex-soldier turned corrections officer takes a job at one of the deadliest prisons in America.” Gage will play Jackson in the pilot, said to be “a politician from a well-to-do background in his first congressional campaign.” And Rodger will play Tommy, “an inmate at one of the deadliest prisons in America, incarcerated ten years ago.”

Browning has recently starred in shows like “Class of ’07” at FX, “The Affair” at Showtime, and “American Gods” at Starz. 

The movie  “One More Shot,” in which she stars, recently premiered at SXSW. Her other movie roles include “Legend,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Sucker Punch,” and “Shangri-La Suite.”

Gage has broken out in recent years with roles in the HBO shows “The White Lotus” and “Euphoria,” while he has also starred in “You” Season 4, “Dead Boy Detectives,” and “Fargo” Season 5. In movies, he is known for “Companion,” “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” “Smile 2,” and “Road House.”

Rodger recently starred in the “Supernatural” prequel series “The Winchesters” at The CW and appeared in multiple episodes of the hit Paramount+ series “Landman.” He has also been in movies such as “Murder RX,” “Not Alone,” and “Mantra.”

Elgin James is writing and executive producing the reboot pilot, with Dawn Olmstead, “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz also executive producing. 20th Television, which produced the original series, is the studio.