EXCLUSIVE: Hulu and 20th Television‘s Prison Break pilot has cast Clayton Cardenas (Mayans M.C., Mayor of Kingstown), JR Bourne (Mayans M.C., Teenwolf), Georgie Flores (Dumplin, Into The Dark) and Myles Bullock (BMF, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist) as series regulars.
The project reunites Cardenas and Bourne with Mayans M.C. co-creator Elgin James, who is leading the efforts on the Prison Break pilot as writer and executive producer. Bourne also starred in James’ feature debut in the indie drama Little Birds (2011).
They join series leads Emily Browning, Lukas Gage and Drake Rodger.
As we previously reported, James’ version will be its own thing and set within the same universe as the original FOX series of the same name from Paul Scheuring. This new project is not expected to involve the characters at the center of the OG project, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), and Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell). The spinoff project was first revealed to be in development in late 2023 and was picked up to pilot in December.
Cardenas will portray ‘Ghost,’ a ruthlessly dangerous inmate at one of the deadliest prisons in America.
Bullock will play “Darius ‘Red’ Lewis,” an inmate at one of the deadliest prisons in America.
Flores will play ‘Andrea,’ one of the female cadets training to be a Corrections Officer at one of the deadliest prisons in America.
Bourne will play ‘Junior,’ a mentally unstable lone survivor of a decades-old prison break that devastated the town.
The original Prison Break, which debuted in 2005, followed Michael Scofield (Miller), a young man determined to prove his convicted brother Lincoln Burrows’ (Purcell) innocence and save him from death row by hatching an elaborate plan to escape prison. The series aired on FOX for four seasons, followed by a made-for-TV film titled The Final Break which aired 12 days after the Season 4 finale in 2009 to wrap things up. A 2015 Prison Break sequel limited series starring Miller and Purcell, also on Fox, served as a fifth season. The series Prison was the No. 1 most streamed series in the U.S. in August 2024, according to Nielsen. All episodes of the crime drama are available to stream on Hulu.
James is executive producing under his Sierra Drive production banner alongside four executive producers from the original series, Dawn Olmstead, who has been working closely with him throughout the development process, Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz.
Bullock is best known for his performances in Starz’s BMF and the 20th Century Studios remake of White Men Can’t Jump on Hulu. His most recent project, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, revealed a standout performance by Bullock in the role of ‘Willie Black,’ a key player in the heist at the center of the limited series. His TV credits also include FX’s Dave, Marvel’s Runaways for Hulu, Criminal Minds, and CBS’ S.W.A.T. Bullock is repped by Independent Artist Group and Liberman-Zerman Management.
Cardenas is currently in production on the upcoming fourth season of Mayor of Kingstown for Paramount +, produced by Taylor Sheridan, where he portrays ‘Anthony Torres.’ He is best known for his lead role of ‘Angel Reyes’ on FX’s Mayans MC which aired on FX for multiple seasons. He then joined the cast of The Abandons for Netflix and just wrapped the first season. He has also been active in the Los Angeles theater scene, most recently producing and starring in a reading of Jesus Hopped the A Train in the role of ‘Lucius.’ He is repped by The Rosenzweig Group.
Flores starred in the HBO Max’s pilot More, written by Amy Chozick. She starred in the Blumhouse/Hulu anthology series Into The Dark and shot one of the leads of the Amazon pilot Untitled for Catalina Mastretta, opposite Lorenza Izzo. She was also seen starring in the hit Netflix feature Dumplin, opposite Danielle MacDonald and Jennifer Aniston, directed by Anne Fletcher. Before, she starred as one of the leads opposite Bella Thorne in Freeform’s series Famous In Love. She is repped by Innovative Artists, Management 360, and Lev Ginsberg.
Bourne
is repped by McKuin Frankel Whitehead, LLP.
