Fox confirms new Prison Break season is coming soon with the original stars

I have a good guess about what will be a breakout success in the coming months for Fox! After months of speculation, executive Gary Newman confirmed today that a new Prison Break season is coming soon.

“[Series creator] Paul Scheuring came in and pitched a great story to bring the show back,” he said at the 2015 Summer TCA press tour, E! News reports. “It’s going to bring back both brothers, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, and Paul is busy writing the first episode. And once we have those written materials, I feel confident we’re going to be going straight to series on that one.”

Gary explained that the new episodes will resume where the popular series ended in 2009–and not following the straight-to-DVD movie. (That’s no big surprise, considering Wentworth is returning as Michael Scofield.)

“It picks up the characters several years after we left them in the last season of the show. The brothers will be back. Some of the iconic characters from that show will be back,” Gary explained. “Not sure Paul knows exactly where he’s going over the 10 episode arc, but will definitely address some questions that were set up at the end of the series.”

Although Wentworth and Dominic (Lincoln Burrows) have been confirmed for the revival, Gary didn’t explicitly say which of the other stars will appear.

“I wouldn’t want to give away too much of what Paul has planned but he had a very detailed, incredible story for why these characters become relevant again and why to bring them back,” Gary said. “It’s going to be very exciting.”

Development is still in the early stages, so 2016 is the earliest we could see Prison Break back on TV.