Fox Has No Current Plans For More ‘Prison Break’ Or ‘24’ [TCA 2019]
Foxhas had success reviving some of its classic shows likeThe X-Files,24andPrison Break. 24: Live Another Dayreturned with Kiefer Sutherland and then24: Legacyintroduced a new cast. The originalPrison Breakcast returned for a revival as well. Ever since, Fox Television Critics Association executive sessions were filled with promises of new development on24andPrison Break. But that was before Disney bought Fox.In February, Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said the24spinoffs Fox was previously developingwere on the backburneras New Fox established itself. In today’s executive session, Collier confirmedPrison Breakwas not currently in development, despite the success of its 2017 revival series.“There’s no plan right now to revivePrison Breakor 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,” Collier said.Collier’s not going to say this publicly, but the fact is that no executive is going to move forward on the previous regime’s projects, especially when the previous regime has migrated to a different studio. AnythingPrison Breakcreator Paul Scheuring was pitching will have to be revamped, if revived at all. The same goes for the24spinoffs, including a legal drama incarnation, that creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran were creating.Fox’s rebootBH: 90210, in which the original cast ofBeverly Hills 90210play fictionalized versions of themselves, premieres tonight. So Fox isn’t ruling out reboots.“Prison Break, 24, O.C., before this90210,we happen to have some iconic IP that people want to see more of,” Collier said. “It’s such a blessing but the right way to do it I think is very much like the way 90210 came together, with the right people at the right time, the right people on both sides of the camera.“Collier brought upThe O.C.himself, but that’s not news either.“Not yet onO.C.but I look at it and I think all the shows we all grew up with on Fox are just amazing pieces of our legacy,” Collier said. “So I take our legacy and the history very seriously. When we do get questions from the writers or the talent, the first thing I say is, ‘Please come in.'”
