A pilot was ordered in August 2015 and the series was greenlit in January 2016. New cast additions include Mark Feuerstein, Inbar Lavi, Augustus Prew, Marina Benedict, Rick Yune and Steve Mouzakis. Wentworth Miller stars as Michael Scofield and Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows, while Amaury Nolasco, Paul Adelstein, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Sarah Wayne Callies also return from the original series.
McCormick also serves as director. The season premiered on April 4, 2017, and airs on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm. The first trailer of the series was released on May 16, 2016. Moritz and Dawn Olmstead, Vaun Wilmott, Michael Horowitz and Nelson McCormick serving as executive producers. Paul Scheuring serves as showrunner, with himself, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. The season is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Adelstein/Parouse Productions and Original Film. The fifth season of Prison Break (also known as Prison Break: Resurrection) is a limited event television series and the continuation of the original series created by Paul Scheuring that aired on Fox from 2005 to 2009.