Prison Break writers have changed their mind about the new and upcoming spin off Prison Break: Cherry Hill.
It was going to be linked to the original ‘Prison Break’, which would have shown an introduction of a new female character that would of eventually transfer over to the new spin off. This idea has now been scrapped and instead, will show a whole new cast based in a female prison instead.
“We had trouble casting for it … then the strike happened,” said exec producer Matt Olmstead at a TCA session yesterday. “By the time we resumed the season, we decided to scrap the idea of doing it that way.”
“The new show will be more like CSI: Miami is to CSI and less a spin off, because it will be a new character altogether,” said co-executive producer Zack Estrin.
Olmstead added: “We’re in the homestretch of writing it. Then we’ll cast it, and then we’ll hopefully shoot it and get it on the air.”