Where is Michael? Trying to break out of a Yemen prison? After faking his own death, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) somehow ends up incarcerated in this Middle Eastern country in the Prison Break revival. Is this twist inspired by the real-life escape of 1200 inmates from the central prison in the city of Taiz in Yemen last year?
Updated May 16th with screen caps from official trailer of Yemen prison.
News image of Great Escape from Yemen Prison in 2015.
News image of real Yemen Prison.
Production has built Yemen prison sets in The Bridge Studios in Burnaby (interior and exterior) and at the former Safeway Distribution Centre (interior) in south Burnaby. Both places are private — not open to the public. We might not see Michael (Wentworth Miller) on set until he escapes.
Mario Bartel/NewsLeader image of former Safeway Distribution Centre.
Prison Break is a series about brothers — Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows — who take turns trying to break each other out of prison. It ran for four seasons on FOX – 2005 to 2009 — and is filming its 9-episode revival in metro Vancouver this Spring and early Summer. Miller and Dominic Purcell reprise their roles as brothers Michael and Lincoln. And Sarah Wayne Callies is Michael’s widow Sara Scofield since remarried and mother of their son Michael Scofield Jr.
Michael’s grave. FOX image 2009.
Linc and Sara team up with Fox River escapees — Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), C-Note (Rockmond Dunbar) and T-Bag (Robert Knepper) — to help Michael.
Earlier today, Prison Break filmed in New Westminster including on the steps of City Hall.
The Prison Break revival started filming April 7th in metro Vancouver and is expected to wrap July 9th (dates subject to change), according to the Directors Guild of Canada – BC Production List.