Where to watch Prison Break (2005–2017)

Trivia & production notes

• Producer Dawn Parouse pitched the core concept of a man deliberately imprisoned to help someone escape, which creator Paul Scheuring then developed into the wrongfully accused brother storyline.
• Fox initially rejected Prison Break in 2003, concerned about its long-term viability as a television series, and other networks also passed on it as a potential film project.
• The show was briefly considered as a 14-part miniseries that interested Steven Spielberg before he left due to his commitment to War of the Worlds.
• Fox greenlighted Prison Break in 2004 following the success of serialized shows like 24 and Lost.
• The fictional Fox River State Penitentiary was filmed at Joliet Prison in Illinois, which closed in 2002 and had a cell allegedly once occupied by serial killer John Wayne Gacy that at least one crew member refused to enter.
• Prison Break's production spent $2 million per episode in Illinois during the first season, totaling $24 million in 2005.
• For season two, filming relocated to Dallas, Texas in 2006, with the production expected to spend over $50 million in the state.
• Each episode of the Pensacola, Florida-filmed final episodes of season two took eight days to shoot and contributed approximately $1.4 million to the local economy.
• Michael Scofield's tattoo, designed by Tom Berg and created by Tinsley Transfers, took around five hours to apply to Wentworth Miller's body.
• Composer Ramin Djawadi created the Prison Break theme and score, and he collaborated with Ferry Corsten on a remix version called the Ferry Corsten Breakout Mix released by Fox Music in 2006.

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