Prison Break

Dont forget to see your clocks (or TiVo) for 8:00pm EST on Fox cuz tonight is the night we have been waiting for all summer. It is the new season of Prison Break. I am so excited to tell you all about it tomorrow.

Deana

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Robert Wisdom join Fox’s jailbird series next season.

Prison Break’s Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are coming back for another year on the lam and under the microscope of a secret organization, but they won’t be alone.

Two new cast members of the Fox drama were announced today and will join the show as regulars for its third season. Robert Wisdom and Jodi Lyn O’Keefe join Wentworth Miller (Michael) and Dominic Purcell (Lincoln), says The Hollywood Reporter, but will both play very different roles.

Wisdom will star as the jailed Panamanian drug lord Luchero, who happens to run the inmates in the Central American joint where much of the upcoming season takes place. The actor’s previous credits include Howard “Bunny” Colvin on The Wire, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Ray.

O’Keefe will play Betty Crocker, an agent for the secret government organization, the Company. The fetching 28-year old brunette has a host of television credits, including appearances on Criminal Minds, Two and a Half Men, and Nash Bridges, in which she played the titular detective’s daughter.

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Yes I know it is July but that just means that the PB opening episode is just 2 months away. The new season is slated to start on Monday September 17th from 8-9pm EST on Fox. I think it will be one of the best seasons yet.

Doesnt it seem like it is taking forever for PB to start again? It is going to be a LONG summer. In comments made to Variety magazine, Executive producer Paul Scheuring said that Prison Break season three would have an ‘international’ plot line. This is an interesting choice of words since early rumors pointed to the action taking place primarily in Panama. Of course, this could be Scheuring’s way of merely avoiding validating the Panama rumors, but it could also mean that the action could move even further South of the border.

In addition to announcing the general locale, Scheuring also announced that the four new characters would not be Americans. So far two men and two woman regulars are scheduled to be added to the cast. There is no word as to what this means for characters who are stuck stateside. With Sucre, Bellick, and T-Bag’s misadventures due to play out this season, it seems unlikely any of them will continue on in season three.

Sara fans have reason to be concerned as well. Spoilers indicate that she will be doing some hard time and won’t be joining Linc and Michael in Panama. This could be bad news for Sarah Wayne Callies, who has gotten at least a couple of good years of employment from the show.

If you believe the rumors circulating, Prison Break season three may begin very well where the series started, with a daring Prison Break. According to supposed inside information, at least one of the brothers will wind up behind bars in Panama.

- Jon Lachonis, BuddyTV Senior Writer

UPDATE: Just as TMZ told you earlier, Garrison’s plea went down as planned. During the emotional court session, the actor faced the judge and muttered the words, “I am guilty.”

Sentencing was originally set for August 1, but later moved after the family of the victim, Vahagn Setian, asked that it not be held on their departed son’s birthday. It has since been changed to August 2.

Check back soon for video inside the courtroom.

TMZ has learned what Lane Garrison will do when he enters a courtroom in Beverly Hills this morning. He will plead guilty, guilty, guilty.

Garrison will plead guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter, a felony. The “Prison Break” star will also plead guilty to one count of felony DUI with bodily injury. He’ll also admit his blood alcohol level was over .15, which could increase the sentence by eight months. Garrison will plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of providing alcohol to a minor.

Based on the pleas, Garrison faces five years and eight months in prison.

Garrison’s high-powered lawyer, Harland Braun, tells TMZ absolutely no sentencing deal has been struck. Braun says, “Lane fully expects to go to prison or jail,” adding, “It’s very unusual for anyone in our society to accept responsibility for anything.”

Braun will ask Judge Eldon Fox to set the sentencing hearing 60 days from today.

Prison Break Season 2 DVD box set is set to be released August 21st 2007. The 22 episodes are 966 minutes long. Only Amaury Nolasco and William Fichtner from the cast commenting.

Did you all watch last night’s episode of Prison Break? I was never so pissed off in my life. All the previews and all the hooplah about how the season will end with a bang…..blah blah blah. And it ended how? They said everything would come to a conclusion. There is more stuff in limbo now than ever before. Last night’s episode had so many things going on and everything was happening so fast!

I saw a post on another website about a book titled Marching Powder. It takes an in-depth look at Latin prisons. The reason I am mentioning this is because it is obvious that Michael will end up in another prison. It looks like it will be in Panama.
The book is interesting in that these prisons are so much different than US prisons. These prisons have stores and restaurants that are run by the prisoners and prisoners have to buy thier own apartments in a prison neighborhood. It is amazing reading.
So if this is the road that Prison Break will take with Michael, it could prove rather interesting.
Stay tuned!

Here are some Prison Break videos from U-Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUiTVupn3iM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0DnfS7dg9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFQkydE4zL4

Following in the footsteps of Lost and 24 before it, Prison Break entered the world of serialised drama in 2005, immediately striking a chord with TV audiences.

The concept of the show was deceptively simple - a drama about prisoners attempting to break out - but a clever overarching plot involving scandal at the White House, coupled with the now-standard character backstories, made it compelling viewing for many.

In an exclusive chat, show creator Paul Scheuring tells all about the show’s success - and spills the beans on what’s to come for the Burrows boys.

Many people believe that season 1 should have ended on episode 21, just after they’d gone over the wall. Did you always intend the series to end where the airplane flew over their heads?
“We opted to end the first season after they were outside the walls for two reasons: we anticipated that the audience would think that getting over the walls would end the season, so we wanted to surprise them by making it happen an episode earlier; and moreover, we wanted to ‘platform’ season two by showing a little of what was to be expected before we went off the air. A lot of people at the time were saying, “Yeah, but the series will be over once they escape.” We wanted to show within the body of season one that that wouldn’t be the case.”

Series two is now underway here in the UK. What’s to come in the first half of the series?
“Lots of death. It’s important to us that there be very real ramifications for season two. If all 8 of our escapees just continue to run with impunity, it was our feeling that the season would get very old, very quick. So we slowly wanted to pick off one character after another, so that the audience starts to a scheme… namely that these guys, one by one, are dying. Thereby leaving the question: will ANYONE be left standing at the end?”

How much do shows like Lost and 24 influence you in the serialised drama stakes?
“They have no influence on us whatsoever.”

Michael’s tattoo seems to have faded into the background in the first half of series 2 - is there anything more to come from it?
“Yes, there are a few more steps in the plan - encoded into the tattoo - that will be revealed over the course of the season. Particularly at the end.”

You’re renowned for the show’s gore - and you’ve definitely delivered in series 2. I’m presuming there’s more to come?
“Yes, more gore. Count on it!”

How much of the plot do you plan in advance? For example, did you know when you started to film the first few eps that a pipe was going to be in the way in series 1?
“As a writing staff, we plan ahead for virtually all of the main ‘tentpole’ moments. In the case of the pipe being in the way in season one, we definitely planned that from the outset. Major turning points are always well-scripted in advance. What comes out of T-Bag’s mouth of course isn’t. The structure is largely known in advance, it’s just the smaller particulars that get worked out as we go along.”

How do you think the second season compares to the first?
“They’re two very different beasts. There’ll always be a nostalgia for the first season, because it was first and fresh out of the box. But season two has a scope, a sense of wide-open American lands, that’s sort of fresh in its own right. I guess it’s like having children. They’re different. But you love them the same. Usually.”

Do you know how this season is going to end? Are we going to get a cliff hanger ending?
“Of course and of course!”

Are you still on course to wrap up the main plotlines by the end of this series?
“I’d say about 80 percent of the plotlines are resolved this year. Certainly the mystery behind the president and Terrance Steadman, as well as the President’s fate. And most of our characters’ fates as well.”

How can the plot go on (into a third series) if you’re wrapping up the main plot at the end of the current season?
“Re-invent, just like we did in season 2. The only thing I will say at this stage is that it will be a much more stripped-down, brutal, violent version of the show than we’ve seen in the past. Seasons one and two will seem tame in comparison.”

Had you always envisaged it as a one or two season show?
“The main storyline I always saw as two seasons. However, having said that, with our success, and with Fox champing at the bit for us to deliever a third season, we’ve morphed the show again, allowing the original story to largely play itself out as originally conceived, but then move on to a next ‘chapter’.”

We’re led to believe that you’re already putting pen to paper for a third series - what’s the official line on this? Any clues as to what to expect?
“We haven’t officially been picked up for season 3. But it seems imminent. Our ratings are some of the highest on Fox. (A pittance compared to American Idol, but no one can compare to that beast.) We’ll be back. And like I said, about season 3… it’ll be brutal.”
Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a43846/pr…-scheuring.html

Lane Garrison of PB fame stars in a new movie with Mark Wahlber. A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

Embattled “Prison Break” star Lane Garrison has at least one Hollywood pal firmly in his corner. Mark Wahlberg, Garrison’s co-star in the upcoming thriller “Shooter,” threw his support behind the troubled actor, who is now facing manslaughter charges in connection with a car crash this past December that killed a 17-year-old. Wahlberg told reporters, “I pray for [Lane] every single day of my life. It was a horrible accident. It’s a tragedy for everybody involved and we’re just praying for everybody.” Wahlberg is no stranger to trouble: The “Departed” star admits that he was “a kid that got into trouble,” and estimated that growing up, he’d been arrested anywhere between 20 and 25 times by the Boston Police. Garrison is currently free on $100,000 bail, giving him a brief reprieve and the opportunity to do the press circuit for the new film.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Lane Garrison was charged Thursday with manslaughter and drunken driving in a car crash that killed a 17-year-old boy last year. The 26-year-old “Prison Break” actor was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony driving under the influence causing injury to multiple victims, felony driving with a blood-alcohol level above the .08 percent legal limit causing injury, and a misdemeanor count of furnishing alcohol to a minor.

If convicted, Garrison could face up to six years and eight months in prison.

He was expected to surrender Thursday afternoon for arraignment at Beverly Hills Superior Court. Prosecutors will recommend that Garrison be held on $200,000 bail, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Garrison, a Dallas native, was behind the wheel of a Land Rover that jumped a curb and struck a tree Dec. 2. The crash killed Beverly Hills High School student Vahaghn Setian and injured two 15-year-old girls who were also in the car.

Robison said Garrison is accused of supplying Setian with vodka.

Police said Garrison was found to have a blood-alcohol level of .20 percent and cocaine in his system.

The charges only indicate that his blood-alcohol level was above .15 percent.

His attorney, Harland Braun, didn’t immediately return a call for comment. Braun previously has said that Garrison met the three youths at a grocery store and accompanied them to a party, where he had one drink.

In a statement, members of Setian’s family said they were “gratified” by the charges.

“They have lost their only child due to Lane Garrison’s recklessness,” said the statement issued by family attorney Paul R. Kiesel.

Garrison played David “Tweener” Apolskis on the Fox drama series “Prison Break.” His character was killed in an episode last year.

Last night was another riviting night of Prison Break. The last 3 episodes will be awesome. I have heard rumors circulating the internet that they may not renew PB for another season. I hope this is not true.

Also, just to remind you all that a new PB episode is in 2 weeks. There is no PB next week. BUMMER!

So I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on last nights episode.

Here are my thoughts. I think Agent Kim is a snake in the grass. I wish someone would shoot him…lol. Madamm President was ready to pardon Linc and Michael until he stepped in. There is no doubt, she is deathly afraid of him.

I am glad C-Note did not hang himself since he is one of my favorite characters.

What is the deal with the President and her brother? He was talking about touching and her warmth? That totally freaked me out.

Stay tuned for tomorrows post which will recap last night’s episode.

There are only 4 episode left in this season. Here is the schedule.

March 5, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.19 - Sweet Caroline
March 19, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.20 - Panama
March 26, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.21 - Fin Del Camino
April 2, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.22 - Sona (Season 2 Finale)