Prision Break

Prision Break would be a 2027 American buddy comedy film directed by Phil Lord iand Christopher Miller and produced by 20th Century Studios and Lord Miller Productions. Written by Lord, Miller, Paul Rudd, Rhett Reese, and Chris McKenna, and produced by Lord, Miller, and David Leitch, the film would star Rudd, Michael Peña, Tessa Thompson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film would center on three framed recluse who try escape and clean his name, only to discover a bigger conspiracy. Mark Mothersbaugh would compose the film's score.
Development on a prision escape comedy film would begin in early 2025 at 20th Century Studios, with Leitch set to produce and Rhett Reese and Chris McKenna set to write the film, while Peña would be set to star, and Rudd would be in negotiations to co-write and star in the film. Rudd would officially join the film later that year, while Lord and Miller would also be announced to be directing, co-writing, and co-producing the film. Thompson and Gyllenhaal would join the film's cast in late 2025. Filming would begin in July 2026, in Rockford, Illinois, which is where the film would be set, and would end in November 2026.
Prision Break would be released in July 2, 2027, and would become a critical and commercial success, with critics praising the film's direction, writing, story, cast, humor, score, and action sequences. The film would earn 876 million dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 90 million dollars. The film would earn a Critic Choice's Awards nomination for Best Comedy.
== Synopsis ==
In the city of Rockford, Illinois, an optimistic man named Alberto is framed for multiple murders, causing him to be arrested and suffer 20-year sentence at the local prision, which was nicknamed by the recluses as "The Labyrinth" due to its labyrinth-like design. In the prision, Alberto meets a pessimistic recluse named Robert, who was also framed, but is done with trying to escape after years of failure. However, Alberto convinces Robert to try once again to escape. In order to escape the prision, they team-up with a female recluse and former police tactician named Jennifer, who knows enough about the prision that there's a chance of escaping "The Labyrinth". However, pessimistic Robert and optimistc Alberto must learn to work together for the escape to be a success, especially when they discover a big conspiracy behind their framings, one that puts the entire city in risk.
== Cast ==
* Michael Peña as Alberto, an optimistic man who is framed and wrongfully arrested by the police and taken to a prision named "The Labyrinth", where he teams up with Robert and Jennifer to escape.
* Paul Rudd as Robert, a pessimist who expent several years in prision after being framed, and who gave up trying to escape due to failing constantly over the years, only to be conviced by Alberto to try again.
* Tessa Thompson as Jennifer, a former tactician at Rockford's police force, who was arrested due to coming close to uncovering the truth behind Howard's plot, and who knows everything about prision.
* Jake Gyllhenhaal as Howard, the mayor of Rockford, Ilinois, who is secretly a corrupt politician and sadist who exploits his position in order to frame innocent for horrible crimes in order to get them arrested so he can torture them privately and personally.
== Music ==
Mark Motherbaugh, a recurring collaborator of Lord and Miller's, would compose and produce the score for Prision Break. Mothersbaugh would be inspired by his scores from the 21 Jump Street film series, for his score for the film. Mothersbaugh woud compose a theme for Alberto that was "very upbeat and joyful", while Robert's theme would be "sadder and more depresing", with both themes reflecting each character's personalities.