Report: Chinese remake for 'Prison Break'

Prison Break is to be remade as a movie for the Chinese audience.

According to The Beijing Morning Post, the Zhongbo Media Group has acquired adaptation rights from Fox to make a 200-minute film based on the popular series, which has just been recommissioned for a third season Stateside.

The Chinese version will feature new plotlines, expanded from the original story, such as a high-profile computer virus case from 2006. A large computer corporation will replace the vice-president and "the Company" as the main antagonist.

Filming of the movie - an online-only project - will take place in May and June.