The German branch of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that it will release the second and fourth seasons of the TV series 'Prison Break' on Blu-ray during the last quarter of the year (the specific date is still pending confirmation). No information on specifications or region coding was available yet. This bodes well for a possible BD release Stateside.
Fox's BD release policy with 'Prison Break' has not been exactly the epitome of consistency. It released
Season One on November 2007, but skipped Season Two (which had come out two months earlier on DVD). Then
Season Three was released on Blu-ray in August 2008, day-and-date with the DVD (and Season Two didn't get released then either). Then, to the disappointment of fans of the series, Season Four was released on DVD in June 2009 with no accompanying Blu-ray at all. Finally, the series finale, '
Prison Break: The Final Break' has been announced on Blu-ray for July 21, day-and-date with the DVD.
A release of the two missing seasons is good news, even though it may come too late for those that have bought them on DVD when no Blu-ray was announced.