Overview

• Muniz called the shoot “the best time of my entire life,” speaking on the Lightweights podcast about returning to the role two decades later.
• He said viewers will be surprised by where the characters are now and noted the challenge of condensing 20 years into four 30‑minute episodes.
• Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson and Justin Berfield return, while Dewey is recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark after Erik Per Sullivan opted out.
• The limited series follows Malcolm and his daughter being pulled back into family chaos for Hal and Lois’s 40th wedding anniversary.
• Production wrapped in May after filming in Vancouver, with the schedule and insurance arranged around Muniz’s NASCAR race commitments.