Overview

• Muniz says longtime fans may be surprised by where the family lands and calls filming the reboot the best time of his life.
• The revival, titled Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, compresses the 20-year jump into four 30-minute episodes with Malcolm, now a father, returning for Hal and Lois’ 40th anniversary.
• Production wrapped in May, and the Disney+ debut is widely reported for December.
• Original stars Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson and Justin Berfield return with Boomer steering the new run.
• Dewey is recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark after Erik Per Sullivan declined to return, with new roles for Keeley Karsten, Kiana Madeira, Anthony Timpano and Vaughan Murrae.