The \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d revival will not feature the return of Erik Per Sullivan, despite the show\u2019s efforts to pull him away from his studies at Harvard University to play Dewey, Malcolm\u2019s younger brother.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Guardian<\/a>, star Jane Kaczmarek, who played Per Sullivan\u2019s on-screen mother, said the retired actor is \u201cstudying Dickens and is an incredible student. They offered him buckets of money to come back, and he just said, \u2018No thank you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Per Sullivan is the only cast member from the original ensemble to be recast for the upcoming four-episode revival, officially titled \u201cMalcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair.\u201d The character of Dewey will now be played by Caleb Ellsworth-Clark.<\/p>\n In the revival, the titular Malcolm is dragged back into his family\u2019s drama when Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Kaczmarek) demand his presence at their 40th anniversary party.<\/p>\n Frankie Muniz returns as Malcolm. Christopher Kennedy Masterson and Justin Berfield will reprise their roles as Malcolm\u2019s brothers, Francis and Reese, respectively. Emy Coligado plays Francis\u2019 wife Piama. \u201cLife\u2019s Still Unfair\u201d will introduce Anthony Timpano and Vaughan Murrae as the youngest and now grown-up siblings Jamie and Kelly, as well as Keeley Karsten as Malcolm\u2019s daughter Leah and Kiana Madeira as his girlfriend Tristan.<\/p>\n \u201cLife\u2019s Still Unfair\u201d will premiere on April 10 on Hulu and Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the US, as well as on Disney+ internationally.<\/p>\n More from Variety<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d revival will not feature the return of Erik Per Sullivan, despite the show\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,223477,223478,75,223476,60447,9311,66456,111686,65107,33383,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-584972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-christopher-kennedy-masterson","11":"tag-dewey","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-erik-per-sullivan","14":"tag-frankie-muniz","15":"tag-harvard-university","16":"tag-jane-kaczmarek","17":"tag-justin-berfield","18":"tag-malcolm-in-the-middle","19":"tag-the-guardian","20":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}