{"id":551599,"date":"2026-03-29T03:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T03:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:08:10","slug":"malcolm-in-the-middle-team-on-possibility-of-a-full-fledged-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551599\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Malcolm In The Middle&#8217; Team On Possibility Of A Full-Fledged Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/malcolm-in-the-middle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_malcolm-in-the-middle\" data-tag=\"malcolm-in-the-middle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm in the Middle<\/a> may be getting the revival treatment, a highly anticipated four-part installment from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/disney-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney-2\" data-tag=\"disney-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney+<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hulu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hulu\" data-tag=\"hulu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulu<\/a>, but its team isn\u2019t necessarily ruling out a full-fledged reboot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the limited series, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-premiere-date-trailer-dewey-1236657979\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiering April 10<\/a>, everyone\u2019s favorite dysfunctional family \u2014 first introduced in Fox\u2019s beloved aughts-era single-cam comedy \u2014 reunites, much to the chagrin of Frankie Muniz\u2019s title character. Now estranged from his loud-mouthed clan, happily partnered and with a similarly neurotic daughter, Malcolm is forced to enter the fore amid Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois\u2019 (Jane Kaczmarek) 40th wedding anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith many original cast members returning (except Erik Per Sullivan\u2019s Dewey, now recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark), Kiana Madeira joins as Malcolm\u2019s girlfriend Tristan, while Keeley Karsten plays his daughter Leah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair-bryan-cranston-frankie-muniz-jane-kaczmarek-cover-story-11932519\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly for the publication\u2019s cover story<\/a> if a reboot \u2014 potentially a gender-swapped spinoff now centering on Leah \u2014 could be next, Kaczmarek replied: \u201cIt\u2019s a whole new set of characters and circumstances that are ripe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMeanwhile, revival executive producer Tracy Katsky Boomer noted, \u201cShe could absolutely hold a show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOriginal show creator Linwood Boomer, who also serves as EP on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair\/\" id=\"auto-tag_malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair\" data-tag=\"malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair<\/a>, added: \u201cKeeley is an undiscovered star. As a performer, she has this crazy potential that would be silly for show business not to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAdditionally, while Muniz is now focused on being a full-time NASCAR driver, he told EW that he would be open to further acting projects down the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWinning seven Emmys, a Grammy and Peabody when it aired from 2000 to 2006, the influential Malcolm in the Middle was a hit for Fox and admired by critics and audiences alike.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malcolm in the Middle may be getting the revival treatment, a highly anticipated four-part installment from Disney+\/Hulu, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[3716,88,10028,83480,245314,92],"class_list":["post-551599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-hulu","tag-malcolm-in-the-middle","tag-malcolm-in-the-middle-lifeu2019s-still-unfair","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}