Frankie Muniz gets lured back into the sticky web of his wackadoo family in the first teaser for the Malcolm in the Middle: Life Still Unfair reboot.
The 40-second clip opens with a grown-up Malcolm asserting proudly, “My life is fantastic now! All I had to do is stay away from my family.” But that carefully erected barrier crumbles when his parents, Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek), insist their middle child attend their 40th wedding anniversary party.
The new teaser doesn’t give much away in terms of plot, though it is filled with plenty of hijinks: a pink-clad army toting confetti cannons, Malcolm hiding from Lois in a bathroom stall, and Hal bashing some poor guy over the head with what looks like a typewriter. There’s also a glimpse at one of the reboot’s new dynamics, between Malcolm and his own teenage daughter (Keeley Karson), who encourages her dad to reunite with his family.
Along with Muniz, Cranston, and Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle: Life Is Unfair will feature Chris Kennedy Masterson and Justin Berfield reprising their roles as Malcolm’s brothers Francis and Reese, and Amy Coligado as Francis’ wife, Piama. The only member of the original cast not returning is Erik Par Sullivan, who played Hal and Lois’ youngest son, Dewey, in the original series; Caleb Ellsworth-Clark will take over the role in the reboot. (Sullivan is reportedly working on a master’s degree in Victorian literature.) As for new cast members, Karson and Ellsworth-Clark will be joined by Vaughan Murrae and Kiana Madeira.
Malcolm in the Middle: Life Still Unfair is set premiere April 10 on Hulu. The four-episode series was directed entirely by Ken Kwapis, who directed many episodes of the original series. Malcolm in the Middle enjoyed a very successful run, airing seven seasons and 151 episodes between 2000 and 2006.
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