Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Red Tails), who played Hal Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle, has disclosed that there have been discussions around reuniting the family sitcom cast. The beloved early 2000s Wilkerson family will possibly be hitting the big screen and making its way to films, according to Deadline.
“There was some talk about the possibility of doing, like, a reunion movie of Malcolm in the Middle,” said Cranston in an interview with E! News. “We had such a great family on that, and I certainly would be open to that if there was a good idea that came up — like, ‘Oh, that would be fantastic to explore what happened to this family 20 years later.’ I can’t believe it’s already that, but that would be fun to do.”
Malcolm in the Middle ran on Fox from 2000 to 2006. The series starred Frankie Muniz (Agent Cody Banks, Big Fat Liar) as Malcolm, Jane Kaczmarek (Pleasantville, The Simpsons) as Lois, Christopher Masterson (Scary Movie 2, Cutthroat Island) as Francis, Erik Per Sullivan (Finding Nemo, Joe Dirt) as Dewey, Justin Berfield (Max Keeble’s Big Move, Unhappily Ever After) as Reese, and James and Lukas Rodriguez (Without a Trace) as Jamie.
Muniz, who has recently announced that he’ll be a full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit this coming year, has also spoken about a reboot, saying that Cranston was mulling ideas for the script, according to Deadline.
“He’s kind of heading writing the script and getting everything rolling. So there might be something,” teased Muniz via People.
Last October the show’s creator, Linwood Boomer (The Mindy Project, Night Court), confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the idea of a reunion was very much still on the table.
“We’re talking about it. We all think it would be fun if we get the right idea. Honestly, it would be going much faster if everyone wasn’t so annoying,” said Boomer.
“When I was filming the show, I obviously was a kid,” he said. “We did seven seasons, 151 episodes. I didn’t really watch the show when it was on, but I’ve now since watched the show with my wife. We [watched] all 151 episodes, and I realized, ‘Wow, that’s what we were making.’ I can separate myself from being on it and watching it as a fan. I would love to know what the family’s up to.”
In 2016, Cranston explained via a Reddit Q&A that the reboot of Malcolm in the Middle depended on whether or not the audience was still interested.
“I don’t know if or when that could happen. I guess we have to gauge the temperament of the fans to see if it’s something they want,” he wrote. “But maybe. It would be fun to play with all those people again.”
Stay tuned for more updates on the return of Malcolm in the Middle.