Overview
- Early reviews, which landed Thursday, show a 79% Rotten Tomatoes score, while Variety calls the four-part miniseries unnecessary.
- The event reunites Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, and Jane Kaczmarek, with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark stepping in as Dewey after reports that Erik Per Sullivan declined to return to focus on graduate study at Harvard.
- Set 20 years after the original, the story finds an adult Malcolm pulled back home for Hal and Lois’s 40th anniversary with his daughter Leah and partner Tristan in tow.
- Disney Branded Television, 20th Television, and New Regency produced the project, with creator Linwood Boomer back as writer–executive producer and Ken Kwapis directing all four episodes.
- All seven original seasons, 151 episodes in total, are streaming on Disney+, giving viewers an easy way to catch up before the new chapters drop.