How Frankie Muniz Feels About Juggling MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Reboot with NASCAR
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Former child star Frankie Muniz will have a busy April as he juggles his NASCAR career with filming the MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE reboot.
“We’ve been talking about doing like a reboot, a reunion show of MALCOLM for, I think, over 10 years now, before all the reboots even started coming back,” Muniz said in a recent interview. “But kind of getting everybody on board and timing and getting the original creator, Linwood Boomer, on board. That was a big thing because we don’t want to tarnish the MALCOLM brand in any way. So, you want it to be the original crew, the original writers, and everybody. We got that and we got the green light.”
“It’s gonna make my April pretty interesting because I’ll be commuting,” the NASCAR driver continued. “They are working around my NASCAR schedule, which I think they told me I’m the first person they’ve ever had to work around a schedule because normally, an actor is just as committed to the acting, but obviously, I was a race car driver before they greenlit the show.”
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“So we’re filming Sunday through Thursday, with me getting Thursdays off to fly to race Friday, to fly back Saturday, to film Sunday through Wednesday,” he concluded. “So it’s going to be an interesting month, but I’m prepared for it. You know, we’re doing all the same work that we need to do for those races early and getting dialed in, and, you know, my focus will still be being in the race car, but I’ll just have to do a little bit of acting on the side.”
Disney announced the four-episode reboot late last year.
“The original MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE saw young genius Malcolm trying to navigate life with his quirky, often difficult family. In these brand-new episodes, Malcolm and his daughter are drawn into the family’s chaos when Hal and Lois demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary party,” the official synopsis for the revival reads.
The original show wrapped in 2006, and Muniz couldn’t be more excited to get back to it.
“OH MY GOSH! I’m so excited to announce that after 18 years, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE is returning with new episodes on @disneyplus,” Muniz wrote on Instagram along with a video of Cranston and Kaczmarek yelling “Malcolm!” just like in the original series. “Get ready, we can’t wait for everyone to see what Malcolm and his family have been up to! #MalcolmInTheMiddle”
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