A new report claims to reveal story and character details for the upcoming film, Shrunk.
A sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Shrunk will see Rick Moranis reprise his role of mad scientist Wayne Szalinski alongside newcomer Josh Gad (Frozen), who will play Moranis' son. The character descriptions, courtesy of The Illuminerdi, can be found below:
Nick Szalinski (Gad): Wayne’s son, who is now a husband to Fay and father to two children, Maddie and Theo. Nick still has PTSD from the hijinks of the original film and the resulting demise of his mom. He’s a bundle of nerves, dissatisfied and uneasy, with a propensity to pamper his children.
Amy Szalinski: Nick’s carefree and energetic, more established sister, who took a different path from Nick after their mother’s death and chose not to put down roots. Instead, she enjoys her life working for a magazine and homeschooling her girls.
Maddie Szalinski: Nick’s oldest child. She has her grandpa’s knack for peculiar creations, showing them off without anyone else’s permission on her Youtube channel to a little crowd.
Theo Szalinski: The opposite of athletic, with glasses and a little on the heavy side. He’s a tentative, masochist self-tormentor who has predicted his passing in a huge number of situations. He’s prohibited from eating sweets due to a slight weight complex.
Wayne Szalinski (Moranis): Mindful that the family ties have worsened over time, but apparently hesitant to go up against anybody straightforwardly. He has been tinkering alone in his attic for a considerable length of time, managing the sadness of losing his wife. At the point when we initially meet him, he has inadvertently shrunk himself and is flying around in a similarly tiny drone, continuing the vicious cycle of experimentation that has placed his family in danger plenty of times.
The film will eventually reveal that Wayne entered his forced exile after failing to heal his wife's tumor. As the truth is revealed, the familial bonds between father and son will be reestablished.
Directed by Joe Johnston, Shrunk stars Josh Gad and Rick Moranis. The film has yet to receive a release date. While it was initially believed the movie would premiere on Disney+, new reports suggest that it could be released in theaters instead.