Macaulay Culkin isn’t just open to a new Home Alone movie, he has a killer idea for it.
The 1990 Christmas movie classic is one of Hollywood’s most enduring films. It starred a 10-year-old Macaulay Culkin as the quick-thinking Kevin McCallister, who defends his home from thieves by setting dastardly traps that tore Joe Pesci’s Harry and Daniel Stern’s Marv to bits in Tom & Jerry style comedic violence.
The similarly successful Home Alone 2: Lost in New York followed two years later and saw Culkin, by this point a child star, reprise his role as Kevin. But he skipped the subsequent, less well known sequels: 1997’s Home Alone 3, 2002’s Home Alone 4, 2012’s Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, and 2021’s Home Sweet Home Alone.
Now, over 30 years since he last played Kevin, the 45-year-old Culkin has expressed interest in returning to the world of Home Alone, and has even revealed his idea for the sequel. Speaking during his “A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin” tour, as reported by Variety, Culkin confirmed he “wouldn’t be completely allergic” to returning as Kevin in a Home Alone sequel, insisting “it would have to be just right.”
Then, the pitch:
“I kind of had this idea. I’m either a widower or a divorcee. I’m raising a kid and all that stuff. I’m working really hard and I’m not really paying enough attention and the kid is kind of getting miffed at me and then I get locked out. [Kevin’s son] won’t let me in… and he’s the one setting traps for me.”
So, instead of Kevin defending his home from robbers, he becomes the robber in a role flip. Culkin added: “the house is some sort of metaphor for our relationship.” In the movie, Kevin would have to “get let back into” his son’s heart. “That’s the closest elevator pitch that I have,” he said. “I’m not completely allergic to it, the right thing.”
But will Culkin get the chance to make this pitch? In August, Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Home Alone movies, said he didn’t want Hollywood to return to the series.
“I think Home Alone really exists as, not at this timepiece, but it was this very special moment, and you can’t really recapture that,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “I think it’s a mistake to try to go back and recapture something we did 35 years ago. I think it should be left alone.” Also in August, Columbus issued his verdict on which is best, Home Alone or Home Alone 2?
In the shorter term, Culkin voices Cattrick Lynxley in Zootopia 2, and is set to star in Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video.
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