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Home Alone director calls Disney+ reboot a ‘waste of time’

By Amanda Mullen

HOME ALONE - Eight year old Kevin MacAllister (Macaulay Culkin) gets lost in the shuffle as his large, upper-middle class suburban family rushes to make a plane that will ferry them off to their Christmas vacation in France; Kevin, having been banished to an attic room as punishment, is subsequently forgotten. At first this is a dream come true, as for the first time in his young life he has no one to answer to but himself, and he takes full advantage of his newfound freedom, eating junk food and watching late-night horror flicks. But when the bumbling Wet Bandits Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) target his house for a robbery, Kevin must step up to defend his home; he sets a maze of booby traps so elaborate that only an eight year old imagination could concoct them. (20TH CENTURY FOX)MACAULAY CULKIN
HOME ALONE - Eight year old Kevin MacAllister (Macaulay Culkin) gets lost in the shuffle as his large, upper-middle class suburban family rushes to make a plane that will ferry them off to their Christmas vacation in France; Kevin, having been banished to an attic room as punishment, is subsequently forgotten. At first this is a dream come true, as for the first time in his young life he has no one to answer to but himself, and he takes full advantage of his newfound freedom, eating junk food and watching late-night horror flicks. But when the bumbling Wet Bandits Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) target his house for a robbery, Kevin must step up to defend his home; he sets a maze of booby traps so elaborate that only an eight year old imagination could concoct them. (20TH CENTURY FOX)MACAULAY CULKIN /
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Home Alone director Chris Columbus did not mince words when discussing the Disney+ reboot of the classic film.

Home Alone, considered a Christmas classic by movie lovers everywhere, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And despite our refusal to acknowledge that the film is actually that old, there’s no denying that it’s stood the test of time — even if it’s just because millennials have some serious nostalgia when it comes to the antics of Macauley Culkin’s Kevin McCallister.

Like almost every other classic nowadays, however, Home Alone is being revamped for modern-day viewers. Disney+ will become home to the reboot, which is being directed by Dan Mazer and written by Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell. Archie Yates will portray Culkin’s character in the upcoming remake, with Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Kenan Thompson, and Timothy Simons all making appearances as well.

And just like every reboot, fans have questioned whether Home Alone really needs to be revisited at all. Given the hype surrounding the originals, it seems movie buffs can just continue watching those — a sentiment echoed by those involved with the original productions as much as the fans.

In fact, during a recent interview with Insider, Chris Columbus — who directed Home Alone 1 and Home Alone 2 — called the Disney+ reboot a “waste of time.” In fact, Columbus didn’t mince words when it came to expressing his disapproval of the reboot — and his dislike of rebooting iconic movies in general.

“Nobody got in touch with me about it, and it’s a waste of time as far as I’m concerned,” Columbus said. “What’s the point? I’m a firm believer that you don’t remake films that have had the longevity of Home Alone. You’re not going to create lightning in a bottle again. It’s just not going to happen. So why do it? It’s like doing a paint-by-numbers version of a Disney animated film — a live-action version of that. What’s the point? It’s been done. Do your own thing. Even if you fail miserably, at least you have come up with something original.”

He’s not wrong about one thing: Hollywood has come to rely far too heavily on rebooting successful stories rather than creating new ones. Whether this will work for Home Alone remains to be seen — but whether it makes money or not, it’s doubtful the new film will live up to the previous ones.

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