Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin says he won’t be appearing in the upcoming reboot. Directed by Chris Columbus and written by John Hughes, Home Alone premiered in November 1990. The first entry in what would turn into a franchise, the movie turned Culkin into a celebrity and grew into an overwhelming box office success. It reached a total of $476.7 million worldwide to become the highest-earning comedy of all time, maintaining that title until the release of The Hangover Part II in 2011.
It was announced in 2019 that a Home Alone reboot was in the works, which would be titled Home Sweet Home Alone. In the new version, written by Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell of Saturday Night Live, with Dan Mazer directing, Max Mercer (Archie Yates) is accidentally left behind when his family travels to Tokyo for the holidays. In the same vein as the original, which followed Culkin’s Kevin McCallister, Max finds himself having to defend his home via creative means when two married robbers (played by Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney) try to break in and steal a precious heirloom. At the time, it was also reported that Culkin would reprise the role of Kevin in a cameo.
Culkin, who recently starred in American Horror Story, has posted on Twitter to clarify that he will not be appearing in Home Sweet Home Alone. Though he wished good luck to everyone involved with the production, the actor stressed that he wasn’t involved in the reboot. You can see Culkin’s tweet below.
Click here to view the original tweet.
Questions about the reported cameo likely increased after the debut of the Home Sweet Home Alone trailer, as it did not include Culkin. While there is always a chance that the actor is issuing a public denial in order to preserve the surprise of Kevin’s return, his statement seems definitive. When the reboot was initially announced, Culkin shared a comedic though fairly uneventful take on what an updated Home Alone would consist of. In photos, posted by Culkin himself, Kevin eats food on the couch by himself while browsing on his laptop.
Arriving on Disney+ on November 12, the cast of Home Sweet Home Alone will also include Ally Maki, Kenan Thompson, Chris Parnell, Aisling Bea, Pete Holmes, Timothy Simons, and Mikey Day. And, in terms of cameos from the original actors, Devin Ratray will be back as Buzz McCallister. But according to Culkin, fans shouldn’t expect to see a grown-up Kevin sharing his wisdom and passing on the torch to a new protagonist.
Source: Macaulay Culkin
from ScreenRant - Feed https://ift.tt/3BAio9g
0 Comments