Followers who’ve grown up watching House Alone may lastly have motive to hope — actor Macaulay Culkin who performed the younger Kevin McCallister, lately stated he’s open to returning for a possible sequel. Throughout a cease on his A Nostalgic Night time with Macaulay Culkin tour, the actor revealed that whereas he’s cautious about revisiting the function, he wouldn’t utterly rule it out. “I wouldn’t be utterly allergic to it,” Macaulay stated, including, “It must be good.”
A sequel concept with a twist
Macaulay didn’t simply cease at expressing openness to a sequel; he already has a storyline in thoughts. Sharing his idea through the tour, the actor described a model the place Kevin finds himself locked out of his personal home — and this time, his son units the traps.
“I type of had this concept,” he stated. “I’m both a widower or a divorcee. I’m elevating a child and all that stuff. I’m working actually onerous and I’m probably not paying sufficient consideration and the child is type of getting miffed at me after which I get locked out. [Kevin’s son] received’t let me in… and he’s the one setting traps for me.”
The actor added that in his imagined story, “the home is a few type of metaphor for our relationship”, and the plot centres round Kevin attempting to “get let again into his son’s coronary heart.”
“That’s the closest elevator pitch that I’ve. I’m not utterly allergic to it — it simply must be the suitable factor,” Macaulay stated.
Revisiting the legacy of House Alone
The House Alone franchise made Macaulay Culkin considered one of Hollywood’s largest little one stars of the Nineties. The primary movie grew to become a world phenomenon. Then Macaulay returned for the 1992 sequel House Alone 2: Misplaced in New York, which additional cemented the franchise’s cultural impression.
Nonetheless, each Culkin and the unique director, Chris Columbus distanced themselves from later instalments. Chris beforehand advised Leisure Tonight that any try to remake House Alone can be misguided. “I believe House Alone actually exists as a really particular second, and you may’t actually recapture that,” Chris stated. “It’s a mistake to attempt to return and recapture one thing we did 35 years in the past. I believe it must be left alone.”
After House Alone 2, the collection continued with out its unique crew — with House Alone 3 (1997) and House Alone 4 (2002) failing to make an impression. In 2021, Disney+ tried a reboot titled House Candy House Alone, starring Jojo Rabbit’s Archie Yates, however it acquired poor evaluations from followers and critics alike.
Whether or not it ever makes it to the display stays to be seen, however for now, Culkin’s “not utterly allergic” response has given followers a hopeful motive to revisit the timeless magic of House Alone.