Some movies never really leave us. Every holiday season, Home Alone finds its way back into living rooms around the world, reminding us why Kevin McCallister became one of the most iconic child characters in movie history. Now, more than three decades later, there’s growing buzz that Macaulay Culkin could finally be ready to step back into the role that made him a star.
According to entertainment journalist Matt Belloni on The Town podcast, Culkin has been in discussions with Disney about returning for a new Home Alone film. Belloni claims the studio is interested in bringing Culkin back after hearing his own pitch for a sequel.
“Macaulay Culkin is having his ass kissed like nobody’s business,” Belloni said. “They’re offering him another movie, like he could do his own passion project, if he would also do another Home Alone. He has a good idea.”
“I’ve talked to people who have heard it, and it’s a really good idea for a Home Alone reboot with Macaulay Culkin. If that happens and they restart the Home Alone franchise, that would be gigantic for the next 10 years. Because that movie, as you know, is perennially top of the streaming lists from October through Christmas.”
Culkin hasn’t publicly confirmed the reports, but he recently admitted he isn’t opposed to revisiting Kevin McCallister under the right circumstances.
“I wouldn’t be completely allergic” to returning, he said, adding that “it would have to be just right.”
He even revealed the concept he’s been considering.
“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.”
Released in 1990, Home Alone became the second highest-grossing film of the year, earning $476 million worldwide. Culkin returned for Home Alone 2: Lost In New York in 1992, while four additional sequels followed without the original cast, though none matched the popularity of the first two films.
Not everyone believes another trip to the McCallister house is a good idea. Director Chris Columbus, who helmed the first two movies, has previously said he doesn’t think the magic can be recreated.
“I think Home Alone really exists as…this very special moment, and you can’t really recapture that,” Columbus said. “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.”
For now, you’ll have to wait and see whether the talks lead anywhere. But if Culkin’s idea makes it to the big screen, Kevin McCallister could find himself on the other side of the booby traps for the very first time.
Would you like to see Macaulay Culkin return as Kevin McCallister, or should they leave Home Alone alone?
