8th August, 2019
Following the purchase of 21st Century Fox, Walt Disney, American media and entertainment conglomerate has decided it would give the ’90s family film the reboot treatment for its forthcoming Disney+ streaming service by remaking of several movies that it owns in the Fox catalog.
The slate of remakes includes Home Alone, Night At The Museum, Cheaper By The Dozen and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, said the film would be revived as a result of the company’s $71.3 billion (£58.7bn) acquisition in March of 20th Century Fox, which made the Macaulay Culkin original.
Mr Iger said Disney was “focused on leveraging Fox’s vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix”, adding that his company planned to remake popular Fox films including Night at the Museum, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Cheaper by the Dozen for “a new generation.”
“So far this year we’ve released five of the top six movies, including four which have generated more than a billion dollars in the global box office. We’re also focused on leveraging Fox’s vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix on our platforms,” Iger said.
He, however, did not say who would be starring as Kevin McCallister or the Wet Bandits.
‘Home Alone’ stars Macaulay Culkin (as Kevin McCallister), Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O’Hara.
The movie is about an eight-year-old boy named Kevin McCallister who is accidentally left behind as his family flies to Paris for a Christmas vacation.
Kevin, who initially relished being home all by himself, eventually contends with two burglars bent on defying his tricks and looting the building in the absence of its inhabitant.
The movie, which was released in 1990, has had an audience rating of 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, an American review-aggregation website for film and television, and a 7.5 rating on IMDb.
Disney+, unveiled in April 2019, launched in North America in November and will be the exclusive home of Marvel, ‘Star Wars’, Disney Animation, and Pixar with a subscription cost of $6.99 monthly.
The child star, now 38, shared a photo on Twitter on Wednesday, one day after Disney announced plans to reboot the treasured 1990 Christmas movie on its upcoming streaming platform, Disney+.
The actor completed the photo with takeout boxes and a snowman pillow next to his seat on the couch.
“This is what an updated Home Alone would actually look like,” Culkin joked in the post.
In another tweet, he added, “Hey @Disney, call me!”
Hey @Disney, call me!
— Macaulay Culkin (@IncredibleCulk) August 7, 2019
The news was also greeted with dismay by many fans of the original.
Bob Iger announces reboots/reimaginings for Disney+
• 'Home Alone'
• 'Night at the Museum'
• 'Diary of a Whimpy Kid'
• 'Cheaper by the Dozen'— Fandom (@getFANDOM) August 6, 2019
Disney’s rebooting Home Alone (because of course it is) for its forthcoming Disney+ streaming service. Here’s the most fitting use of Macauley Culkin screaming ever. #DisneyPlus #HomeAlone 🏠 pic.twitter.com/oq6wAYyh7h
— Sarah O'Connell (@SarahO_Connell) August 6, 2019
leave home ALONE 😒
— . (@sippinaritea) August 6, 2019
disney really has the audacity to reboot home alone and night at the museum??? pic.twitter.com/tEUMKop7HX
— frank castle’s whore (@CAPTAlNVALKYRlE) August 7, 2019
The Home Alone remake is going to be a 1 minute short film. The parents realize they left their kid home alone and then call him on this cell phone and find out he is fine.
— Guest DosmRider (@CaptainDosm) August 6, 2019
Night At the Museum 2.0
Me on Instagram live: “yo everything in this museum just fucking came to life lol look at this”
Every reporter: “can we use your footage?”
Me: “Sure but can I get a follow”
The end.
— Julia Young (@okjulia) August 7, 2019
Does “Home Alone” even need a remake? No. pic.twitter.com/TqalWbS1Uu
— Affinity Magazine (@TheAffinityMag) August 8, 2019
a Home Alone sequel where an adult kevin mccallister is trapped at a social function and tries to get Home to be Alone
— jonny sun (@jonnysun) August 7, 2019
If they do it right it's great. But I'm not convinced Home Alone is possible with our current level of technology.
— Yeet The Straights (@EvilGuacamole) August 8, 2019
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