Macaulay Culkin Teases the Home Alone Sequel Fans Have Been Waiting For

Home Alone is one of those movies that basically live rent-free in everyone's brain. The sequel is basically the same movie with more pigeons and a bigger budget, and people still love it. What we never got was a proper third movie with Macaulay Culkin back as Kevin. We did get a non-Kevin Home Alone 3, two made-for-TV follow-ups, and a Disney+ reboot. Not the same.

Culkin is open to it... if it is actually good

Macaulay Culkin is currently on the road with 'A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin,' doing Q&As after screenings of Home Alone. At one stop, he told the crowd he is not entirely opposed to returning as Kevin in a real sequel — just do not expect him to say yes to anything lazy.

"I wouldn't be completely allergic to it. It would have to be just right."

His pitch flips the traps

Culkin even has a take, and it is not just 'Kevin fights burglars again.' It is more of a dad-son story that turns the original on its head:

• Kevin is older and either a widower or divorced, raising his kid alone.
• He is working too much, not paying enough attention, and the kid is fed up.
• Kevin gets locked out of the house; his son refuses to let him in and sets the traps this time.
• The house doubles as a metaphor for their relationship, and Dad has to earn his way back into his son's heart.

It is a clean role reversal that actually makes emotional sense. Culkin called it his quick elevator pitch and repeated that he would only do it if the fit was right.

About that Chris Columbus question

If this ever happened, do not expect original director Chris Columbus to be involved. He has been very clear that trying to recapture Home Alone is a bad idea. In his view, the movie was a specific moment in time, you cannot bottle it again 35 years later, and it should be left alone. Translation: he is not coming back for a redo, reboot, or legacy sequel.

And yes, he poked the 'Die Hard' bear

While he was at it, Culkin waded into the eternal holiday debate and dropped this grenade:

"Die Hard is not a Christmas movie."

He joked he would settle it at the loading dock if anyone wanted to fight about it, then laid out his logic: Die Hard just happens to be set at Christmas — swap in St. Patrick's Day and the movie is basically the same. Home Alone, on the other hand, falls apart without Christmas baked into it.

So, Culkin is game, he has a pitch that actually shakes things up, and the original director is firmly out. If a studio wants it, the path is right there. In the meantime, you can catch Culkin on tour, answering questions and starting seasonal arguments the old-fashioned way.