Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone Sequel Idea Flips the Script: Kevin Gets Trapped by His Own Son
Macaulay Culkin just pitched the Home Alone sequel fans have been waiting for — and it has everyone ready to set the traps one more time.
Turns out Macaulay Culkin isn't opposed to a Home Alone comeback. More than 30 years after Kevin McCallister terrorized two burglars with paint cans and Christmas ornaments, Culkin says he'd do a legacy sequel... if it hits the right notes. And he already has a pitch.
"It would just have to be right."
"The house is some sort of metaphor for our relationship."
Culkin laid this out during his A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin tour. His idea flips the classic setup: Older Kevin is either a widower or a divorcee, raising a kid while burying himself in work. He's distracted, the kid's frustrated, and one bad day later Kevin gets locked out of the house. The twist? It's Kevin's son who refuses to let him in and starts rigging the place with booby traps. The goal isn't to keep crooks out anymore — it's for Dad to earn his way back into his kid's life. Kevin would be about 43 now if you track from the 1990 original, so passing the baton to his son actually makes sense. Honestly, as legacy sequel angles go, that's not a bad one.
Where the franchise stands
- 1990: Home Alone becomes a holiday juggernaut. 1992: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York brings back Kevin vs. the same two criminals and hits big again.
- Late 90s/early 2000s: 20th Century (then Fox) keeps it going without Culkin — Home Alone 3 (1997) and Home Alone 4 (2002) — and critics aren't kind.
- 2021: Disney tries a spin-off, Home Sweet Home Alone, starring Archie Yates. It lands with a 15% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- This year: Original director Chris Columbus publicly says the franchise should be left alone. If Culkin actually signs on with a smart angle like this, don't be shocked if that stance suddenly gets a lot more flexible.
Culkin summed up his stance as basically "I'm not allergic to it if it's the right thing" — his words were a bit more polite, but you get the idea. If Disney wants to make a holiday legacy sequel people would actually show up for, centering it on Kevin as a flawed dad trying to break back through the front door feels like the first idea in years that could work.
Home Alone is streaming on Disney+ right now, if you're in the mood to revisit the original chaos.