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‘Jojo Rabbit’ star to lead Disney+ ‘Home Alone’ reboot

The previously announced reboot of the classic film has found its lead.

 

Audra Schroeder

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Posted on Dec 11, 2019   Updated on May 19, 2021, 8:42 pm CDT

Disney has announced the cast for its Home Alone reboot, which will reportedly focus on new characters but have a premise similar to the 1990 original.

Jojo Rabbit breakout Archie Yates is set to play the lead, possibly a role similar to Macauley Culkin’s Kevin McAllister. It would make sense that The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‘s Ellie Kemper and Catastrophe‘s Rob Delaney would play his parents, which was reported elsewhere, but according to Variety, they’re playing other characters. Borat and Da Ali G show writer Dan Mazer is set to direct; SNL cast member Mikey Day and writer Streeter Seidell are penning the script. According to IMDb, it has a December 2020 release date, which means it will likely be a Christmas movie.

Gauging by the reaction on Twitter, a lot of people are not on board with this reboot, or just can’t fathom how the premise of the original—a young boy is accidentally left at home while his family flies abroad for the holidays and has to defend his home from burglars—would work in an era of social media and smartphones.

Culkin didn’t directly address the casting news, but he and Sylvester Stallone had an exchange on Twitter about their own reboot ideas.

The reboot was announced in August, along with remakes of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Night At the Museum, and Cheaper By the Dozen. Disney+ has already announced release dates for a live-action remake of Mulan and 101 Dalmatians villain origin story Cruella.

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*First Published: Dec 11, 2019, 12:08 pm CST