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‘Home Alone’ Director Chris Columbus Says The Disney+ Reboot Is A “Waste Of Time”

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Home Alone is a Christmas classic. We all know this. Millions of people across the country watch the film every year, and it’s always a delight.

And because of this, Disney+ is trying to recreate the magic. As you may have heard, they’re making a reboot of the Christmas classic.

A lot of people rolled their eyes when they heard about the reboot, including Chris Columbus, director of the original films.

He told Insider the following…

Nobody got in touch with me about it. It’s a waste of time as far as I’m concerned. What’s the point? I’m a firm believer that you don’t remake films that have had the longevity of Home Alone. You’re not going to create lightning in a bottle again. It’s just not going to happen. So why do it? It’s like doing a paint-by-numbers version of a Disney animated film—a live-action version of that. What’s the point? It’s been done. Do your own thing. Even if you fail miserably, at least you have come up with something original.

That’s what we have been saying for years. All these sequels, remakes, reboots…they may make money, but are they really satisfying? Are they fulfilling? Are they dangerous? Exciting? No, they’re not.

Instead of trying to recreate Home Alone, why don’t they do the work to create a new Christmas classic?

But hey, maybe we’re just grumpy. Who knows. Maybe Chris is just mad they didn’t invite him to work on the project.

(except not really, we’re obviously right.)

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Jonas Cuaron Set To Direct Untitled Film Involving A Chupacabra, Chris Columbus Producing

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If you’ve been around long enough, there is a decent chance you’ve heard of the legendary creature known as the chupacabra. The first reported sightings of this creature were documented in 1995 in Puerto Rico.

The name comes from the animal’s reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, including goats.

Physical descriptions of the creature vary. It is purportedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.

Certainly sounds interesting enough for its own movie, right?

Jonas Cuaron, son of Alfonso Cuaron, will direct this untitled flick for Netflix with Chris Columbus‘ 26th Street Pictures producing.

The film follows a teenager, who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

Sign me up. I’m all for this. Sounds like a modern day E.T. or something.

No word on when this film might be released, but as always, we’ll keep you posted.

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Chris Columbus Will Write And Direct The ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Horror Flick For Blumhouse

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You have probably heard the name Chris Columbus before. He’s the director behind projects like Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Mrs. Doubtfire and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. You know, just some of the most memorable films ever made. No big deal.

According to a report from Deadline, Columbus is going to try his hand in the horror department. He is teaming up with Blumhouse to create the screen adaptation of Scott Cawthon’s extremely popular video game Five Nights at Freddy’s, which features a security guard battling animatronic robots that come to life.

It’ll be interesting to see how much they stick to the source material here. The key to the game is to survive a night locked inside the building with these creepy a** robots. It’s basically an extremely dark version Chuck E. Cheese. Or a realistic version of Chuck E. Cheese, depending on the location of your Chuck E. Cheese.

It’s really exciting to see Blumhouse and Columbus team up. Blumhouse has taken over the horror genre, and Columbus is one of the best filmmakers alive. As Deadline reports, his credits “count more than $4.1 billion at the global box office.”

Now the question is: who will play the security guard? Jonah Hill?

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Kurt Russell Will Play Santa Claus In Netflix Christmas Movie Being Produced By Chris Columbus

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This time next year, Kurt Russell will be Santa Claus. The actor will star in a Netflix original film being produced by Chris Columbus. In addition to Russell, Judah Lewis (The Babysitter) and Darby Camp (Big Little Lies) will also star in the live-action movie, which plans to sprinkle in some CG elements.

Obviously this film is in good hands with Columbus producing. He directed Home Alone and wrote Gremlins. Hopefully his involvement as producer actually means something with this film. Sometimes people are just listed as producers, even though they didn’t put much effort in the project.

So what will this movie be about? The Hollywood Reporter has the details…

“The story centers on two siblings (Lewis and Camp) who try to prove that Santa is real by catching him on camera. When they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash in Chicago, they have to help get Christmas back on track before it’s ruined. Russell is playing jolly ol’ Saint Nick.”

It does not have a title yet, although it was originally called 12/24. No official release date has been announced, but we know filming is set to begin in January, so it’s likely this film gets released in December 2018.

We will keep you posted!

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Chris Columbus Says ‘Gremlins’ And ‘Goonies’ Reboots Are Still Being Developed

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There were probably some of you out there thinking, “Gee. I haven’t heard much about that possible Goonies reboot in months. Maybe Hollywood decided to leave it as a classic.” Nope. No. Nah. Hollywood is still about that remake, sequel, reboot life.

And it looks like the rumored Goonies reboot still might happen. Chris Columbus, the original writer behind both Gremlins and Goonies told ScreenCrush that both films are still being developed. He is “heavily developing” both reboots with Warner Bros. He admits that it’s been an incredibly slow process, but he doesn’t want fans to give up on the project.

“The stuff that I’m involved with — the Gremlins and Goonies reboots, for instance — they would do that without me. So, I’m staying involved just so I can be protective and actually protect what people love about those movies so it doesn’t go off track.”

And you will notice that he is calling this new Goonies film a “reboot,” which is interesting because many people believed it would be a sequel. There were rumors floating around claiming the original actors would be returning for the film; however, that doesn’t appear to be the case now. Even producer Frank Marshall confirmed it wasn’t going to be a sequel.

We’ll see what happens. From what I have heard, it looks like a Goonies reboot might happen before Gremlins.

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Trailer Alert: Adam Sandler’s New Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Pixels’ Looks Ridiculous In The Best Way Possible

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Several years ago, telling someone that Adam Sandler starred in the film was enough to make them want to buy a ticket. But after producing a string of awful movies, people are beginning to wonder if his best work is behind him.

Well, it looks like Adam Sandler is about to deliver in a big way. Sony Pictures released the first trailer for Chris Columbus’ latest film, Pixels, and it looks like it could be one of the most entertaining movies of the summer.

The film stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage and Michelle Monaghan. For those who haven’t heard much about the movie, it’s based on Patrick Jean’s short film in 2010. You can actually watch it by clicking here.

Here is some more information about the movie:

“In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Sandler), now a home theater installer, to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Dinklage and Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.”

Sounds like a pretty fantastic idea, right? And the good news is that it doesn’t just sound like a good idea. The first trailer shows that it also looks like a great idea.

Check it out down below, and be sure to watch this movie when it hits theaters July 24, 2015.