Low-key, Home Alone has already been rebooted three times, quietly tossing new actors and lead roles into what’s now a five-film series. But if you’re looking to belatedly get upset about it, here’s your chance: Disney is planning to reboot it again now that they’ve nabbed up Fox’s film library.
Yes, the 1990 holiday classic—along with the arbitrary likes of Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid (the last of which came out two years ago)—are set to be re-launched as Disney+ streaming service not-quite-originals. The specifics of these re-dos are unclear, but Disney head Bob Iger claimed they would be “re-imagined” for “a new generation.” At last , a Raspberry Pi will control how a LeBron James cut-out dances along to Brenda Lee’s Christmas song.
