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Disney greenlights Home Alone sequel pitched by Macaulay Culkin

8/1/2026

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Disney has green-lit a new Home Alone sequel pitched by actor Macaulay Culkin.
A source told PEOPLE that Disney executives are “salivating” over Culkin’s idea, according to media executive Matt Belloni on The Town podcast.
Disney and Culkin’s representatives have not commented to PEOPLE.
The original 1990 Home Alone film earned $476 million worldwide, the second-highest-grossing movie of that year.

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Disney has green-lit a new Home Alone sequel pitched by actor Macaulay Culkin.
A source told PEOPLE that Disney executives are “salivating” over Culkin’s idea, according to media executive Matt Belloni on The Town podcast.
Disney and Culkin’s representatives have not commented to PEOPLE.
The original 1990 Home Alone film earned $476 million worldwide, the second-highest-grossing movie of that year.