Columbus, who went on to direct 1990's "Home Alone," revealed Chase's behavior before filming began turned him off from working on the 1989 holiday classic, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." ...

And the other was Home Alone.” Jeremiah S. Chechik would eventually replace Columbus as the director of Christmas Vacation. The movie follows a chaotic Christmas with the Griswold family ...

"Home Alone" director Chris Columbus almost directed another holiday classic, "Christmas Vacation." The filmmaker opened up with Vanity Fair about the filmmaking process for "Christmas Vacation ...

Chris Columbus, the acclaimed director of Home Alone, recently revealed that his involvement with another holiday classic, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, was cut short due to negative ...

The next weekend, Columbus said that Hughes sent him the script for Home Alone—one of the biggest films of both of their careers—and the rest is history. And as for Christmas Vacation ...

I just don't care." Jeremiah S. Chechik ended up taking over as director of Christmas Vacation, which was released in December 1989 and made $73 million at the box office. Home Alone came out the ...

Nothing could be more nerve-racking than eating in a restaurant alone except for a solo vacation. How scary would ... Instead of missing out or staying home because you’re afraid of feeling ...

However, leaving "Christmas Vacation" led Columbus right to another holiday classic. "The next weekend, I got another script from John—and it’s 'Home Alone,'" he said. "'Home Alone,' for me ...