New ‘Home Alone’ Reboot Details: What We Know About The New Mischievous Main Character
By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2019 8:30 am EST
As for the Home Alone reboot, Disney is taking a slightly different direction by having a husband and wife go to war with a young boy named Max after he steals something from them. And now we have some new details about the young new main character who will try to fill the shoes of Macaulay Culkin.
The Observer has learned, seemingly from a casting call for the young main character, that the Home Alone reboot will focus on Max, an energetic, witty nine-year-old boy with a mischievous side. The kid is said to seem “wise beyond his years and has the personality to easily converse with adults.” But he also has the “uncanny ability to relentlessly push their buttons.” Not unlike Kevin McCallister from the original Home Alone, he still has “a sense of innocence and a kind heart.”
After reading all those details, I only have one problem. Why does this kid steal from a grown up couple? Does he do it just to be a dickhead? Or is there just some kind of misunderstanding? We have to be able to actually care and root for this kid, so if he flat out steals from adults, then who will the audience be sympathetic towards him? Does he maybe come from a less wealthy family and sees this as a way to get Christmas presents for his relatives? That might be one way to make us like the little guy.
The real battle will be making the kid entertaining to watch while still recognizing that he’s a bit of a hellion. Plus, we’re anxious to see who they get to play the couple tangling with him. Supposedly the studio wants a big name for the female lead, and they were said to be previously looking at Melissa McCarthy. But we’ll have to wait and see how that pans out.
