Home Alone REMAKE plans revealed by Disney – and fans are all saying the same thing

The 1990 movie has been acquired by Disney in the Fox merger, and CEO Bob Iger allegedly revealed this week that he plans to “re-imagine” it and a host of other family films including Night At The Museum and Cheaper By The Dozen.

It’s not clear if the new editions will be films or TV projects, but they won’t be released theatrically.

Even so, the news has not gone down well at all with fans of the original on social media.

Pointing out a potential problem with setting a remake in the present day, one person joked: “The Home Alone remake is going to be a 1 minute short film. The parents realize they left their kid home alone and then call him on this cell phone and find out he is fine.”

Someone else said: “No I’m sorry, f**k off with this now.”

“I. AM. RAGING.,” tweeted a another user, while an additional tweet reads: “Dear

@Disney, Please just f**king don’t. Sincerely, Everybody.”

“DO NOT TOUCH HOME ALONE! LEAVE HOME ALONE WELL ALONE THANK YOU,” said another tweet.

One enraged fan said: “you cant remake home alone!!!! its a proper classic. no one can be kevin mcallister ever again.”

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Macaulay Culkin played Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old who was accidentally left alone by his family when they went on holiday for Christmas.

Catherine O’Hara played his mother Kate, while John Heard was his father, Peter.

Whilst stuck on his own, Kevin faced a threat from two burglars – Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) – and set out a series of booby traps in a bid to thwart them.

The film made $477 million at the box office and a sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, followed in 1992 and took $359 million.

Attempts to recreate the magic have already been made several times: in 1997, Home Alone 3 was made a different cast and took just $80 million.

Two direct-to-TV sequels were made after that; Home Alone 4 in 2002 and Home Alone: The Holiday Heist in 2012.

Meanwhile, Night At The Museum was only released in 2006, while Cheaper By The Dozen – which starred Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt and was itself a remake of a 1950 film – came out in 2003.

Disney are also currently remaking a lot of their animated classics, with Dumbo, Aladdin and The Lion King released this year alone.