"Home Alone" director Chris Columbus almost worked on the 1989 holiday classic "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," but ...

I don't need this. I'd rather not work again," the filmmaker recalled thinking after meeting with the comedy star.

Home Alone director Chris Columbus finally revealed what jobs Kevin McCallister’s parents had to be able to afford their ...

Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy," he told ... to send Columbus' way: Home Alone. Related: Home Alone ...

Columbus eventually left Christmas Vacation and Jeremiah S Chechik stepped in as director, with the third movie in the franchise hitting the big screen on December 1, 1989. Chase remained in the lead ...

Chris Columbus changed his mind about directing ‘Christmas Vacation’ after deciding he couldn’t work with Chevy Chase ...

Columbus realized there was a silver lining though. He recalled, “I quit ‘Christmas Vacation.’ The next weekend, I got ...

"Home Alone" director Chris Columbus nearly helmed ... I realized I couldn’t work with the guy. “Tale as old as time!” he continued. “I was one of the many who couldn’t work with him.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Home Alone and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone director revealed that he stepped away from directing the 1989 Christmas comedy National Lampoon’s ...