Disney+ Reboots Iconic Home Alone Franchise For Holiday Season

The new installment, Home Sweet Home Alone, premieres Nov. 12 on the streamer

Disney+ is rebooting the Home Alone franchise, premiering a new film in November about a young boy accidentally left behind by his family during a holiday vacation and forced to battle intruders.

Top line

Called Home Sweet Home Alone, the new film stars Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Bates and Kenan Thompson, debuting Nov. 12 exclusively on Disney+.

Between the lines

The official Twitter accounts for Disney+ and 20th Century Studios confirmed Thursday morning that they were rebooting the hit franchise, which originally featured Macaulay Culkin in the first two installments, released in 1990 and 1992.

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