Filmmaker Chris Columbus allegedly walked away from one of the biggest Christmas movies of all time because of Chevy Chase. Columbus, who went on to direct 1990's "Home Alone," revealed Chase's ...

Director Chris Columbus claims he quit working on “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” after he met with the film’s leading actor, Chevy Chase. In a new interview with Vanity Fair ...

From Home Alone to Harry Potter and Gremlins to The Goonies, Chris Columbus has a laundry list of major film credits as a ...

Related: Christmas Movie Kids Then and Now ... and I don’t have to deal with Chevy Chase.’” Home Alone came out the next year, and although it received mixed reviews at the time, it ...

Home Alone director Chris Columbus has recalled “the most surreal, bizarre” encounter with Chevy Chase ... Harry Potter films, almost added 1989 film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation ...

"Home Alone" director Chris Columbus nearly helmed another iconic Christmas movie, but he said that a "surreal" pair of meetings with star Chevy Chase made him quit the film. Columbus, 66 ...

said he was also supposed to direct 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — but opted out because of the movie’s star, Chevy Chase. “I was signed on … and then I met Chevy ...

He directed ‘Home Alone’ and wrote ‘Gremlins,’ among other holiday classics. Now he’s producing the wintery vampire drama alongside his daughter—and sharing real-life horror stories about how Chevy ...