Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy,” the ...

Columbus explained that he had two meetings with the former “SNL” actor before telling the film’s writer and co-producer, ...

A bizarre encounter with actor Chevy Chase led then-unknown filmmaker Chris Columbus to walk off 'National Lampoon's ...

I probably have never told this story. Chris Columbus quit as director of ‘National Lampoon Christmas Vacation’ after meeting ...

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 ...

Director Chris Columbus recalled a "bizarre" meeting with the actor that led him to quit "National Lampoon's Christmas ...

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

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

“I quit Christmas Vacation. The next weekend, I got another script from John — and it’s Home Alone. Home Alone , for me, was ...

We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas! The comedic holiday movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" turned 35 ...

He told Vanity Fair: “I was signed on… and then I met Chevy Chase. Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realised I couldn’t work with the guy.

"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." "I was signed on… and then I met Chevy Chase. Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t ...