“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.”

A reboot of 1990’s wildly successful film Home Alone is slated to be shot in our backyard next year, according to reports.

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Though no casting has been announced, filming is expected to get underway from February to April before the reboot is launched on Disney+.

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Disney announced in August that Home Alone, Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid would be “reimagined” for its new streaming service.

The original Home Alone (does that make you feel old?) starred Macaulay Culkin as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister along with Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as burglars, and Toronto’s Catherine O’Hara as Kevin’s mother.

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The movie, directed by Chris Columbus, proved to be a massive hit, grossing $476 million US, while spawning a profitable sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and two less-popular films, Home Alone 3 (1997) and Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House with different casts.

Culkin, 39, reprised his role as McCallister last year in a Google Assistant commercial. After hearing about plans of a reboot, he jokingly tweeted a picture of himself asking Disney to “call me!”

Hey @Disney, call me!

— Macaulay Culkin (@IncredibleCulk) August 7, 2019