French Stewart, Jason Beghe, Barbara Babcock and Missi Pyle will all star in Fox TV Studios' HOME ALONE 4 sequel for ABC.
Mike Weinberg (the WB Network's THE LONE RANGER) will play Kevin McCallister, the role that made Macaulay Culkin a star 12 years ago. Kevin's parents (Beghe and Clare Carey) have split up, and he lives with his mom. He goes to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie (Joanna Going), in a Chicago suburb. Babcock will play the estate's housekeeper.
Stewart will take over the role of robber Marv Merchants, played in the first two 20th Century Fox movies by Daniel Stern. This time, he partners with fellow criminal Vera (Pyle) to hit Natalie's mansion.
The script for HOME ALONE 4 was written by Debra Frank and Steve L. Hayes (ABC's SANTA WHO?). Rod Daniel (Fox's HOW TO MARRY A BILLIONAIRE, A CHRISTMAS TALE) will direct the film, which is set to begin production Monday in wintery Cape Town, South Africa.
Stewart, best known for his role as the oddball communications officer Harry Solomon on NBC's 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN, next stars as the title character in the Walt Disney Co.'s direct-to-video sequel INSPECTOR GADGET.
Thanks to Daily Variety
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