Chase later went to "Christmas Vacation" writer John Hughes and requested the trio meet, according to Columbus. "Then we had a dinner where John Hughes was present, and I was basically nonexistent ...

He claimed that Chase and the late film producer “talked about everything except” for “Christmas Vacation.” “We spent two hours together, and I left the dinner and I thought ...

From Home Alone to Harry Potter and Gremlins to The Goonies, Chris Columbus has a laundry list of major film credits as a director, writer or producer. Christmas Vacation could have been part of his ...

Following the dinner, Columbus thought ... He recalled, “I quit ‘Christmas Vacation.’ The next weekend, I got another script from John — and it’s ‘Home Alone.’ ...