However, according to writer ChrisColumbus, the version that made it to theaters was significantly tamer than his original vision, which included more gore, higher stakes, and a shocking twist ...
Columbus eventually left Christmas Vacation and Jeremiah S Chechik stepped in as director, with the third movie in the franchise hitting the big screen on December 1, 1989. Chase remained in the lead ...
“Back then, John [Hughes] and I had a conversation about it,” ChrisColumbus explained to the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Tuesday, “and we decided on what the jobs were.