Posted on 01/21/2022 7:58:43 PM PST by Trillian
Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie Parker in A Christmas Story when he was only 12, will be returning to lead a sequel to the perennial holiday favorite.
The 50-year-old child star–turned–filmmaker will be reprising his role in the new film, which is expected to take place when Ralphie is an adult in the 1970s, The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Thursday.
In addition to starring in the sequel to the 1983 classic — titled A Christmas Story Christmas — Billingsley will produce for its production companies Legendary and Warner Bros.
The Christmas Chronicles director Clay Kaytis is attached to direct the film, which will be released on Warner's HBO Max streaming service.
Billingsley will be joined by his longtime friend Vince Vaughn to produce A Christmas Story Christmas for their company Wild West Picture Show Productions.
The original Christmas Story was an episodic period piece set sometime in the late 1930s to early 1940s that follows nine-year-old Ralphie as he navigates school and family relationships in a fictional Indiana town while dreaming of getting a Red Ryder BB rifle for Christmas.
In the '70s-set sequel, Ralphie will return home to his old house on Cleveland Street to give his own children the same kind of 'magical Christmas' he experienced as a child.
The original film was lauded for its realistic production design, which impeccably matched the time period and the Midwestern setting, and the publication writes that the new film will try to adopt a similar style.
Adult Ralphie will reunite with some of his childhood friends featured in the original movie while also trying to move on from the death of his father, often referred to as The Old Man in the original and played by Darren McGavin.
Although the original was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio, with some additional
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His son will decide he is really a girl and want a doll for Christmas
While feeling FABulous in the pink bunny suit..
We have a 12” “Major Award” lamp as well. The leg lights up as well!
Oh ffffffudge.
This is guaranteed to suck.
Not really. The original stories by Jean Shepherd appeared individually in Playboy magazine. The book "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" was a compilation of those Playboy stories. The Flick's bar interludes were created as glue to tie them all together and serve as lead-ins to the next story.
To any fan of the original movie, I recommend that you get a copy of the book and read that (a Kindle version exists). It fleshes out many of the segments of the movie and is much, much better. To me, the movie was disappointing because I was already familiar with the book, and so much was left out to keep the movie family friendly, and a reasonable length.
The stories were written for adults about kids.
Well, they’ll certainly have less “Christ” in Christmas than the original one - about as religious as Rudolf or Jack Frost...
I was thinking that Hunter Biden should get a part in the movie. Maybe not Ralphie.
Dan Patrick interviewed Billingsly a few years ago about the original movie.
There are a couple of nuggets in it
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZXz3cn58RE
Jean Shepherd reading his original story, “Duel In The Snow,or, Red Ryder Nails The Cleveland Street Kid”
....You prolly know it as “A Christmas Story”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrY33GQN6dA
Thanks for posting that. There were indeed some surprises. I never would have guessed he was 12 when the movie was made.
“The Old Man” - The role Darrin McGavin was born to play.
The trailers show why both these movies are not fondly remembered nor played on tv.
There was also a “A Christmas Story 2” made in 2012.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2281069/?ref_=vp_back
My Summer Story - from 1994
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110168/
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