Director Chris Columbus claims he quit working on “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” after he met ... a “better script” with the added bonus of not having to work with Chase.

Christmas Vacation could have been part of his bio as well. Columbus, 66, told Vanity Fair in an interview published Monday, December 23, that he had started working on the 1989 National Lampoon ...

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which premiered on December 1, 1989, remains a beloved holiday classic. This film is a quintessential Christmas slapstick comedy that perfectly captures the ...

A “bizarre” encounter with actor Chevy Chase led then-unknown filmmaker Chris Columbus to walk off National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The Nosferatu producer recalled the experience ...

said he was also supposed to direct 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — but opted out because of the movie’s star, Chevy Chase. “I was signed on … and then I met Chevy ...

A statement signed by the Rivers State Head of Civil Service, Dr. George Nwaeke, stated that the 2024 Christmas bonus would be paid to workers in different Ministries, Departments, and Agencies ...

That’s because Columbus was originally working with screenwriter John Hughes on 1989’s “Christmas Vacation,” starring Chase. Columbus was hired to direct the comedy and was in the middle ...

It took everything in my power to convince myself to resign from Christmas Vacation because I couldn ... Clark was stiffed on his big Christmas bonus, his co-stars wore giant cue cards around ...

Meanwhile on the lawn below, an homage to Orsini's favorite holiday flick: "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." The 1989 slapstick comedy stars Chevy Chase as a well-meaning dad, trying to ...

A code showing up on payments from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) means you're entitled to a bonus for Christmas. Benefits claimants up and down the country are being paid a Christmas ...

Only two factors kept a National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation cast member from consideration: the march of time and a petered-out career. On the former front there’s the majority of the 1989 ...