Home Alone 4

Home Alone 4 (also known as Home Alone: Taking Back the House) is a 2002 American Christmas comedy film directed by Rod Daniel. The made-for-television film was produced by Fox Television Studios and first aired on ABC on November 3, 2002, as the first episode of the forty-seventh season of The Wonderful World of Disney, followed by a DVD release on September 2, 2003. A sequel to Home Alone 3 (1997) and the fourth installment in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars French Stewart, Erick Avari, Barbara Babcock, Jason Beghe, Clare Carey, Joanna Going, Missi Pyle, and Mike Weinberg as Kevin McCallister. It follows Kevin spending his Christmas with his father and his new girlfriend as his old enemy Marv and his wife Vera come up with a plan to kidnap a visiting prince with help from an inside person that Kevin least suspects. The film is the first in the Home Alone franchise to not receive a theatrical release.

Home Alone 4 is the first film without any contributions from John Hughes, the creator of the Home Alone series. It also does not include any of the original cast members. Whereas Home Alone 3 featured a standalone plot and new characters, this film brings back some main characters from the first two films, including Kevin McCallister. However, all of the roles are played by different actors. It was the last film that Rod Daniel directed before his subsequent retirement, and his death in 2016.