Movie:vacation

  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘Vacation’ Series ‘The Griswolds’ in Development at HBO Max, Johnny Galecki to Produce

    HBO Max is developing a series based on the Grisworld family from the "National Lampoon's Vacation" films, Variety has learned. Titled "The Griswolds," the series will see the titular family home from vacation and explore their daily lives in the suburbs of modern-day Chicago. Tim Hobert is attached to write and executive produce the half-hour single-camera […]

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Role Recall: Anthony Michael Hall Remembers 'Breakfast Club,' 'Sixteen Candles,' and More

    You’d be hard-pressed to find an actor with a more impressive run of four consecutive movies than Anthony Michael Hall’s from 1983 to 1985: National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Weird Science (1985). In recent years, Hall has worked consistently on screens both big (2008’s The Dark Knight) and small (his popular sci-fi series The Dead Zone, which ran on FX from 2002 to 2007). Hall plays Mr. Stevenson, a security guard on the frontlines when

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Of Course Ed Helms Will Be Sad If He’s Replaced as Rusty Griswold in a ‘Vacation’ Sequel

    Ed Helms, the new face of the Griswold family, stopped by Yahoo studios this week, where  among some other fun and games  we peppered him with a few questions from his fans on social media. “If there’s another Vacation movie and there’s another Rusty, I will understand,” Helms answered playfully.

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    Step Inside the Walley World From the Original 'Vacation'

    With the Vacation franchise’s quasi-reboot out in theaters this weekend, many moviegoers will be looking back on the Griswold family’s original cross-country adventure from 1983. As in the new film, in which Ed Helms and Christina Applegate take the lead, the ultimate destination in the Harold Ramis-directed film was Walley World, a fictional theme park located in Southern California. The original film, National Lampoon’s Vacation, was written by John Hughes, based on a short story he had writ

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Ed Helms Talks Chevy Chase’s ‘Vacation’ Return, Chris Hemsworth’s Prosethetic Package

    Ed Helms knows he’s entered sacred comedy ground by taking over as patriarch of the Griswold family in the new Vacation, but it helped that his predecessor was there to figuratively hand off the keys. Chevy Chase, who played the beloved, bumbling dad Clark Griswold in four previous Vacation films, never pulled his new onscreen son aside for a pep talk, but it was Chase’s presence in the new sequel, Helms said, that gave him the vote of confidence. “In a way, his eagerness to be in the movie, a

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Watch Ed Helms Get Quizzed on All the Rusty Griswolds Who Came Before Him

    Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo played the Griswold parents over the course of four Vacation movies from 1983-97. As the now fully grown incarnation of ol’ Russ, Helms takes his family (including his wife, Debbie, played by Christina Applegate, and two sons) on an inevitably disastrous jaunt to one of the brood’s favorite stomping grounds, Walley World. Given the revolving door that became the role of Russell Griswold, we put Helms to the test to see how well he knows the actors (Anthony Mich

  • NewsMeriah Doty

    This New NSFW 'Vacation' Trailer Is Naughtiest Yet

    This exclusive red-band trailer for 'Vacation' serves as a reminder that just because the upcoming comedy is about a family, doesn’t mean it’s family-friendly.