Let’s look back at Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles as the comedy icon celebrates his 98th birthday this month. The film, […] The ...

Columbus explained that he had two meetings with the former “SNL” actor before telling the film’s writer and co-producer, ...

Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy,” the ...

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Home Alone and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone director revealed that he stepped away from directing the 1989 Christmas comedy National Lampoon’s ...

"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." "I was signed on… and then I met Chevy Chase. Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t ...

Columbus realized there was a silver lining though. He recalled, “I quit ‘Christmas Vacation.’ The next weekend, I got ...

A bizarre encounter with actor Chevy Chase led then-unknown filmmaker Chris Columbus to walk off 'National Lampoon's ...

I don't need this. I'd rather not work again," the filmmaker recalled thinking after meeting with the comedy star.

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 ...