Ralphie is ready to make his return inA Christmas Story Christmas.
In the nostalgia-heavy first teaser trailer for HBO Max’s upcoming sequel to the 1983 classicA Christmas Story, familiar sets from the original film are shown as iconic lines from the movie play over a festive instrumental track.
At the end ofthe preview, protagonist Ralphie (Peter Billingsley), now all grown up, is shown in a close-up, putting on his glasses and smiling.
“Ho ho ho,” fans can hear at the end of the trailer — a nod to the memorable moment in the first film where themall Santa Clauspushes Ralphie down the slide. The scene plays out after Ralphie requests a highly coveted Red Ryder BB gun forChristmasand the Santa tells him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”
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The originalA Christmas Storyis set in the 1940s and follows 9-year-old Ralphie and his desire to obtain a Red Ryder BB rifle for Christmas.
The forthcoming sequel, according toThe Hollywood Reporter, “will take place in the 1970s and sees an adult Ralphie return to his house on Cleveland Street to deliver his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had growing up.”
They also plan to include “callbacks to the initial film,” which previously inspired several related projects including television film adaptations, a theatrical sequel, a direct-to-video sequel and stage play and musical adaptions.
Fox even airedA Christmas Story Live!in 2017, starringMatthew Broderick,Maya Rudolph,Chris Diamantopoulos,Jane Krakowski,Ana Gasteyerand more, featuring Andy Walken as young Ralphie.
A Christmas Story Christmasdebuts Nov. 17 on HBO Max.
source: people.com
