Ralphie Returns in First ‘Christmas Story’ Sequel Teaser

Nearly 40 years later, it’s time for one more Christmas Story.

Technically there has already been two sequels to the 1983 cult traditional A Christmas Story. In 1994, Bob Clark, the director of the unique Christmas Story, made the film My Summer season Story, with Kieran Culkin within the function of Ralphie. Then in 2012, there was a direct-to-video sequel known as A Christmas Story 2, made with a unique solid and completely ignoring the occasions of My Summer season Story. That movie starred Braeden Lemasters as a barely older Ralphie throughout one more mishap-filled Christmas vacation.

However this new sequel, titled A Christmas Story Christmas, is the primary that includes the unique movie’s star, Peter Billingsley again within the function that made him well-known. It’s coming to HBO Max this vacation season, and the primary teaser for the film is right here — which features a temporary sneak peak at Billingsley again because the now-adult Ralphie. Have a look under:

Along with Billingsley, A Christmas Story Christmas additionally consists of appearances from Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, and Zack Ward from the unique movie’s solid. (Darren McGavin, who performed the Previous Man in A Christmas Story, died in 2006.) When the challenge was first introduced, right here’s the way it was described:

The movie follows an grownup Ralphie (Billingsley) within the Nineteen Seventies, who returns to the home on Cleveland road to ship his youngsters a magical Christmas just like the one he had rising up. With the identical consideration to real-life tone of the primary, Ralphie reconnects with childhood mates, reconciles the passing of his Previous Man and sews the seeds for the origins of the beloved Vacation traditional.

A Christmas Story Christmas debuts on HBO Max on November 17. For those who can’t wait to look at it, you’ll be able to presently stream the unique Christmas Story at HBO Max.