Macaulay Culkin to help promote their company's rebranding. Culkin stared into the camera stating, "Remember me." On August 17, 2009, Culkin made a brief cameo appearance on "WWE Raw" at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, following a "falls count anywhere" match between Hornswoggle and Chavo Guerrero, in which Guerrero was defeated by the classic "Home Alone" gag of rigging a swinging paint can to hit him upon opening a door. Culkin appeared in the doorway and said, "That's not funny." In February 2010, Culkin appeared in an episode of Poppy de Villeneuve's online series for "The New York Times", "The
Home Alone the budget grew from $14 to $17 million. Columbus' work with "Home Alone" began several years earlier when Hughes helped him secure the directing job for "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation". That project ended poorly when a personality clash between Columbus and Chevy Chase led to Columbus leaving the movie. Hughes then gave him the script to "Home Alone", which he accepted. Hughes had originally asked Patrick Read Johnson to direct but declined due to his commitment on "Spaced Invaders". Johnson would go onto direct "Baby's Day Out", another film written and produced by Hughes. Hughes suggested to Columbus that they