‘A Christmas Story Christmas’ Teaser’: “Oh,Fudge!” Peter Billingsley Is Back As Ralphie In HBO Max Sequel

It’s a major award! The trailer for A Christmas Story Christmas — HBO Max’s sequel to the beloved 1983 holiday film — has arrived.

HBO Max has dropped the first full-length trailer of Peter Billingsley in his return as Ralphie in the upcoming A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel to the classic holiday pic A Christmas Story. The film begins streaming on HBO Max on November 17. The poster and photos are below.

Ready to revisit a Christmas classic? Frozen flagpoles and leg lamps beware; Ralphie is coming back to where it all began in “A Christmas Story Christmas.” The sequel from Legendary and Warner Bros. sees the character return to his childhood home just in time for the holiday season.

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Oh, Fudge!Actor Peter Billingsley has returned to his “A Christmas Story” roots as his character Ralphie — almost 40 years later.Billingsley, 51, portrayed Ralphie Parker in the 1983 Christmas flick and the adult version is back for HBO Max’s sequel.The upcoming “A Christmas Story Christmas” drops on the streamer on Nov. 17, however, a quick 30-second trailer debuted Monday.The brief clip showcases a young Ralphie and then quickly cuts to a flash of the older character as he returns to his hometown for the Christmas season.The new movie will revolve around Ralphie bringing his own kids home for the holidays on Cleveland street in the 1970s.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com The teaser trailer for the long-awaited “A Christmas Story” sequel is jam-packed with holiday nostalgia. From dusty “fragile” leg lamps to triple dog dare mistakes, the first look at the HBO Max movie sequel, officially titled “A Christmas Story Christmas,” promises all the holiday retread you could shake a turkey leg at. The original Ralphie, Peter Billingsley, returns to his iconic role now looking a lot more like “the old man” than the young little glasses-wearing kiddo who hungered for one thing, a Red Ryder air rifle. The 51-year-old actor joins past cast members as he returns to his hometown in hopes of recreating the magical Christmases from his past, this time for his own kids.

The first teaser for HBO Max’s A Christmas Story Christmas is here!

For all the discussion on social media about how Warner Bros. Discovery is canceling films and series and cutting a lot of jobs, in an attempt to bring down costs and reduce debt, a new trailer for the upcoming content coming to HBO and HBO Max proves the studio still has a number of high-profile projects arriving on screens in the next year.  READ MORE: ‘Batgirl’: Star Leslie Grace Leaks Brief Clip Of Footage From The Scrapped Movie On TikTok Every once in a while, HBO decides to release a new trailer showcasing the big projects coming down the pipeline over the next year or so.

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