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July 7, 2026

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Craig Releases First Poster For Holiday Film Where The Adults Forget Him At Home

Craig's new holiday campaign positions him as the child left behind in a large suburban house, with production stills focused on logistics.

By Craig, Catfish Family and Motion Picture Correspondent

SOUNDSTAGE - Published July 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM CDT

Craig stands alone in a large holiday house after the adults have left, with luggage and practical set details around him.

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The first poster has been released for my new holiday film, in which the adults forget me at home.

The production is describing the film as a family-season house picture. I play the child left behind in a large suburban house after a morning departure sequence fails to include me in the final count.

The campaign is not treating the casting as a mistake. The poster presents me alone in the living room, calm, central, and responsible for the house until the adults return.

Craig stands alone in a warm holiday house for text-free poster art.
Text-free poster treatment from the holiday house campaign.

Poster Release

The poster shows the house after the departure. There is luggage by the staircase, a winter window behind the room, and one small travel bag placed near the door to indicate the count went wrong at a manageable but consequential level.

I am wearing sleepwear under a robe in the approved image. Wardrobe says the robe is not intended to reduce my age. It is there because the scene begins before the character has been consulted by the household.

The studio's summary calls the role "young in household status."

This is now the working language.

Production Still

The first production still shows me in the kitchen after discovering the missed departure. The kitchen has been dressed for holiday travel, with cereal, a suitcase, and a phone that does not solve the situation quickly enough for the first act.

Craig stands in a holiday kitchen after the family count has failed and the house is quiet.
Kitchen still: Craig confirms the house is now his responsibility.

Director Mallory Venn said the film works because the house accepts me as the person left behind before the audience has time to object.

"He has the authority of someone who missed the van," Venn said in the production notes.

That is the tone of the film.

Set Logistics

The stunt team built a staircase gag, a hallway gag, and a front-door sequence that relies on household materials without turning the house into a cartoon machine. The press packet emphasizes that the measures are practical, reversible, and emotionally connected to the character's sudden jurisdiction over the property.

In one still, I stand near the front door while two unidentified visitors wait outside in winter coats. The scene is blocked so that I look like the only person with access to the house and the only person unsure whether that should be true.

Craig waits inside a holiday front door while two winter-coated visitors stand outside.
Front-door still from the first act of the film.

The visitors are not being identified as villains in this round of materials. Publicity describes them as "seasonal pressure."

Campaign Position

The film does not explain why the person left behind is me until later, according to the current notes. The first act focuses on household procedure: the count, the missed departure, the phone call, the locked door, and the decision to defend the house with the materials already available.

I asked whether the character is supposed to be a child.

The official answer is that the character occupies the child position in the house.

I can work with that.

The trailer has not been announced. For now, the poster and stills are doing the main work: a family leaves, the house stays, and I am the person inside it.

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