question: What series starred Macaulay Culkin and later featured Alex D Linz as the new protagonist?
answer: Home Alone
context: Title: Home Alone (franchise)
  Passage: Home Alone is a series of family comedy films directed by Chris Columbus (1 & 2), Raja Gosnell (3), Rod Daniel (4) and Peter Hewitt (5).  The first two films, "Home Alone" (1990) and "" (1992), follow the adventures of a boy named Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) who, during the course of the film, gets burglars Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) arrested by using booby traps.  The third film, "Home Alone 3" (1997), has a similar plot but with a new protagonist, Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), and more of a spy theme.
  Title: Home Alone 3
  Passage: Home Alone 3 (stylized as HOME ALONe3) is a 1997 American family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes.  It is the third film in the "Home Alone" series and the first not to feature actor Macaulay Culkin and the cast from the previous films (1990, 1992), director Chris Columbus, and composer John Williams.  The film is directed by Raja Gosnell (in his directorial debut), who served as the editor of both original films and stars Alex D. Linz as Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old resourceful boy who is left home alone and has to defend his home from a band of criminals.  The film was followed by a made-for-television sequel, "Home Alone 4", in 2002.
  Title: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
  Passage: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus.  It is the second film in the "Home Alone" series and the sequel to "Home Alone".  Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as Kevin McCallister, while Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern reprise their roles as the Wet Bandits, now known as the Sticky Bandits.  Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Rob Schneider, Tim Curry, and Brenda Fricker are also featured.
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