Chris Columbus, the director of the previous two films, decided not to return to helm the third instalment as he "hadn't seen own kids for supper in the week for about two and a half years."
Chris Columbus, instruktøren af de to tidligere film, besluttede at han ikke ville tage roret for den tredje film også, da han "ikke havde spist aftensmad med sine børn en uge i træk, de seneste to og halvt."