How Marvin Peart Rescued ‘The War With Grandpa’; Producer Already Hatching Sequel
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: It’s been said that some movies aren’t necessarily born, rather they fight their way to life.A lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of a film’s producer, who well after the cameras have turned off, and the set striked, sees a movie through to its endgame. That person in the case of 101 Studios and Brookdale Studios’ family comedy The War With Grandpa was Marvin Peart, who made certain that the movie, first pitched to him by his young son Tre Peart, would be realized on the big screen — and a pandemic nor a studio going out of business wasn’t going to stop it.