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Updated, 10:15 Am: 101 Studios is moving The War with Grandpa to Oct. 9. The Robert De Niro family comedy moves off the Sept. 18 weekend, where it was against Disney/20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man and to a weekend where there aren’t any wide releases. Given how movie theaters are reopening with auditorium capacity restrictions, few titles will be occupying the majority space of a multiplex in the near future. Still Tbd in regards to when California and New York reopen. As we reported yesterday, Canada is underway on Friday with Paramount’s SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Vvs/Solstice Studios’ Unhinged and Warner Bros.’ tenth anniversary re-release of Inception.

Watch the first trailer for The War with Grandpa here.

Previously, June 29: 101 Studios will release the Robert De Niro family comedy The War With Grandpa on Sept. 18 wide in conjunction with financier Brookdale Studios.

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Monday, June 29 Robert De Niro’s ‘War With Grandpa’ Sets Opening

101 Studios announced it will domestically distribute Robert De Niro’s comedy “The War With Grandpa” on Sept. 18 in partnership with financier Brookdale Studios.

The film, directed by Tim Hill and produced by Marro Media Company, is based on the children’s fiction novel by Robert Kimmel Smith and centers on a boy being forced to give up his bedroom when his grandfather moves in. The boy, player by Oakes Fegley, schemes with friends to devise a series of pranks to drive him out, and the situation devolves into an all-out war

Marro Media Company financed the production, while Ingenious and Joe Gelchion of Tri-g provided additional financing and serve as the film’s executive producers.

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101 Studios has picked up the domestic rights to release “The War With Grandpa,” the family comedy starring Robert De Niro, this fall, the studio announced Monday.

“The War With Grandpa” stars De Niro alongside Oakes Fegley in a film from director Tim Hill (“The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run”), and it will open theatrically on September 18, 2020.

The movie is based on Robert Kimmel Smith’s popular children’s fiction novel of the same name and it’s the story of a grandfather and grandson who were once close but come to butt heads once grandpa moves in and has to share a bedroom with his grandson. The boy will stop at nothing to get his room back, scheming with friends to devise a series of pranks in order to drive his grandpa out, only for his grandfather to respond in all out war.

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Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution to rights The Secret: Dare to Dream, starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas. Gravitas has partnered with Roadside Attractions to release the film in theaters on April 17.

The pic, which hails from tri-g Films, was directed by Sweet Home Alabama helm Andy Tennant and inspired by Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 Nyt bestseller, The Secret. Adapted by Bekah Brunstetter, Tennant, and Rick Parks, the plot centers around Miranda Wells (Holmes), a hard-working young widow struggling to raise three children on her own. A powerful storm brings a devastating challenge and a mysterious man, Bray Johnson (Lucas), into her life. In just a few short days, Bray’s presence re-ignites the family’s spirit, but he carries a secret—and that secret could change everything.

Celia Weston and Jerry O’Connell co-star. Producers are Byrne, Robert Cort, Paul Hanson, Joe Gelchion, Matthew George, and Robert Katz.

Altitude Film Distribution has acquired UK and Irish distribution rights to A Private War, the Matthew Heineman film about American-born war correspondent Marie Colvin who was killed on assignment in Syria while working for the Sunday Times. The film will be released in the territories in February 2019, which follows a U.S. release that begins today in New York and Los Angeles via Aviron Pictures before going nationwide.

Rosamund Pike stars as Colvin along with Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander and Stanley Tucci. The film marks’ the narrative feature directing debut for Heineman, the Oscar-nominated helmer of documentaries including Cartel Land and City of Ghosts. Arash Amel penned the script.

The biopic, which just had a gala screening at the London Film Festival, tells the true tale of Colvin, a fearless and rebellious spirit driven to the front lines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while...

Tri-g and Savvy Media Holdings announced today that Jerry O'Connell and Celia Weston have signed on to star alongside Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas in Andy Tennant's The Secret Movie. Joe Gelchion's Tri-g, Matthew George's Savvy Media Holdings and Robert Katz under his Shine Box banner recently boarded the film to produce, alongside Robert Cort Productions, Illumination Entertainment and Covert Media.

Producers include Robert Cort, Rhonda Byrne, Paul Hanson, Matthew George, and Robert Katz and Joe Gelchion, who's banner Tri-g is fully financing the film. Covert Media is handling international sales which continue through the Afm this week. Principal photography begins today in New Orleans.

The Secret Movie centers around a hard-working young widow with three children who hires a handyman to fix her house during a terrible storm. As the handyman grows closer to the family, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of thought to create what we want,...

Principal photography commenced earlier this week in New Orleans.

Covert Media has reported a strong response to The Secret Movie starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas based on the global self-help publishing phenomenon The Secret, led by deals in Australia, Germany and Spain.

Covert has licensed the Afm sales title in: Australia (Village Roadshow); Germany and Spain (Wild Bunch); Scandinavia (Sandrew Metronome); Middle East (Gulf Films); Latin America (Imagem); Taiwan (Moviecloud); Benelux (Dutch Film Works); Cis (Top Film); Portugal (Lusomundo); India (PVR); and Indonesia (Cgv).

Further details have closed in: Switzerland (Ascot Elite); South Africa (Empire Entertainment); Singapore (Shaw); Philippines...

Veteran stars Jerry O’Connell (Billions, Sliders) and Celia Weston (The Intern, Dead Man Walking) have signed on to appear alongside Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas in The Secret Movie, based on the best-selling self-help book The Secret.

The film — from director Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama) — centers on a young widow with three children who hires a handyman to fix her house, only to realize that, as he grows closer to the family, he carries a secret connection to her past.

Joe Gelchion’s Tri-g, Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings and Robert Katz under his Shine Box banner recently boarded the ...

Veteran stars Jerry O’Connell (Billions, Sliders) and Celia Weston (The Intern, Dead Man Walking) have signed on to appear alongside Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas in The Secret Movie, based on the best-selling self-help book The Secret.

The film — from director Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama) — centers on a young widow with three children who hires a handyman to fix her house, only to realize that, as he grows closer to the family, he carries a secret connection to her past.

Joe Gelchion’s Tri-g, Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings and Robert Katz under his Shine Box banner recently boarded the ...

Exclusive: A Private War producers Matthew George and Joe Gelchion and Law Abiding Citizen producer Robert Katz are joining the production team for Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas pic The Secret.

Gelchion’s Tri-g, George’s Savvy Media Holdings and Katz’s Shine Box will fully finance the previously announced film, which will begin shoot in New Orleans next month. Neil Sacker negotiated the deal and served as outside counsel through Skadden Arps. Covert Media handles international sales.

The love story drama, directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch) is based on the popular self-help book and film of the same name by Rhonda Byrne. Written by Bekah Brunstetter (This Is Us), producers also include Robert Cort (Robert Cort Productions), Byrne and Paul Hanson (Covert). Christopher H. Warner (Wind River) will serve as executive producer.

The film will follow a hard-working widow with three children who hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm.