Piper Field Movie Proposal Scrapped

A proposal to film scenes for the upcoming Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups 2 at 's Christopher M. Piper Field was officially scrapped at a School Committee meeting Thursday night.

The decision came just one night after town residents at a public forum at .

The movie's producer, Barry Bernardi, appeared before a small crowd of town residents at the school's library to "gracefully withdraw" Columbia Pictures' offer to erect a set on the field for $125,000.

"We never wanted to force ourselves on anyone, we offered a business proposition and if our set can't be at this particular place then we have no problem with that," Bernardi said. "We want to be where you want us. We are guests in your community and we want to be where you want us."

Bernardi's explanation drew a round of applause from those in attendance and he said afterward that Columbia Pictures are already exploring alternative locations for the backyard set, which would have included tennis courts and an in-ground swimming pool.

"We’re not here to hurt anybody's feelings. We don’t want to step on any toes,  we don’t want to assume anything," Bernardi said. "We are going to be here for three months, we’re going to have hundreds of people here and we're going to spend millions of dollars in your community. We just want to do it in a way that leaves everyone feeling like they were included in the process."

Bernardi said he still plans on shooting several scenes for the movie in the rear of this spring and at locations across town this summer.