WE CONGRATULATED
Mother Lily at the announcement of the 8 chosen official entries for the December Metro Manila Filmfest. Three of them are hers. One is solely produced by Regal, “Shake, Rattle & Roll 13”. One is Regal’s co-production with TV5, “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. The last one is co-production with SMDC (who co-produced “
Who’s That Girl” with Viva), “Hototay”. “Shake” is a trilogy: “Lunod” starring
Eugene Domingo and directed by Chris Martinez, “Tamawo” directed by Richard Somes starring Maricar Reyes, and “Parola” by Jerrold Tarog (who did the hit “Funeraria” in “Shake 12”) starring
Lovi Poe,
Kathryn Bernardo and Albie Casino. “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” is a title used by Regal before in a drama starring Vilma Santos and Maricel Soriano. This time, Mother Lily is trying to get Ate Vi again but the Batangas governor has not given her nod. Maybe if she’d tell Ate Vi that the movie is about fishkills, she might agree to do it as it’s very relevant to Batangas now. The tentative cast includes
Dennis Trillo,
Heart Evangelista,
Carla Abellana and TV5 discovery
Ritz Azul. “Hototay” is a comedy to be megged by Joel Lamangan and included in the cast is Lovi Poe (who’s in the cast of all Mother Lily’s films now including “
Temptation Island”, “My Neighbor’s Wife” and “Aswang”) along with
Ruffa Gutierrez, Andi Eigenmann and John Lapus. The other selected entries are “Segunda Mano” starring
Kris Aquino and Dingdong Dantes, produced by Edgar Mangahas of MJM Productions that also produced Kris’ “Dalaw” last year; “Ang Panday II” with
Bong Revilla,
Marian Rivera and
Iza Calzado directed by Mac Alejandre; “My Househusband” of OctoArts Films starring Judy Ann Santos, Ryan Agoncillo and Eugene Domingo, directed by Joey Reyes; “Mr. Wong” with Robin Padilla (they’re trying to get Angelica Panganiban as leading lady, to be megged by Trina Dayrit and Rechie Del Carmen; and “Enteng ng Ina Mo”, co-production between ABS-CBN and M-Zet Prods. Starring
Vic Sotto and
Ai Ai de las Alas, directed by Tony Reyes. Two films didn’t make it: “Kingpin: Asiong Salonga Story” starring Laguna Gov. ER Ejercito directed by Tikoy Aguiluz (to bad as this is already being shot) and “Love Will Lead You Back” of CineMedia Films starring Judy Ann Santos and
Coco Martin.
