According to INQUIRER.net | Philippine news for Filipinos, Erik Matti, a filmmaker, told Inquirer Entertainment that he prays for the Philippines to be seen as having potential and that it will be given the opportunity to showcase that talent. Additionally, Matti expressed his hope that the current Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) will inspire Filipino moviegoers to consider coming to the movies once more. The Philippines, according to Matti, is on a low plateau now.
Recently, Matti revealed that two of the films Reality Entertainment, his and Dondon Monteverde's production company, will be making will star veteran actress Vilma Santos and actor Jericho Rosales. The fact that people adore movies and desire to draw audiences back to theaters was one of the reasons they ultimately pitched Vilma. Though everyone appears to agree that everyone should resume showing movies in cinemas, nobody actually seems to be taking that risk.
Matti and Monteverde have not both been doing anything since the lifting of the pandemic limitations. They were both attempting to be cautious. Matti fervently hopes for the one movie that will be so thrilling that even journalists will want to write about it. Jericho Rosales, who decided to take a sabbatical from acting during the COVID-19 outbreak, has agreed to take part in a film prequel to Matti's action series "On the Job," according to Matti (OTJ). According to INQUIRER.net | Philippine news for Filipinos, apart from "On the Job: The Missing 8," which Matti and his crew are now developing and will be available to view on HBO Go, this is the case. The 1990s are the setting for Michiko's writing. While Matti was filming OTJ, the script was set aside. They learned how amazing the screenplay is still and that it would be a terrific in-between project for Season 2 in May when Matti started looking into it again.
When Matti began casting, Jericho was the first candidate. The cast for the 1990s movie will be excellent. Jericho and two additional actors will play characters who have already appeared in the OTJ series. However, Matti made it clear that there won't be a younger version of Mario Maghari, a character played by Joel Torre in the original OTJ.
Matti started casting, and Jericho was the first choice. They will have a good ensemble for the 1990s movie. Jericho and two other actors will be portraying roles that are already existing in the OTJ series. Matti clarified, however, that there will be no younger version of Joel Torre’s character, Mario Maghari, who is from the original OTJ.
