Philippines media powerhouse ABS-CBN is launching “The Bagman” motion drama sequence as a remake of its personal “Bagman” digital manufacturing and can launch it at Hong Kong’s FilMart subsequent week.
The unique “Bagman,” which ran to 2 seasons and bought to Netflix in The Philippines, follows a neighborhood barber who lands a job because the governor’s henchman and will get caught up in a harmful net of crime, corruption, and political turmoil.
That could be a acquainted story for ABS-CBN itself. The corporate was till 2020 The Philippines main broadcaster. Nevertheless it dared to criticize the insurance policies of then president Rodrigo Duterte and located its TV licenses weren’t renewed. For the reason that lack of its TV broadcast operations, ABS-CBN has repositioned itself as a mass content material firm working as a producer with different producers and broadcasters and outputting information to its web site, streaming service iWantTFC and YouTube channels. It additionally operates associated companies in expertise administration and occasions.
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The brand new present makes a story leap from the tip of “Bagman.” Convicted prisoner and former governor, Benjo Malaya, learns the tragic information about his lacking household, he’s left with no selection however to return to the vicious underworld that he turned his again on, and tackle a brand new mission, this time, as a fixer for the sitting president of the Philippines to cease an impending and civil struggle.
The group pitches “The Bagman” as its tentpole worldwide co-production for 2023, following earlier success with predecessor sequence “Cattleya Killer,” which launched in 2022 at MIPCOM. It says that the eight-part present will probably be produced by Philippine-based corporations – ABS-CBN Worldwide Manufacturing Division and Dreamscape Leisure, Rein Leisure, and Nathan Studios. It doesn’t disclose any worldwide accomplice corporations.
“The Bagman” will star Arjo Atayde, reprising his Benjo Malaya character, a task that received for him the 2020 Asian Academy Inventive Awards finest actor prize.
“Having had the privilege of being the primary Filipino firm to display a sequence at MIPCOM, we’re honored to be following up on the success of ‘Cattleya Killer’ with our new premium drama sequence ‘The Bagman’,” stated Ruel S. Bayani, head, of ABS-CBN’s worldwide manufacturing division. “We proceed to advocate Filipino illustration in a way that’s participating and entertaining in right now’s world market. I’ve little doubt ‘The Bagman,’ filled with motion, suspense, and darkish humor, could have audiences all over the world on the sting of their seats.”
