A 12 months after asserting the bold challenge, The Philippines ABS-CBN is now in manufacturing on new sequence “The Bagman.” Filming started in Manila on Feb. 25.
“The Bagman” is a spin-off from the unique, locally-produced digital sequence “Bagman” that was aimed on the Filipino viewers. The brand new sequence is meant as a world co-production. The Philippines corporations already on board embrace ABS-CBN Worldwide Productions, Nathan Studios, Rein Leisure and Dreamscape Leisure.
The announcement was made by Ruel S. Bayani, head of ABS-CBN’s worldwide productions division, and who will likely be attending FilMart, lengthy with Tanya Bautista, inventive producer of the present and Lea Dizon, ABS-CBN’s Los Angeles-based improvement government.
“ABS-CBN’s observe document as a storyteller and content material creator is one among our key belongings that makes us a stable companion in worldwide co-productions, as seen in our rising slate of worldwide titles. As a pioneer and chief in globalizing Filipino content material this present additional strengthens our place in advocating for Filipino illustration in in the present day’s international market,” stated Bayani. “With the outstanding solid now full, coupled with the latest begin of manufacturing, we’ve got little doubt ‘The Bagman’ will likely be a success amongst consumers and co-production corporations in Hong Kong.”
“The Bagman” stars Arjo Atayde, reprising his character Benjo Malaya from the unique “Bagman” sequence, a task that gained him the 2020 Asian Academy Artistic Awards greatest actor prize. The sequence additionally stars John Arcilla (“On the Job 2: The Lacking 8,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo (“Mindanao”).
The present will likely be structured as a sequence with eight episodes, every of 1 hour
The unique digital sequence, “Bagman 1 and a pair of,” which offered to Netflix Philippines, follows the story of Benjo Malaya, a neighborhood barber who landed a job because the governor’s henchman and will get caught up in a harmful net of crime, corruption, and political turmoil.
Within the new “The Bagman” sequence Malaya, now a convicted prisoner and former governor, learns 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. He takes on a brand new mission, this time, as a bagman for the sitting president of the Republic of the Philippines to cease an impending civil struggle.
