Despite criticisms of late from the movie press after the love team of James Reid and Nadine Lustre, or Jadine, caused the shoot for their upcoming movie Never Not Love You to be packed up, fans of the pair are still confident their “lodis” would be the love team to beat this year.
Kicking things off in red-hot fashion is the couple’s second major concert, Revolution on Feb. 9 at the Big Dome (Smart Araneta Coliseum).
The concert promises to give pop fans a night of unforgettable upbeat production numbers and heart-melting romantic moments worthy of the multi-talented multi-media love team. Among the highlights will be songs from James’s current album, Palm Dreams.
Released last year to wide acclaim, the chart-topping album not just showcases James’s growth as a singer, it also marks his songwriting and producing debut under his own music label, Careless Music Manila. The label has also produced one track in Nadine’s upcoming but still untitled album.
James and Nadine will take Revolution on the road in summer with a provincial tour in April and a series of shows in the US in May. But that won’t be their first out of the country trip this year.
The box-office stars are in London to shoot scenes for Never Not Love You. A contemporary romance-drama about love among millennials, the highly anticipated movie marks Jadine’s reunion project with their On The Wings of Love director, Tonet Jadaone. It’s the trio’s first big screen outing together and Jadine’s first since 2016’s blockbuster This Time.
Never Not Love You will be followed by at least two more movie projects this year. James will co-star with superstar Sarah G in the big comedy The Granny (20 Again), a local adaptation of one of the biggest Asian movie hits in recent years. He is also set to start shooting the big action-fantasy epic Pedro Penduko later this year.
Nadine will also branch out on her own with not just one but two movies that will further showcase her versatility – the light romance-comedy Ulan by the writer-director of Camp Sawi, Irene Villamor, and the thriller The Nurse by Die Beautiful diretor, Jun Lana.
As though these projects won’t fill their schedule, James and Nadine are also set to return to primetime television on ABS-CBN with a new teleserye. To be directed by acclaimed director Dan Villegas, the still untitled soap is scheduled to start taping in the second quarter of the year.
And that’s how Jadine will rule 2018.
Revolution: The Jadine Concert will have Sarah Geronimo, Sam Concepcion, Kiana Valenciano, Bret Jackson, and Vice Ganda as guest performers.
Tickets are priced: VIP – P4770; Patron – P3710; Box Premium – P2968; Box Regular – P2120; and Upper Box – P1272.
Call Ticketnet at 911-5555 or VIVA Live at 687-7236 for ticket inquiries.
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BG Productions International recently held a press gathering coinciding with the birthday celebration of Dennis Evangelista, Baby F. Go’s most trusted henchman, at Marco Polo Hotel in Ortigas Centre.
During the press gathering, the lady now known as the “queen of indie” introduced three directors that would be active in the movie projects her film company will engage this year.
Almost in the can is Almost a Love Story by Louie Ignacio with Barbie Forteza and Derrick Monasterio shot mostly in Italy in cooperation with Salento Cinema.
“We will just shoot some scenes in the Philippines, mostly interior,” Ignacio announced.
The director is also scheduled to roll into production two more movies, one of them is School Bus intended for this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and if it would be accepted would be Baby F. Go’s film company first in the highly regarded “indie” fest. Another project of Ignacio will feature the superstar Nora Aunor among midgets in a bar frequented by tourists and the curious.
Joel Lamangan, with whom Baby F. Go jump started her film production journey is up for a couple of films, one of which will star Heart Evangelista in a project called Angela Lumunsad about a woman mistaken for a teacher but keeps a relationship with both a member of the rebel group NPA and a member of the Philippine military.
Lamangan said it speaks about the importance of education.
Furthermore, the director is also going forward with a film that touches the environment titled Maruming Hangin, which BG Productions is planning to enter in this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival.
Mel Chionglo is scheduled to shoot Sixty in the City based on Lualhati Bautista’s book (the author also wrote the screenplay) which he is pitching for Charo Santos of ABS-CBN to star in.
The producer said, “For so long as there’s budget we will continue to produce movies.” Her statement was met with a thunderous applause not just from her followers, but also from some members of the press.
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Miss Universe 2017, Demi-Leigh Nel Pieters, recently visited globally renowned Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo® at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
With her were Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere, as well as Miss Philippines, Rachel Peters; Miss China, Roxette Cui; Miss Russia, Kseniya Alexandrova; Miss Canada, Lauren Howe; Miss Great Britain, Anna Burdzy; Miss India, Shraddha Shashidhar; Miss Italy, Maria Polverino; Miss Spain, Sofia Del Prado; Miss Malaysia, Samantha James; Miss Korea, Cho SeWhee; Miss Singapore, Manuela Bruntraeger; and Miss Netherlands, Nicky Opheij.
The stopover coincided with the Miss Universe Philippine promotions tour from Dec. 7-10.
Being “the home of celebrations,” Buca di Beppo® pulled out all the stops to honor such a beautiful assembly. From the moment the ladies entered the restaurant’s doors, Buca’s management and staff embraced them as part of the family.
For dinner, classic Italian favorites were served family-style in the nostalgic and whimsical Po