MMDA announces revised list of MMFF 2015 movies

Published September 13, 2015 10:47am

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Sunday announced the revised list of movies for the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival.

Titles of some of the competing movies for this year's MMFF have been changed, including the film starring Eat Bulaga Kalyeserye's Alden Richards.

MMDA executive director Naomi Ilagan announced the revised list of movies competing in this year's MMFF:

My Bebe Love formerly "Romcom-in Mo Ako" - starring Vic Sotto, Ai-Ai delas Alas and Alden Richards
Buy Now, Die Later formerly Death and Senses - starring Jayson Gainza, John Lapus and Ian Veneracion
Haunted Mansion - starring Joem Basco, Alan Paule and Janelle Salvador
Hermano Pule - staring Aljur Abrenica and Alessandra de Rossi
Pamilyang Love Love formerly MR and MRS Split - starring Herbert Bautista and Kris Aquino
Nilalang (The Entity) - starring Cesar Montano and Maria Ozawa
Walang Forever - starring JM de Guzman and Jennilyn Mercado and Derek Ramsay
Beauty and The Bestie - starring Vice Ganda, Coco Martin and Karla Estrada

Some of the movies have also change the lead actors, including Nilalang that originally cast Robin Padilla as lead actor. Hermano Pule was supposedly to be starred by John Prats and Karylle while Haunted Mansion's former lead actors were Marlo Mortel and Jerome Ponce.

The film festival starts yearly on December 25, Christmas Day.

Ilagan said this year's entries are better than last year's and they expect bigger gross sales.

"As usual inaasahan natin na every year ay mas magaganda at magagaling ang mga lumalahok na pelikula, palaki nang palaki ang gross sales," she said. —ALG, GMA News

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