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Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles
Directed byMike Tuviera
Screenplay byCoco Martin
Produced byCoco Martin
Vic Sotto
Carlo L. Katigbak
Olivia M. Lamasan
Antonio P. Tuviera
StarringCoco Martin
Vic Sotto
CinematographyOdyssey Flores
Music byOdyssey Flores
Production
company
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
December 25, 2018
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles is an upcoming 2018 action thriller movie directed by Mike Tuviera, with Coco Martin serving as the movie’s producer along with being the starring role besides Vic Sotto.[1] The movie will be released on December 25, 2018 as an official entry to the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival.[2][3] The movie revolves about a team of puliscredibles consisting of three charismatic and adventurous police officers named Jack, Emily and Popoy, who embark on a mission to stop crimes from occurring within their vicinity.[4]

The title is a homage to Philippine game jak-en-poy which is transliterated from Japanese name of the game, jan-ken-pon.

Cast

Production

Announcement

On June 13, 2018, Coco Martin confirmed that he will star in an action movie alongside Vic Sotto. Martin has stated that it was his dream to work with Vic Sotto since he is a fan of the Sotto trio, consisting of Vic, Joey and Tito. The 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival announced that Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles will be one of the four accepted script entries.[5]

On June 29, Maine Mendoza joined the cast as the daughter of Vic Sotto’s character. Ryzza Mae Dizon, Baeby Baste, Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Ryza Cenon, Arjo Atayde, Cherry Pie Picache, Tirso Cruz III at Ronaldo Valdez were also confirmed to be part of the movie.[6][7] According to Vic Sotto, this will be Maine Mendoza’s first role in the action genre, while there are challenges she had to tackle with.[8]

On July 16, Coco Martin was initially attached to direct the movie, but due to directorial conflicts with the acclaimed television series Ang Probinsyano, who also had Martin has one of the directors, he drops out and decides to be the producer instead, with Mike Tuviera signing on as the new director considering his successful track record. Despite this, Martin freely admitted that he will still handle the creative aspects of the movie.[9][10]

Marketing

Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles’ teaser trailer was released on October 24 featuring Jack stopping a thieving criminal from grabbing the belongings of a family, overview about Popoy and Emily, office conversation and a shootout located in a port where Popoy is trapped and need to be saved.[11]

Release

The movie is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2018 by production companies APT Entertainment, CCM Productions and M-Zet Productions; the last two of which were founded by Coco Martin and Vic Sotto respectively. Star Cinema will officially distribute the film. It is one of the eight entries selected for the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival.[12][13] Coco Martin will have a fifty percent share as a producer in terms of box office sales and revenue.[14]

References

  1. ^ Llanera, Melba (June 12, 2018). "Coco Martin confirms MMFF 2018 movie with Vic Sotto". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Parungao, Regina Mae (October 12, 2018). "MMFF 2018 mesmerizes with Magic 8". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "MMFF announces complete lineup for 2018". CNN Philippines Staff. CNN Philippines. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "First photo of Coco, Maine and Vic as police officers in MMFF entry". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN. August 1, 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Vic and Coco to star in movie meant for MMFF". Manila Bulletin Entertainment. Manila Bulletin. June 23, 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. ^ Abanilla, Clarizel (June 30, 2018). "Maine Mendoza joins Vic Sotto, Coco Martin in MMFF entry". Entertainment Correspondent. Philippine Entertainment Inquirer. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  7. ^ Rodriguez, Bea (July 29, 2018). "Vic Sotto at ang cast ng 'Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles'". Showbiz News. GMA Network. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  8. ^ Policarpio, Allan. "Challenging role for Maine in Vic-Coco film". Entertainment Inquirer. Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  9. ^ Gonzales, Joseph Peter (July 16, 2018). "Coco not directing his new film with Vic". Manila Standard. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  10. ^ Samio, Veronica R. (July 20, 2018). "Coco atras na sa pagdidirek ng pelikula". Pilipino Star Ngayon. Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Teaser for Coco-Vic-Maine MMFF entry released". ABS-CBN. ABS-CBN. October 16, 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  12. ^ Bonoan, Reggee (October 11, 2018). "2018 MMFF magic 8 kumpleto na; pelikula nina Alex at Toni pasok". Inquirer Bandera. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Maine Mendoza, Vic Sotto, Coco Martin are cops on a mission for 2018 MMFF entry". Rappler.com. Rappler. October 17, 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Coco 50% ang share sa MMFF entry". Pilipino Star Ngayon. July 23, 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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