It’s official, Dingdong Dantes will be playing Sergio Santibañez for GMA 7’s remake of Marimar. Is that why he is growing that awful beard?
Anyway, the real news is that it is confirmed that Marian Rivera got the title role of Marimar. It will be remembered that she played the mother of the Super Twins kids. (It all comes back to them, doesn’t it?).
Angel turned down the role due to conflict in schedule, and she admitted that singing and dancing is not one ofher strong suits.
Oh well, at least there will be a newer face on prime time drama.
Wait… Dingdong Dantes?
First, it was Sailormoon. Then it was Shaider. Recently, it became Marimar.
As Team Sugoi ponders these recent disturbing news, the poor members gasp in horror as they realize what’s left!
It’s gonna be either Bioman or…
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Just when Team Sugoi thought that GMA 7 has maxed out and eventually will go back to your usual heart-gripping dramas, (Well, we can dream, can’t we?) comes another surprise.
The rumor mill (a.k.a. local tabloids) has it that GMA is remaking Marimar. And who else but to take the title role but their primetime favorite, Angel Locsin.
Excerpt from People’s Tonight, May 16, 2007
Hindi na naghirap ang GMA-7 sa paghahanap ng actress na gaganap sa Pinoy version ng Marimar dahil kay Angel Locsin nila ibinigay ang project.
O_o
Who’s playing Sergio? Who’s playing Corazon? Who’ll voice Polgoso? Will he even talk like the talking piggy in that Sailor Moon rip-off-but-not-really-or-whatever?
Wait, I think the best question to be asked here is: “What great show from my childhood is next in line?!??”
As an 80s baby, I can be very sentimental. And since we’ve recently gone nostalgic, even more so. Imagine my shock when I found out that GMA has acquired the license for one of the most-loved icons of that time: Shaider.
From GMANews.TV:
GMA-7 acquires Shaider, to air Pinoy version
05/08/2007 | 12:26 PM
Shaider, or Uchuu Keiji Shaider (English translation: Space Sheriff Shaider), is a Japanese live action series that originally ran in Asahi TV Japan noong 1984. Sa Pilipinas, it was first broadcast and dubbed in Filipino sa IBC-13 noong 1992 , then re-telecast sa GMA-7 noong 2003.
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Tulad ng isa pang popular Japanese work na Lupin, nakuha rin ng GMA-7 ang rights ng Shaider. Isa ito sa mga primetime shows ng Kapuso Network.
Dominic Zapata is set to direct the Philippine version of Shaider after his Super Twins stint.
Ang StarStruck 3 Ultimate Sole Survivor na si Marky Cielo ang nakatakdang gumanap sa papel na Shaider. Ang StarStruck 4 Ultimate Female Survivor namang si Kris Bernal ang napipisil na gumanap na Annie.
Si Jay Manalo naman ang gaganap sa main villain na si Commander Kom. He will have five female assistants—four of which will be Bianca King, Isabel Oli, Arci Muñoz, and Iwa Moto.
What were they thinking? Seriously?
