Apart from starring in the Kapamilya

teleserye Dahil Sa Pag-ibig,

Piolo Pascual has found success as executive producer of the comedy hit

Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kiyeme

which he produced under Spring Films along with friends in the industry which also includes the film’s director Joyce Bernal and Shayne Sarte and Erickson Raymundo among others.

Piolo said he is happy with the feedback they have gotten after the film’s one-week run. “We’re just really thankful

kasi kahit anong

endeavor

naman natin

we want it to be successful, to be accepted,

na tangkilikin

. So we’re happy

kasi dito sa

second venture

namin sa

film,

sabi ko nga sa mga ka-

partner

namin dun, kailangan kumita yung pelikula kasi dito nakasalalay yung

future

ng

Spring Films

para makagawa pa kami ng maraming pelikula

. With the help of Star Cinema and ABS-CBN we were able to reach our target. I don’t know the official figure

pero

we reached P100M

nung

Saturday so hopefully before Wednesday maka-P120M, so

baka paglabas ng

Spider-man

mga

P400M na (laughs),” he said during

Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kiyeme

thanksgiving party held last June 25 at the Cerchio restaurant in Quezon City.

The hunky producer admitted he did not want to have any expectations when it comes to ticket sales. “No

hindi na puwede yung mag

-expect

ng sobra, hindi ka puwedeng umasa. Ang inaasahan mo lang yung suporta. Si

Uge (Eugene Domingo)

nga nahihiya ako kasi sinasabi ko sa kanya na, ‘Labs pasensiya na, ilang araw na lang bago tayo makahinga.’ Hindi kami hihinga hangga’t hindi naming nasisigurado na naka-

break even o okay

na

. So even after one week,

naka-

standby

pa rin kami

until the weekend when we heard the news

na

okay

na siya.

It crossed the P100M mark so we just had to throw a thanksgiving party for Uge and the rest of the cast because it was a collective effort. Of course we had a target. We had to reach a certain amount para mag-break even. Close to a P100M,” he explained.

Even though the two Kimmy Dora films have done well, Piolo says it’s too soon for him to claim he is a successful at producing movies. “

Hindi pa puwedeng i-

claim

yun eh

. A day at a time,

kung maging

successful

ka

today, happy

ka

then you move on.

Siguro

for now happy

ka

but of course we have to move forward.

Hindi ko naman puwede i-

claim

na

made

ka na

or established producer

ka

because it never stops. I still have so much learning to do at the same time,

may mga de-

briefing

pa.

We just want to be better in what we do,” he shared. Piolo also gave a lot of credit to

Kimmy Dora

star Eugene. “

Si

Eugene

may

stake

siya sa Kimmy Dora, para sa amin hindi lang siya binigyan ng

script, she’s part of Sprint Films.

Kung ano yung

success

ng Kimmy Dora, malaki yung pasasalamat namin,

” he added.

Piolo said he is looking forward to producing more quality projects in the future. “We’re still looking at scripts and stories but hopefully one of the three projects that we are working on

hindi ko pa masabi eh

(laughs) and then there’s also a teen movie, then there’s another one

na siyempre lahat ito dumaan sa matinding

scripting planning so hopefully

makagawa din kami ni

Eugene. Of course we’re really inspired

ngayon. Sabi nung isang

producer

namin

hopefully

maka-tatlo kaming pelikula

next year. It’s a collective effort.

Lahat kami

from

direk

Joyce and Eugene, she gave more than a 100% so

tulong-tulong. Kasi parang

we want to inspire others also.

Hindi naman puwedeng isang tao lang ang gagawa, kailangan talaga lahat may

faith,” he said.

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