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Charo Santos, Dingdong Dantes working on a project together

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Lance Paolo Lim

<p>Kapamilya network pillar Charo Santos and homegrown Kapuso actor Dingdong Dantes are working together on a project — and it’s one of those rare collaborations fans never knew they needed. </p><p>In an Instagram post, Charo shared a series of photos with Dingdong in it. In one of the photos, she can be seen posing together with Dingdong and director Irene Villamor, hinting that the latter is the one taking on the helm as the director of the exciting project. </p><p>Villamor is a longtime collaborator of Bela Padilla. Some of her works as a director include films such as <em>Relaks, It’s Just Pag-Ibig, Camp Sawi, Meet Me In St. Gallen, Sid &amp; Aya: Not A Love Story, </em>and<em> On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets</em>, among others.</p><p>In another photo, Charo can be seen posing with Cornerstone Entertainment executives Erickson Raymundo, Jeff Vadillo, PPL Entertainment Inc.’s Perry Lansigan, and former ABS-CBN Films Head and Charo’s sister Malou Santos.</p><p>Charo said the project has been “three years in the making.”</p><p>“3 years in the making... <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dongdantes/?hl=en">@dongdantes</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayrin/?hl=en">@ayrin</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/malousantos03/?hl=en">@malousantos03</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/visionerickson/?hl=en">@visionerickson</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ppl_perrylansigan/?hl=en">@ppl_perrylansigan</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeffvadillo/?hl=en">@jeffvadillo</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/myjourneycsc/?hl=en">#MyJourneyCSC</a>,” she wrote in the caption of her post.</p><p>See the post below: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClqY8c3P9vJ/?hl=en"></a></p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClqY8c3P9vJ/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=524&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A184865.70000000298%2C%22ls%22%3A184720%2C%22le%22%3A184778.60000000894%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="923" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Charo Santos announced in November that<em> Maalaala Mo Kaya</em>— where she serves as a presenter — is coming to an end after 31 years.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/11/21/fresh-scoops/mmk-to-end-after-more-than-three-decades-203913"><strong><u>Read: ‘Maaalala Mo Kaya’ to end after more than three decades</u></strong></a></div><p>The last episode of Asia’s longest-running drama anthology will air on December 10.</p><p>Dingdong, in a separate post, shared a photo of what appears to be a script for the film titled <em>Love After Love</em>.<span style="color:rgb(38, 38, 38);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;word-spacing:0px"></span></p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClqPxVXyCYI/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=524&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A184877.5%2C%22ls%22%3A184720%2C%22le%22%3A184778.60000000894%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="915" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><span style="color:rgb(38, 38, 38);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;word-spacing:0px">&quot;It’s finally happening! </span><span style="color:rgb(38, 38, 38);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;word-spacing:0px">After years in the making, this script will be brought to life…sometime next year,&quot; Dingdong wrote. </span></div><p>His wife, Marian Rivera, was among those who expressed their excitement for the project. </p>

<p>A new project starring Charo Santos and Dingdong Dantes is in the works. </p>

A new project starring Charo Santos and Dingdong Dantes is in the works.

‘3 years in the making’: Charo Santos, Dingdong Dantes working on a project together

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‘3 years in the making’: Charo Santos, Dingdong Dantes working on a project together

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Published Dec 02, 2022 09:01 PM PHT

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