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Donny Pangilinan to star in esports film with mom Maricel Laxa

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<p>Donny Pangilinan is set to headline a new movie with his mother Maricel Laxa-Pangalinan.</p><p>On Tuesday, March 28, Donny&#x27;s father Anthony announced that they just had the contract signing for the esports film titled <em>GG (GoodGame)</em>.</p><p>&quot;A new day is dawning. 🌅 Official contract signing between MediaWorks and Cignal for <em>GG (GoodGame),</em> the first full length esports film in the Philippines,&quot; he posted.</p><p>He added: &quot;May it add value to our country’s entertainment industry, in both end and process, the final product and means taken to get it done.&quot;</p><p>&quot;By God’s grace and for His Glory.&quot;</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVg20vJz1q/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1160192.2000000477%2C%22ls%22%3A1159838.2000000477%2C%22le%22%3A1159843.1000000238%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="567" 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>Ronaldo Valdez and Baron Geisler will also be part of the film.</p><p><em>GG</em> will be directed by Prime Cruz.</p><p>Fans were quick to express their elation about the project.</p><p>&quot;Were so excited for this. Proud of Dons. We love you pangilinan fam with the love of the Lord,&quot; one fan said.</p><p>&quot;Congratulations everyone!! So excited to watch this Donny !!🔥&quot; another fan commented.</p><p>&quot;This will be a hit!&quot; another fan wrote.</p><p>Donny recently headlined the Star Cinema film titled <em>An Inconvenient Love </em>with Belle Mariano. In 2021, they also starred together in a film titled<em> Love Is Color Blind.</em></p><p>Meanwhile, Maricel&#x27;s last project on the big screen was <em>Hello, Love, Goodbye </em>in 2019.</p><p>Maricel is also Donny&#x27;s co-manager alongside Anthony.</p><p>In an interview with Karen Davila in 2022, Donny shared that he entrusts his finances to his mom. </p><div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzZoprrGR2/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1160203.5%2C%22ls%22%3A1159838.2000000477%2C%22le%22%3A1159843.1000000238%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" 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;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe></div><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzZoprrGR2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-1" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzZoprrGR2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzZoprrGR2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan (@mommymaricel)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;A lot of my finances, I do have access to it, but my mom is the who, like just keeps it, she gives me like baon from time to time,&quot; he shared.</p><p>&quot;[She] knows that if I have it all to myself, sometimes I might get too excited.&quot;</p><p>In the same vlog, Donny relayed that his interest in show business started when he got to see his mom&#x27;s work as an actress while growing up.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/3/20/director-mae-cruz-alviar-to-work-with-donny-pangilinan-and-belle-mariano-1644"><strong>READ: Director Mae Cruz Alviar to work with Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano</strong></a></div><p>&quot;It always amazed me when I go to the set with my mom or her friends. When I do commercials as a kid. I never thought it was possible that this could be my career talaga,&quot; he relayed.</p><p>Despite coming from a family of showbiz royalties, Donny pointed out that his parents pushed him to create his own path when he decided to enter showbiz. </p><p>&quot;My mom was like, &#x27;I&#x27;m not gonna call anyone. I&#x27;m not gonna use any connections. 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<p>Donny Pangilinan and his mother Maricel Laxa will star in the esports film 'GG.' </p>

Donny Pangilinan and his mother Maricel Laxa will star in the esports film 'GG.'

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Donny Pangilinan to star in esports film with mom Maricel Laxa

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Published Mar 29, 2023 01:41 PM PHT

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