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10 years after 'On the Job,' Gerald Anderson and Erik Matti team up anew for 'BuyBust' follow-up

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Gerald Anderson will reunite with his " On="" the="" director="" Erik="" Matti="" for="" a="" series="" related="" to="" other="" crime="" thriller="" Instagram:="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/02/07/20230207-gerald.jpg"/><figcaption>Gerald Anderson will reunite with his &#x27;On the Job&#x27; director Erik Matti for a series related to the filmmaker&#x27;s other crime thriller &#x27;BuyBust.&#x27; <em>Instagram: @erikmatti, @andersongeraldjr</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — A decade after the release of their acclaimed action thriller &quot;On the Job,&quot; director Erik Matti and actor Gerald Anderson are finally reuniting for another major project.</p><p>Matti first hinted at the fresh collaboration in late January, when he posted a photo with Anderson along with film producer Dondon Monteverde.</p><p>At the time, the filmmaker made no indication of what the meeting was for.</p><p>On Tuesday, Anderson confirmed that he is indeed teaming up again with Matti for another scripted offering, with a photo of a screenplay penned by Michiko Yamamoto.</p><p>Anderson shared a glimpse of the script through an Instagram Stories update, where he also tagged Matti&#x27;s account.</p><p>Based on the first page of the screenplay, Anderson will star in a series with the working title, &quot;BuyBust: The Undesirables.&quot; Its first episode is called, &quot;Damsel in Distress.&quot;</p><p>&quot;BuyBust&quot; is Matti&#x27;s 2018 action flick which starred Anne Curtis as an anti-drug operative. It was not immediately clear whether &quot;The Undesirables&quot; is a prequel or a prequel to the film.</p><p>Expanding a previous movie title with a series follow-up is not new to Matti; &quot;On the Job&quot; was re-released in 2021 as a six-part offering, including scenes from its sequel &quot;On the Job: The Missing 8.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/07/23/anne-curtis-erik-matti-to-reunite-for-new-movie">Anne Curtis, Erik Matti to reunite for a new big screen project</a></li></ul><p>Curtis also happens to be gearing up for a film reunion with Matti. So far, however, neither has indicated whether the new project is related to &quot;BuyBust.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2SAMWfe_d88?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A decade after the release of their acclaimed action thriller 'On the Job,' director Erik Matti and actor Gerald Anderson are finally reuniting for another major project.