Loisa Andalio, Coleen Garcia to star in esports film from Mikhail Red

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Loisa Andalio and Coleen Garcia. Instagram: @iamloisaandalio, @coleen" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/03/06/20230306-loisa-coleen.jpg"/><figcaption>Loisa Andalio and Coleen Garcia. <em>Instagram: @iamloisaandalio, @coleen</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Loisa Andalio and Coleen Garcia will be first-time co-stars in a film about esports to be helmed by acclaimed director Mikhail Red, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/coleen-garcia-loisa-andalio-mikhail-red-friendly-fire-nadine-lustre-nokturno-1235541963/">Variety</a>.</p><p>In &quot;Friendly Fire,&quot; Garcia portrays a visionary CEO, Sonya, who aims to put Philippine esports on the map, while Andalio plays Hazel, a player whom the woman executive recruits and trains after randomly meeting her at an internet cafe.</p><p>Red, who is known for thrillers and horror flicks including 2022 MMFF winner &quot;Deleter,&quot; described the new project as &quot;something fresh and exciting.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I like to think of it as my most wholesome project, because it&#x27;s more inspirational and it&#x27;s a genre I&#x27;ve always wanted to try – the sports movie and the underdog sports story,&quot; the filmmaker told Variety.</p><p>&quot;Esports is becoming quite big, especially in the Philippines, and there&#x27;s this stigma and the lack of support. It&#x27;s very new and it&#x27;s something that a lot of people still don&#x27;t understand. It&#x27;s just interesting to follow the lives of these esports athletes who are handicapped in terms of resources, support, and even internet speed and lag,&quot; he said.</p><p>Red likened &quot;Friendly Fire&quot; to a &quot;classic boxing story&quot; that will have a &quot;rags-to-riches career fantasy journey.&quot;</p><p>The film will be produced by Ten17p, which also helped Red bring to life the crime thriller &quot;Arisaka&quot; starring Maja Salvador in 2021.</p><p>&quot;Friendly Fire&quot; is apart from Red&#x27;s expansive lineup of films under Evolve Studios, his joint venture with &quot;Deleter&quot; producer Viva Films, according to Variety.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/16/23/nadine-lustre-mikhail-red-team-up-anew-for-nokturno">Nadine Lustre, Mikhail Red to team up anew for horror film &#x27;Nokturno&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Viva Films and Red previously announced that among Evolve Studios&#x27; first offerings is the horror film &quot;Nokturno,&quot; which will mark the director&#x27;s second collaboration with Nadine Lustre after &quot;Deleter.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Helel,&quot; described as a &quot;sci-fi spiritual horror film&quot; about a Filipina astronaut, is also in the pipeline at Evolve Studios. Its lead star has yet to be announced.</p><p>RELATED VIDEO:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D77DPrgaAwM?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>

In 'Friendly Fire,' Garcia portrays a visionary CEO, Sonya, who aims to put Philippine esports on the map, while Andalio plays Hazel, a player whom the woman executive recruits and trains after randomly meeting her at an internet cafe.

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Loisa Andalio, Coleen Garcia to star in esports film from Mikhail Red

Loisa Andalio, Coleen Garcia to star in esports film from Mikhail Red

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Published Mar 06, 2023 06:25 PM PHT

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