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ABS-CBN Films signs deal with T-REX Entertainment to bring 'braver' movies

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Vince Garcia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/10/23/20181023-rxtiri-olivialamasan.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Rx Tiri of T-REX Entertainment signs a deal with ABS-CBN Films managing director Olivia M. Lamasan. <em>T-REX Entertainment</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- ABS-CBN Films has joined up with T-REX Entertainment as part of a content partnership which will include making &quot;experimental&quot; and &quot;brave&quot; movies -- the first two of which will be released next year. </p><p>The deal, signed Tuesday, will see the two production companies work together to bring &quot;fresh concepts&quot; to a mainstream audience. </p><p>It includes two films: &quot;Open,&quot; a romantic drama about open relationships starring JC Santos and Arci Munoz; and &quot;The Mirror,&quot; a horror flick with Mccoy de Leon and Heaven Peralejo. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">IT&#x27;S OFFICIAL! T-REX Entertainment is now in partnership with ABS-CBN Films! 🎬<br/><br/>Don&#x27;t miss our partner projects: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OpenMovie</a> starring <a href="https://twitter.com/monaarcimunoz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@monaarcimunoz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/qaloyJCsantos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@qaloyJCsantos</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMirrorMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheMirrorMovie</a>, starring <a href="https://twitter.com/hperalejo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hperalejo</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag_mccoydl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hashtag_mccoydl</a>.<br/>Coming soon! <a href="https://t.co/qRBmFbNEWE">pic.twitter.com/qRBmFbNEWE</a></p>— T-Rex Entertainment (@prodsthatmatter) <a href="https://twitter.com/prodsthatmatter/status/1054638380321914882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Open&quot; will be led by director Andoy Ranay and is set for release early next year. &quot;The Mirror,&quot; on the other hand, is headed by Kenneth Lim Dagatan, the writer of 2017&#x27;s &quot;Bloody Crayons.&quot;</p><p>Both are currently in production. </p><p>T-REX Entertainment is a production company best known for the acclaimed MMFF comedy &quot;Deadma Walking&quot; and &quot;Patay na si Hesus,&quot; a dark comedy that was considered the &quot;sleeper hit&quot; of the 2017 edition of Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino. </p><p>&quot;This is what T-Rex is bringing into the table. We want to do a lot of new concepts, brave concepts,&quot; T-Rex Entertainment head Rex Tiri explained in an interview during the signing. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/THSg4aONLKM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZH3beK-a6rE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>He noted that his company&#x27;s tagline is &quot;Productions That Matter,&quot; adding, &quot;we would propose to ABS-CBN Films concepts that are so hard to do but can be done.&quot; </p><p>It is understood that the terms of his deal with ABS-CBN Films also includes three other movies, but the details of those are being kept secret as they are still being finalized. </p><p>He also said that as much as possible he would like to experiment with partnerships between Kapamilya stars, pointing out that the pairings in the first two movies are both new. </p>

<p>ABS-CBN Films has joined up with T-REX Entertainment as part of a content partnership which will include making 'experimental' and 'brave' movies. </p>

ABS-CBN Films has joined up with T-REX Entertainment as part of a content partnership which will include making 'experimental' and 'brave' movies.

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ABS-CBN Films signs deal with T-REX Entertainment to bring 'braver' movies

Vince Garcia,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 23, 2018 05:46 PM PHT

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