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Cameras begin to roll for 'Darna' television series

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<p>MANILA – Cameras have started to roll for “Mars Ravelo’s Darna: The TV Series” under the direction of veteran filmmaker Chito Rono.</p><p>Photos from the series’ first taping day were shared on Twitter by the JRB Creative Production, the ABS-CBN entertainment unit which will produce the project.</p><p>Jane De Leon, admittedly a relative “unknown” compared to her Darna predecessors, was cast in the coveted role in July 2019, after an open audition that drew 300 aspirants, including established actresses and fresh aspirants.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DarnaTheTVSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DarnaTheTVSeries</a> first taping day 🎬🎥 <a href="https://t.co/V5ug7RprIj">pic.twitter.com/V5ug7RprIj</a></p>— JRB Creative Production (@JRBcreativeprod) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRBcreativeprod/status/1460040378808102915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><div dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/sieck7Dw5Y">pic.twitter.com/sieck7Dw5Y</a></div>— JRB Creative Production (@JRBcreativeprod) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRBcreativeprod/status/1460040398332592129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>“Mars Ravelo’s Darna: The TV Series” is the latest development in ABS-CBN’s long anticipated version of Darna, an enduring pop culture icon who has been played by some 15 actresses since her big-screen debut in 1951.</p><p>ABS-CBN obtained the rights to Darna in 2013, when it signed a partnership with the Ravelo estate that included 12 more titles or characters created by the komiks master.</p><p>Joining de Leon in the main cast are Iza Calzado as the original Darna and Narda’s mother Leonor Custodio, Zaijan Jaranilla as Darna’s sidekick Ding, and Joshua Garcia as a new character, a police officer named Brian.</p>

Cameras have started to roll for the “Mars Ravelo’s Darna: The TV Series” under the direction of veteran filmmaker Chito Rono.