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Actor Alden Richards and Kathryn Bernardo during the press conference of Star Cinema's "Hello, Love, Goodbye" at the Dolphy Theatre on July 9, 2019.   Michael Bagtas, ABS-CBN News/File

Actor Alden Richards and Kathryn Bernardo during the press conference of Star Cinema's "Hello, LOve, Goodbye" at the Dolphy Theatre on July 9, 2019.   Michael Bagtas, ABS-CBN News

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Hello, Love, Goodbye

Josiah Eleazar Antonio

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171603542366520190709-hello-love-goodbye-presscon-mb-5982.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Actor Alden Richards and Kathryn Bernardo during the press conference of Star Cinema&#x27;s " at="" the="" Dolphy="" Theatre="" on="" July="" Michael="" ABS-CBN="" News=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Actor Alden Richards and Kathryn Bernardo during the press conference of Star Cinema&#x27;s &quot;Hello, Love, Goodbye&quot; at the Dolphy Theatre on July 9, 2019. <em>Michael Bagtas, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) — ABS-CBN&#x27;s Star Cinema and GMA Pictures are uniting for the sequel of the hit film &quot;Hello, Love, Goodbye,&quot; the two film houses confirmed Sunday.</p><p>As first reported by <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://deadline.com/2024/05/star-cinema-gma-pictures-film-hello-love-again-1235919018/">Deadline</a>, the sequel will be titled &quot;Hello, Love, Again.&quot; It will be released on November 13 in the Philippines, with international releases to follow.</p><p>Kapamilya star Kathryn Bernardo and Kapuso actor Alden Richards will reprise their roles as Joy and Ethan, respectively. Cathy Garcia-Sampana will also return to direct the sequel.</p><p>The first film was released in theaters in 2019. &quot;Hello, Love, Goodbye&quot; ended with Joy pursuing a career in medicine while Ethan opened his own business. Viewers were left hanging whether they ended up together or not.</p><p>&quot;I am as excited as all of you perhaps, to find out what Joy and Ethan had gone through after Hello, Love, Goodbye and will be going through in &#x27;Hello, Love, Again,&#x27;&quot; Garcia-Sampana said in the Deadline report.</p><p>This is the latest partnership between ABS-CBN and GMA after the 2023 teleserye &quot;Unbreak My Heart,&quot; and after the noontime show &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; began airing on the Kapuso channel earlier this year.</p><p>&quot;This also marks the beginning of our beautiful collaboration with GMA Pictures, who share the same passion with us in telling stories for the Filipino audience worldwide,&quot; Kriz Gazmen, Head of Star Cinema, told Deadline.</p><p>According to Deadline, the sequel will be set five years after the events of the first film.</p><p>&quot;After fighting for their love to conquer the time, distance and a global shutdown that kept them apart, Joy and Ethan meet again in Canada but realize that they have also changed a lot, individually,&quot; Deadline reported.</p><p>&quot;Hello, Love, Goodbye&quot; was the highest-grossing Philippine film of all time until January 2024, when it was surpassed by &quot;Rewind.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/26/24/rewind-now-highest-grossing-filipino-film-of-all-time">READ: Marian-Dingdong movie &#x27;Rewind&#x27; is now the highest grossing Filipino film of all time</a></div><p>Speculations that there would be a sequel to the blockbuster film started in early April, when Garcia-Sampana posted a video of herself at the Hong Kong International Airport. </p><p>After their Hong Kong trip, Garcia-Sampana visited Calgary, Canada with the team behind the 2019 film.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/11/is-hello-love-goodbye-gearing-up-for-sequel-2157">READ: &#x27;Hello, Love Goodbye&#x27; writer, director arrive in Hong Kong</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/11/is-hello-love-goodbye-gearing-up-for-sequel-2157">READ: After Hong Kong, &#x27;Hello, Love Goodbye&#x27; writer, director visit Canada</a></div><p>Just last week, Richards had expressed his hope for a sequel for the film, while at the same time remaining mum when asked if he was courting Bernardo.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/12/alden-richards-hopeful-for-a-hello-love-goodbye-sequel-131">READ: Alden Richards hopeful for a &#x27;Hello, Love, Goodbye&#x27; sequel</a></div><div><strong><em>news.abs-cbn.com is the official news website of ABS-CBN Corp. </em></strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XfwJYBS8jcQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MYV4PTV7OE8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>ABS-CBN's Star Cinema and GMA Pictures are uniting for the sequel of the hit film "Hello, Love, Goodbye," the two film houses confirmed Sunday.</p>

ABS-CBN's Star Cinema and GMA Pictures are uniting for the sequel of the hit film "Hello, Love, Goodbye," the two film houses confirmed Sunday.

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Kathryn Bernardo, Alden Richards return as Star Cinema, GMA Pictures unite for sequel to 'Hello, Love, Goodbye'

Josiah Eleazar Antonio,

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Published May 19, 2024 01:04 PM PHT

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