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(Left to right) Director Mae Cruz-Alviar with Will Ashley, Bianca de Vera and Dustin Yu. Photo from Star Cinema's X account

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'PBB' alum Bianca de Vera, Will Ashley, Dustin Yu join forces for movie project

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1755766560804PBB.jfif" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">(Left to right) Director Mae Cruz-Alviar with Will Ashley, Bianca de Vera and Dustin Yu. <em>Photo from Star Cinema&#x27;s X account</em></span></span></span></div><p><strong>(UPDATE 2)  </strong>Will Ashley, Dustin Yu and Bianca de Vera — whose pairings gained a strong following during the recently concluded &quot;Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition&quot; — are set to star in the upcoming film, &quot;Love You So Bad,&quot; Star Cinema announced Thursday.</p><p>The project is a collaboration between Star Cinema, GMA Pictures and Regal Entertainment, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by ABS-CBN&#x27;s film arm. </p><p>The film will be directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar, known for helming the romance hits &quot;Crazy Beautiful You&quot; and &quot;Can&#x27;t Help Falling in Love,&quot; the family drama &quot;Four Sisters Before the Wedding,&quot; and the box-office hit &quot;Rewind.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1958448251193176347&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-08-21T09%3A48%3A05.023655%3Aaf443634-493e-45b8-ad18-7b418c06794c%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=8feb5d6f0d24a9f025fbc6b15cb3dad04a514d6c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:697px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1958448251193176347"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>In an interview with &quot;TV Patrol,&quot; Ashley described the project as a &quot;dream come true&quot; for him and his co-stars. </p><p>Meanwhile, Yu felt excited over the opportunity to work with his fellow housemates and Cruz-Alviar.</p><p>&quot;Sobrang na-excite talaga ako, knowing &#x27;yong mga makakasama ko and, of course, with Direk Mae, na sabi ko sa kaniya kanina, halos lahat ng ginawa ni Direk, pinapanood ko talaga,&quot; he said.</p><p>(I was really so excited, knowing who I&#x27;d be working with, and of course, with Direk Mae. I even told her earlier that I&#x27;ve watched almost everything she has done.)</p><p>For her part, De Vera felt &quot;very, very happy&quot; to headline a &quot;big project&quot; that marks a collaboration between three major film studios.</p><p>Crystal San Miguel, who wrote the film, said &quot;Love You So Bad&quot; was inspired by the 1998 film &quot;Dahil Mahal Na Mahal Kita,&quot; which starred Rico Yan, Claudine Barretto and Diether Ocampo.</p><p>But Cruz-Alviar was quick to clarify: &quot;It&#x27;s not a remake, it&#x27;s just inspired by.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Inspired by because the story... this is relevant to this day,&quot; she explained.</p><p>Ashley, Yu and De Vera were former housemates in &quot;Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition,&quot; with De Vera&#x27;s pairings with the two Kapuso actors garnering strong fan bases.</p><p>It also marks a reunion project for De Vera and Ashley, who previously worked together in the 2023 series &quot;Unbreak My Heart,&quot; another ABS-CBN and GMA collaboration. — <strong>With a report from MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>Will Ashley, Dustin Yu and Bianca de Vera — whose pairings gained a strong following during the recently concluded 'Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition' — are set to star in the upcoming film, 'Love You So Bad,' Star Cinema announced Thursday.</p>

Will Ashley, Dustin Yu and Bianca de Vera — whose pairings gained a strong following during the recently concluded 'Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition' — are set to star in the upcoming film, 'Love You So Bad,' Star Cinema announced Thursday.

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'PBB' alums Will Ashley, Dustin Yu and Bianca de Vera join forces for movie project

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Published Aug 21, 2025 05:05 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 21, 2025 08:12 PM PHT

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