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Star Cinema
ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc., doing business as Star Cinema, is a Filipino film studio based in Quezon City. Star Cinema is owned by the Filipino media and entertainment conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and was incorporated on May 8, 1993 as Star Cinema Productions, Inc. with the help of Lily Monteverde and Regal Films. Since its inception, Star Cinema has produced some of the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time. Star Cinema has also been involved in the production of some TV series shown on ABS-CBN television network with Pangako Sa 'Yo in 2000 as its initial production.
Vanguard Films was formed in 1983. It was headed by Simon Ongpin and Charo Santos-Concio.
In 1985, the serial komiks by Nerissa Cabral, Hindi Nahahati ang Langit was adapted into a film and it stars Christopher de Leon, Lorna Tolentino, Edu Manzano, and Dina Bonnevie. The said film was directed by Mike de Leon.
In 1989, Santos-Concio formed Vision Films, operated independently from ABS-CBN and Regal Films. The first film offering of the company was Kailan Mahuhugasan ang Kasalanan? (1989), directed by Lino Brocka. Throughout its short existence, all of the films produced by Vision Films are dramas based on radio serials and action thrillers based on true stories or comics.
In 1990, three films were released: Nagsimula sa Puso, Kapag Langit ang Humatol, and Bala at Rosaryo. The former two were adapted from radio dramas that were serialized via DZRH-AM, while the latter was adapted from a comics serial. In 1991, action thriller Ganti ng Api and crime thriller melodrama Kailan Ka Magiging Akin were released. Between 1992 and 1993, no films were produced as Vision Films was absorbed into Star Cinema.
Star Cinema was founded on May 8, 1993, with producer Malou N. Santos becoming the studio's managing director. Even though it was still a new player in the film industry at that time, Star Cinema position itself to be a major competitor of big film studios like Viva Films and Regal Films. The studio collaborated with Regal Films for its first ever film production: Ronquillo: Tubong Cavite, Laking Tondo (1993), an action film starring Bong Revilla and Sheryl Cruz. Its strategies are to reflect the viewer's current taste and trends with a string of films targeted to mainstream viewers with film genres ranging from action, drama, comedy, horror, and fantasy.[citation needed] The films of Star Cinema in the 1990s have been well received with some earning critical acclaim with films like May Minamahal (1993), Maalaala Mo Kaya: The Movie (1994), Madrasta (1996), Magic Temple (1996), and Bata, Bata… Pa'no Ka Ginawa? (1998).[citation needed]
The 1990s also saw the pioneering works of the studio by integrating computer-generated images, special effects and special makeup and prosthetics on some of its films like Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara (1995), Magic Temple (1996), Kokey (1997), Magandang Hatinggabi (1998), Hiling (1998), and Puso ng Pasko (1998) among others. Other notable works were live-action adaptations of popular Japanese anime series like Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa (1995) and Cedie (1996), in turn, based on children's novels by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett, which incorporates stylish production designs and costumes and were shot abroad. From September 1997 to July 1999, former Viva Films executive Eric Cuatico Jr. briefly served as co-managing director of the studio alongside Santos.
Star Cinema also produced a film adaptations of ABS-CBN's successful TV series like Mara Clara: The Movie, released in 1996 and Mula sa Puso: The Movie, Wansapanataym: The Movie, and Esperanza: The Movie are released in 1999. In 1997, 1998, and 2000, Star Cinema produced Goodbye America, Legacy, and Doomsdayer respectively under the banner of Star Pacific Cinema in an attempt to penetrate the Hollywood B-movie market.
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Star Cinema
ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc., doing business as Star Cinema, is a Filipino film studio based in Quezon City. Star Cinema is owned by the Filipino media and entertainment conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and was incorporated on May 8, 1993 as Star Cinema Productions, Inc. with the help of Lily Monteverde and Regal Films. Since its inception, Star Cinema has produced some of the highest-grossing Filipino films of all time. Star Cinema has also been involved in the production of some TV series shown on ABS-CBN television network with Pangako Sa 'Yo in 2000 as its initial production.
Vanguard Films was formed in 1983. It was headed by Simon Ongpin and Charo Santos-Concio.
In 1985, the serial komiks by Nerissa Cabral, Hindi Nahahati ang Langit was adapted into a film and it stars Christopher de Leon, Lorna Tolentino, Edu Manzano, and Dina Bonnevie. The said film was directed by Mike de Leon.
In 1989, Santos-Concio formed Vision Films, operated independently from ABS-CBN and Regal Films. The first film offering of the company was Kailan Mahuhugasan ang Kasalanan? (1989), directed by Lino Brocka. Throughout its short existence, all of the films produced by Vision Films are dramas based on radio serials and action thrillers based on true stories or comics.
In 1990, three films were released: Nagsimula sa Puso, Kapag Langit ang Humatol, and Bala at Rosaryo. The former two were adapted from radio dramas that were serialized via DZRH-AM, while the latter was adapted from a comics serial. In 1991, action thriller Ganti ng Api and crime thriller melodrama Kailan Ka Magiging Akin were released. Between 1992 and 1993, no films were produced as Vision Films was absorbed into Star Cinema.
Star Cinema was founded on May 8, 1993, with producer Malou N. Santos becoming the studio's managing director. Even though it was still a new player in the film industry at that time, Star Cinema position itself to be a major competitor of big film studios like Viva Films and Regal Films. The studio collaborated with Regal Films for its first ever film production: Ronquillo: Tubong Cavite, Laking Tondo (1993), an action film starring Bong Revilla and Sheryl Cruz. Its strategies are to reflect the viewer's current taste and trends with a string of films targeted to mainstream viewers with film genres ranging from action, drama, comedy, horror, and fantasy.[citation needed] The films of Star Cinema in the 1990s have been well received with some earning critical acclaim with films like May Minamahal (1993), Maalaala Mo Kaya: The Movie (1994), Madrasta (1996), Magic Temple (1996), and Bata, Bata… Pa'no Ka Ginawa? (1998).[citation needed]
The 1990s also saw the pioneering works of the studio by integrating computer-generated images, special effects and special makeup and prosthetics on some of its films like Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara (1995), Magic Temple (1996), Kokey (1997), Magandang Hatinggabi (1998), Hiling (1998), and Puso ng Pasko (1998) among others. Other notable works were live-action adaptations of popular Japanese anime series like Sarah... Ang Munting Prinsesa (1995) and Cedie (1996), in turn, based on children's novels by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett, which incorporates stylish production designs and costumes and were shot abroad. From September 1997 to July 1999, former Viva Films executive Eric Cuatico Jr. briefly served as co-managing director of the studio alongside Santos.
Star Cinema also produced a film adaptations of ABS-CBN's successful TV series like Mara Clara: The Movie, released in 1996 and Mula sa Puso: The Movie, Wansapanataym: The Movie, and Esperanza: The Movie are released in 1999. In 1997, 1998, and 2000, Star Cinema produced Goodbye America, Legacy, and Doomsdayer respectively under the banner of Star Pacific Cinema in an attempt to penetrate the Hollywood B-movie market.