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Maligno
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 06:21

{mosimage}Maligno is an upcoming ABS-CBN program adapted from the movie of the same title originally starred by Susan Roces in 1977[1]. This is the second installment of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection.[2] The series will air April 28, 2008, replacing Palos.

Origin

It is based on 1977 film starring the Queen of Philippine Movies, Susan Roces, which won her second FAMAS Best Actress trophy.[3] The 1977 movie was dirested by the late Celso Ad Castillo, it is also his original screenplay together with Dominador B. Mirasol.

The film was also starred by a group veteran actors such as Dante Rivero, Celia Rodriguez, and Eddie Garcia.

After the highly-succesful primetime drama Walang Kapalit together with Piolo Pascual, Claudine Barretto returns to Philippines television after giving birth. The series was also casts the return of Diether Ocampo and of the succesful Sana Maulit Muli loveteam, Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson to the small screen.

The series was described by the critics as "If you liked the first remake (Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara), this one will thrill you 'much' more".

The director of the television remake of Maligno, Wenn Deramas, said that they made sure to stay true to the original film adaptation as much as possible. "Yung kwento ng Maligno, yun talaga yon. Masasabi natin na 100% ginawa namin yung kwentong yon. Ang binago lang namin ay yung treatment kung paano muling ikwekwento yung kwento ng pelikulang Maligno."

As second installment


Maligno is the second installment of Sineserye Presents: the Susan Roces Cinema Collection. ABS-CBN had previously adapted another film classic, Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara, which starred Kris Aquino. Tapped to make special appearances in Maligno are Ms. Susan Roces and Ms. Rio Locsin, who plays the mother of Angela Cortez (Claudine Barretto).

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