Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Updated: ABS-CBN bags exclusive rights for 'Twilight' remake?



Here's an update on this report from the same source:

On December 24, abs-cbnNEWS.com uploaded a story, "ABS-CBN bags rights for local 'Twilight' remake". The source of the story was a report by entertainment writer Edgar Cruz posted on yehey.com.

The duty editor who uploaded the story failed to check with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. whether the story was correct and accurate.

ABS-CBN Corp. Communications head Bong Osorio has since denied that the company will do a local remake of the movie, Twilight.

abs-cbnNEWS.com thus decided to remove the article from their website.


Here is the original story:

Good news to all Kapamilya fans of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series. ABS-CBN bagged the exclusive rights to make a local television series based on the vampire novels.

Initial reports said ABS-CBN paid $1 million with co-producer Ignite Media for the rights to the Twilight series.

The new series, tentatively titled "Takipsilim", will reunite the onscreen tandem of Rayver Cruz and Shaina Magdayao.

Taping for the series will start February of next year. Some parts of the series will be shot abroad and the other locations include Tagaytay, Bukidnon and Baguio. The series will be directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina.

Source: abs-cbnNEWS.com

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh my Edward!!

Richie Montalbo said...

I saw a poster of Takipsilim from another blog.

I posted it in my blog.

Are You Ready for a Pinoy TV Version of Twilight?