The 39th MMFF Entries Announced

The Metro Manila Film Festival, which is the country's biggest (unfortunately, also considered the worst) film festival, has recently announced its eight official entries that will be shown in December. There will be no Panday, Enteng Kabisote, and Shake, Rattle, & Roll movies, which is a good thing because the festival does need a refreshing change from these usual franchises that have become annoyingly repetitious. [entries enumerated after the jump]

JM De Guzman backs out of San Pedro Calungsod movie

JM De Guzman as
Pedro Calungsod in an
early publicity photo

One of the entries for this December's Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the highly anticipated movie based on the life of the young Filipino saint Pedro Calungsod, entitled "San Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir" But that film is currently facing a setback because its leading man JM De Guzman, who will be playing the titular character, is backing out from the project.

Ronnie De Guzman, JM's father confirmed that the actor will be withdrawing from his role citing health reasons, revealing that his son is "going through something" and he does not want him to suffer tedious production and hours required to film the movie. [full article after the jump]