Bloody Crayons (film)
| Bloody Crayons | |
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| Directed by | Enrico Santos |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Quark Henares |
| Based on |
Bloody Crayons by Josh Argonza |
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| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language |
Filipino English |
Bloody Crayons is an upcoming 2017 Filipino horror thriller film directed by Enrico Santos, from a script written by Quark Henares based on the book of the same name by Josh Argonza. The film stars Jane Oineza, Julia Barretto, Khalil Ramos, Maris Racal, Iñigo Pascual, Sofia Andres, Yves Flores, Diego Loyzaga, and serves as film debut of newcomers Ylona Garcia and Bailey May.
Development began in April 2015, when Star Cinema picked up the film rights of the book. Filming started on December 25, 2016. Originally announced to be released this 2016 and was rumored to be part of the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival, the film was scheduled to be released on an unspecified 2017 date.
Synopsis
A group of graduating students went to an island for a short film project when they are rattled by a mysterious killer who strives to kill all of them. Who is the killer behind these murders? Is it one of them? What is his/ her motives? Who will survive the trip?
Cast
- Jane Oineza as Olivia Mendez
- Julia Barretto as Eunice Nicolas
- Maris Racal as April Apostol
- Iñigo Pascual as John Jose
- Sofia Andres as Marie Ragma
- Diego Loyzaga as Kenly Sy
- Yves Flores as Justin Tunac
- Khalil Ramos as Kiko Rivera
- Bailey May as Tommy
- Ylona Garcia as Katy
Production
Pre-production
Bloody Crayons is a film adaptation of Josh Argonza's book of the same name.[1] In April 2015, Star Cinema picked up the film rights of the book, with Malou N. Santos and Charo Santos-Concio as executive producers. In the same month, it was officially announced that Jane Oineza would star, alongside Joshua Garcia and Manolo Pedrosa.[2][3]
On February 2016, almost a year later, Quark Henares was set to direct along with Earl Ignacio as assistant director. It was also revealed that Henares worked on the script for the past year. Julia Barretto, Khalil Ramos, Maris Racal, Sofia Andres, Yves Flores, Diego Loyzaga have been cast; also, Iñigo Pascual, Ylona Garcia, and Bailey May were cast in unspecified roles.[4] Later, Pascual announced via Twitter that he would be playing the role of John Jose.[5] On February 24, 2016, Garcia and May's roles were revealed to be Katy and Tommy, respectively, characters that are not from the book.[6]
Look tests for the actors occurred on February 22, 2016 and March 21, 2016.[7]
Filming
Principal photography was set to begin in the summer right after Henares finished making his film My Candidate, but he departed from the director's chair weeks before filming, reiterating through a tweet that he's "no longer connected" to the project.[8] Production was confirmed to be underway on April 6, 2016 when several of the cast posted photos of themselves on set on their respective Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages, with Enrico Santos at the helm.
Further on-location filming was done in Lian, Batangas from April 22, 2016 and expected to last until the end of the month.[9] Pascual stated that "there are more surprises" and "the book is different" from the film adaptation.[10] He also disclosed in his Instagram that Racal is playing the role of Richalaine Alcantara instead of April Apostol which was originally drafted.
References
- ↑ Tan, Rowena (7 January 2016). "Films to watch out for this year". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ "Jane Oineza to do movie with Joshua, Manolo", ABS-CBN News. Retrieved on 19 February 2016.
- ↑ "INSTA PIC: Jane Oineza, Joshua Garcia and Manolo Pedrosa signs contract with Star Cinema", CHISMS. Retrieved on 19 February 2016.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Jane, Julia, Sofia, Diego + more talk about their upcoming film 'Bloody Crayons'", Star Cinema. Retrieved on 20 February 2016.
- ↑ Inigo Pascual [ImPascualInigo] (February 14, 2016). "Who's excited to know John?" (Tweet). Retrieved April 29, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Bailey and Ylona talk about joining 'Bloody Crayons'", Star Cinema. Retrieved on 25 February 2016.
- ↑ "Behind the scenes of “Bloody Crayons” look test", Star Cinema. Retrieved on 9 April 2016.
- ↑ Quark Henares [quarkhenares] (April 6, 2016). "Hi guys! Sad news -- I'm no longer connected to #BloodyCrayons 😞 subtitle: please stop tagging me on Bloody Crayons-related tweets" (Tweet). Retrieved April 6, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Diego, Yves consider their 'Bloody Crayons' barkada a 'family'", Star Cinema. Retrieved on 29 April 2016.
- ↑ Inigo Pascual [ImPascualInigo] (April 27, 2016). "Just a heads up. The book is different sa movie! There are more surprises in the movie! #BloodyCrayons" (Tweet). Retrieved April 29, 2016 – via Twitter.