Alden Richards and Julia Barretto work together in this upcoming movie
Asia’s Multimedia Star Alden Richards and actress Julia Barretto will star together in the Philippine adaptation of the Thai movie Pee Mak featuring Mario Maurer.
Alden has done hit movies. His two movies with Asia’s Superstar Kathryn Bernardo – Hello, Love, Goodbye and Hello, Love, Again – are among the top-grossing films in the Philippines.
For his new movie, he will be paired with one of the most in-demand actresses of her generation, Julia Barretto.
It was recently announced, based on the article in PEP, that Alden Richards and Julia Barretto were chosen to be the lead stars of the Pinoy version of Pee Mak.
The Thai film was released in 2013 and featured Mario Maurer, Davika Hoorne, Pongsatorn Jongwilas, Nattapong Chartpong, Kantapat Permpoonpatcha, and Autrud Kongrasree.
The Pinoy version is a partnership project of Viva Group of Companies and Myriad Entertainment, the production company established by Alden. As of this writing, no further details have been shared about the upcoming Alden-Julia film.
Prior to this, the Kapuso actor’s new film OOO (Out of Order) will be released on Netflix. His production company also produced this film and also features actress Heaven Peralejo.
Viva and Alden’s company also collaborates through VAA Live in producing live events such as major solo concerts and the actor’s album release under Viva Records.
Meanwhile, Julia Barretto’s most recent movie project was Unhappy For You with actor Carlo Aquino. This was one of the official entries in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2024. In the past years, the actress was more focused on doing movie projects than shows on TV.
The last series that she did was Secret Ingredient for the online streaming platform Viu. She worked with South Korean actor Sang Heon Lee and Indonesian actor Nicholas Saputra in this series.