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TBA Studios set to start production on historical film ‘Quezon’

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1737004935158Quezon TBA Studios Title Card.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA -- The production of the biographical historical movie &quot;Quezon,&quot; chronicling the life of Manuel L. Quezon, the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, is set to start in March.</p><p>This was announced by TBA Studios via its social media post on Thursday, January 16.</p><p>It said that “Quezon” marks the continuation of TBA Studios’ cinematic “Bayaniverse” — a series of films based on Philippine history that includes box office hits “Heneral Luna” and “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral.”  </p><p>The movie will follow the life Quezon, a Filipino lawyer and soldier who became the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. It will highlight Quezon&#x27;s tumultuous presidential campaign against then-President Emilio Aguinaldo. </p><p>With a target theatrical release set later this year, &quot;Quezon&quot; will hit cinemas both locally and worldwide, according to TBA Studios president and COO Daphne Chiu.</p><p>She added that &quot;Quezon&quot; will be produced as a stand-alone — a movie that exists within the same cinematic continuity of “Heneral Luna&quot; and “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral”, but will be made accessible to moviegoers who have not seen the earlier films.</p><p>Jerrold Tarog, the director and co-writer of “Heneral Luna” and “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral,” is set to return to direct “Quezon.”  </p><p>It also said that casting for Quezon’s major and supporting roles is currently underway and will be announced soon. </p><p>In “Heneral Luna” and “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral,” actor Benjamin Alves played Quezon.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/25/18/benjamin-alves-to-play-manuel-l-quezon-in-upcoming-movie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Benjamin Alves to play Manuel L. Quezon in upcoming movie</a></div><p>&quot;Quezon&quot; is supported by the Philippine government agency National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Film Development Council of the Philippines, which announced funding support for the movie last year.  </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t0unXy6J6xM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bTIfj64pIuQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G2bAqnNINqA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>