Regal Entertainment, Inc. (formerly and more commonly known as Regal Films) is a Philippine film

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based in

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. It was founded by

Lily Monteverde Lily Yu Monteverde, nicknamed Mother Lily (born August 19, 1938), is a Filipina film producer and businesswoman. She is the first and many Filipina Movie producers who produced the boom of blockbuster films in different genres in the 70s and 80 ...

on August 19, 1962. It has produced movies of all genres; and is the oldest surviving movie studio in the Philippines.

History

In the beginning, Mother Lily Monteverde and her father Remy put up a popcorn stand at the Podmon Theater (now LRT-2 Recto Station) in C.M. Recto,

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(which served as the head office of Regal before it moved to the Valencia studio and eventually to the Tycoon Center in

Ortigas Center Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...

). Regal Films started as a distributor of foreign films, such as ''That Man from Istanbul'', ''Marsha'' and ''

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'', pouring funds for Mother Lily to produce a local movie. In 1976, Mother Lily asked permission from her father to produce her first project, ''Kayod sa Umaga, Kayod sa Gabi'' and it became a big hit then in theaters.

Alma Moreno Venesa Moreno Lacsamana (born; May 25, 1959), professionally known as Alma Moreno, is a Filipina actress and politician. Early life Moreno was born in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur to her parents Frank Lacsamana, from Pampanga, and Jean Moreno. Acting ...

was the first star who had an exclusive contract with Regal, becoming the first of the Regal Babies. In the early years, Regal Films mostly produced local movies with a "mature" and "daring" style, although it produced more "wholesome" pictures later on. In 1987, it ventured in local television; "Regal Television" produced several entertainment programs in the '80s and '90s and aired in three different channels,

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GMA 7 DZBB-TV, Channel 7 (analog) and Channel 15 (digital), is the flagship TV station of Philippine television network GMA. The station is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. with its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corne ...

and

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. Some of the studio's most memorable films are: *'' Scorpio Nights'' - a controversial 1985 erotic thriller film directed by Peque Gallaga *''

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'' - The first installment was and produced and released in 1984 by Athena Productions while the subsequent films were later produced and released by Regal Films itself. *''Relasyon'' - one of the most remarkable films of the

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Christopher de Leon Christopher Strauss de León (born October 31, 1956) is a Philippine film actor and politician. He is recognized as the “''King of Philippine Drama''” has appeared in over 120 films since the early 1970s. Regarded as an "acting genius" and ...

tandem. *''

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'' *'' Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure'' *'' Mano Po'' - a franchise that involves the lives of the

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families.

Carmina Villarroel María Carmina Muñiz Villarroel-Legaspi (; August 17, 1975) is a Filipino actress, television presenter, and product endorser. Personal life Villarroel was previously married to Rustom Padilla in 1994; the two had no children, and Villarroe ...

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and

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were among the actresses who starred in the films, and the sixth installment was

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's first major role in a Regal movie. *''

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'' (aka ''Toro'') - a film released in early 2001 which was met with controversy for its provocative scenes. *''Petrang Kabayo at ang Pilyang Kuting''

Television

In the late 1980s Regal Television was a weekly Sunday programming block featuring the country's biggest artists from Regal Films (e.g.

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, Manilyn Reynes,

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, etc). In 1987, Regal co-produced "Mother Studio Presents" with GMA Network and featured monthly guest artists; and "Regal Drama Presents" with ABS-CBN and featured

. In 1989, ABS-CBN took over majority of her production on the latter program and renamed it as ''

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''. The movie studio had short lived specials as well as mini drama series celebrating the country's other elite artists or upcoming movie stars. Regal Television has produced the 2011 reboot of ''

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'' for TV5 and 10 years later, ''Gen Z'' (a co-production with

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(formerly Studio5). At present, they serve as an entertainment blocktimer for

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, co-producing ''

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'' (a Sunday made-for-TV movie anthology) and '' Mano Po Legacy: The Family Fortune'' (a non- Sine Novela based on the ''Mano Po'' franchise).

Filmography

References

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