Maverick Films is a Philippine film production company owned by

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History

1999-2001: Millennium Cinema

The film company was established in 1999 by actor-politician

and producer Eric Cuatico as Millennium Cinema, serving as a sister company of Jesse Ejercito's Crown Seven Ventures. ''Pepeng Agimat'', its maiden movie starring

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, was one of the entries in the

1999 Metro Manila Film Festival The 25th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25. Once again, GMA Films received most of the awards for the film '' Muro-Ami'', which won thirteen awards in the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival including th ...

. 2000 saw the film company producing several films, such as '' Eto Na Naman Ako'', ''Minsan Ko Lang Sasabihin'', FPJ's ''

Ang Dalubhasa ''Ang Dalubhasa'' () is a 2000 Philippine action film starring Fernando Poe Jr., who directed the film under the moniker Ronwaldo Reyes, Nanette Medved and Maritoni Fernandez. The film was a vehicle for Medved's comeback after graduating summa ...

'' and ''Ayos Na ang Kasunod'', and biopics '' Col. Elmer Jamias: Barako ng Maynila'' and '' The Ping Lacson Story''. On January 3, 2001, amid the impeachment of then President Joseph Estrada, Millennium Cinema, along with Crown Seven Ventures, closed down. At that time, '' Kaaway Hanggang Hukay'' and '' Walang Iwanan, Peksman'' were the film company's two remaining projects. The former was still under post-production, being released by Ramon Salvador's production company independently on March that year. The latter, which was supposed to be part of the

2000 Metro Manila Film Festival The 26th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25. Gloria Romero, received the Best Actress plum during the 2000 Metro Manila Film Festival for her role in Star Cinema's '' Tanging Yaman''. It was a popula ...

, was still ongoing production, being released by Jolo Films the following year.

2001-present: Maverick Films

In March 2001, Millennium Cinema was relaunched by a new group of investors headed by Eric Cuatico as Maverick Films, with '' Luv Text'' as its maiden movie. For the next few years, though not as active as its predecessor, it released a string of movies, such as '' Mananabas'', '' Mano Mano 2'', ''

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'', '' Bestman: 4 Better, Not 4 Worse'', and ''www.XXX.com'', which launched the career of Juliana Palermo. In October 2003, Maverick Films closed down after the release of '' Utang ng Ama''. Since 2007, the film company is used sporadically for Jinggoy Estrada's movies '' Katas ng Saudi'' and '' Magkaibigan'', which was one of the entries in the

2008 Metro Manila Film Festival The 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival started from December 25, 2008, to January 7, 2009. This year marks the return of the Escalera brothers in '' Iskul Bukol 20 Years After (Ungasis and Escaleras Adventure)'' and the hardworking mother, Ina Mo ...

where it won Best Actor award. After over a decade of dormancy, it returned with '' Coming Home'', his comeback movie which was one of the entries in the

2020 Metro Manila Film Festival The 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the 46th edition of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival. It is organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It is the first edition of the festival to be held online due to th ...

References

Philippine film studios Film production companies of the Philippines Mass media companies established in 1999 {{Authority control