Erik Matti, Dingdong Dantes nagkabati na; may pinaplanong pelikula kasama si Marian

PLANTSADO ang ang nangyaring gusot sa pagitan nina Dingdong Dantes at director Erik Matti.

Matapos kasi nilang gawin ang “Kubot The Aswang Chronicles” ay nagkaroon sila ng falling out.

Ibinahagi ni direk Erik ang pag-aayos nila ni Dong sa presscon ng festival entry niyang “Seklusyon”. Nang isali kasi ito sa Macau Film Festival, nag-pitch in siya roon ng project, ang “Pintakasi” na pagbibidahan nina Piolo Pascual at Dingdong.

Inspired ng Mamasapano Tragedy ang inilatag niyang movie kay Dong, “But the main goal is to find out what really happened before that. Tapos, the failure of the mission. Hindi naman siya failure. Kasi nakuha naman nila ang gusto nila. But we lost 44 soldiers.

“Wala pa kaming shooting date for that. But we already brought in to the project, si Piolo and Spring Films. We’ve been talking to Joyce Bernal about it since last year.

“And then we also brought in for another role si Dingdong and his company Agosto Dos. But we’re not rushing the project. It’s not a small project.

“The reason for the Crouching Tiger (award na iginawad sa kanila ni Dondon Monteverde sa Macau), it’s a project pitch for East-West collaboration. So East-West collaboration, meaning, there are segments in the story na hindi lang siya purely Pinoy or purely Asian. The Pintakasi story has an American angle too. Siguro nagustuhan nila.

“We met some interested companies who are willing to explore the project with us. Hopefully, we’ll get a little more funding or a little more support internationally,” paliwanag ni direk Matti.

So okay na ba sila ni Dong after what happened noon?

“Okay na kami! Okay na kami. I mean, there was a bit of parang miscommunication that was a year ago but we already sat down. We’ve discussed Tiktik 3. We sat down with Dingdong. We’re exploring some Marian (Rivera) projects. We’re doing a pitch for Marian.

“Oo we’re all gentlemen and we’ve all talked about it!” diin ni direk Erik.

Pero before ng malaking project na ‘yon, ipinagmalaki muna ni Matti ang obra niyang “Seklusyon” na pinagbibidahan ng mga baguhang aktor na sina Ronnie Alonte, Dominic Roque, John Vic de Guzman at JR Versales.