Pinoy PopCulture Film Art
Film: Super Noypi
Genre: Fantasy Film


Overview

Six normal childhood friends bound together by friendship find themselves faced with a shocking revelation – their parents are the legendary Super Noypi, the most powerful superheroes in the land! But now they are in danger, taken hostage by the wicked super-villain Diego (Monsour del Rosario).

One by one, the six friends discover their super powers: the ability to move objects with their mind, becoming invisible at will, having superhuman strength and speed, transforming into any shape imaginable, casting spells and controlling fire and ice.

With the help of a strong and spirited stranger from the future named Lia (Jennylyn Mercado), who claims that the world as we know it will cease to exist if they don’t stop Diego now, Lorenzo Valdez (Mark Herras), Annys Valdez(Katrina Halili), Yñigo Raymundo (John Prats), Euen Rapisora(Polo Ravales), Michie Rapisora(Sandara Park) and Tonton Valdez(Andrew Muhlach) stick together, taking a stand against evil in order to save the world and the people they love the most.

Cast

Jennylyn Mercado as Lia: Lia is a master of martial arts and a rebel from the year 2075 who travels back through time to find a way to defeat the dictator and super-villain Diego. She tries to change the course of history by looking for the descendants of the greatest superheroes the country has ever known.














Mark Herras as Lorenzo Valdez: Lorenzo is the eldest son of the most powerful superheroes. When their father left years ago, he stood as the head of the family and helped his mother take care of his two younger siblings. He has telekinetic powers, is the leader and the strongest among the new breed of Super Noypi.

John Prats as Yñigo Raymundo: Yñigo is the son of legendary aswangs. He has superhuman strength and speed and transforms into his aswang form whenever there is a threat of danger. He is funny, witty and happy-go-lucky. He breaks up with Annys after he finds out she's Cassandra, the daughter of Diego. Annys stole Euen's spell book to throw up in the sky when her father: Diego blast the spell book off.













Polo Ravales as Euen Rapisora: Euen is the eldest son of the strongest wizards and witches. A rocker at heart, he is always locking horns with his younger sister who loves all things pink. Upon discovery of their superhero lineage, Euen also inherits a spell book, which enables him to cast magic spells.

Katrina Halili as Annys Valdez & Cassandra: Annys is the younger sister of Lorenzo and the girlfriend of Yñigo. She can become invisible at will and also has the power of premonition,
The Truth is she is the actual daughter of Diego.

Sandara Park as Michie Rapisora: Michie is the younger sister of Euen who is almost always at odds with her brother. She is perky, a bit vain but also absolutely lovable. She inherits a magical staff, which enables her to control and create fire and ice.

Andrew Muhlach as Tonton Valdez: Tonton is the youngest brother of Lorenzo and Annys, and also the baby of the group. A typical kid, he is playful and sometimes mischievous. As his older siblings and their friends begin to discover their new powers, he finds himself not having any and feels kind of left out. But in the end, he finds out that he has one of the mightiest and most overwhelming powers of all.

Monsour del Rosario as Diego: Diego is a technology genius who rose from the ranks and became the most evil and powerful dictator the country has known. He has made it his personal mission to wipe out the Super Noypi and their descendants.

Other cast
Jao Mapa
Aubrey Miles
Jennifer Sevilla
Richard Quan
Mon Confiado
Karla Estrada

Super Noypi

Directed by Quark Henares
Produced by Roselle Monteverde-Teo
Written by Quark Henares
Roselle Monteverde-Teo
Fairlane Raymundo
Enzo Valdez
Starring Mark Herras
Jennylyn Mercado
John Prats
Sandara Park
Polo Ravales
Katrina Halili
Andrew Muhlach
Music by Super Noypi by Sandwich
Cinematography Lyle Sacris
Editing by John Wong
Distributed by Regal Films and GMA Films
Release date(s) December 25, 2006
Language Filipino

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Pinoy PopCulture Film Art
Film: Enteng Kabisote 3: Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend Goes on and on and on
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy


Plot

Enteng (Vic Sotto) has a reason to gloat: business is thriving so he thinks Ina Magenta (Giselle Tongi) will get off his case for once. And she does, but for an entirely different reason: her newest cosmetic trick is a disaster, and it's affecting the whole of Engkantada. Satana (Bing Loyzaga) sees this as the perfect opportunity to put her plans in place, starting with a lizard who poses as Enteng. The Kabisotes must keep together even as they deal with domestic problems so that they can fight as a family against evil.

Cast

Vic Sotto as Enteng
Kristine Hermosa as Faye
Giselle Tongi as Ina Magenta
Oyo Boy Sotto as Benok
Bing Loyzaga as Satana/Amarillo
Aiza Seguerra as Aiza
Bayani Casimiro II as Prinsipe K (as Bayani Casimiro Jr.)
Joey de Leon as Shintaro Gokoyami
Jose Manalo as Jose
Ruby Rodriguez as Amy
Antonio Aquitania as Zarkov
Paolo Ballesteros as Pao
Ciara Sotto as Sha
BJ Forbes as Dingding
Pia Guanio as Darling
Cassandra Ponti as Amazona 1
Ehra Madrigal as Amazona 2
Angelica Jones as Munitana (From the raise of Munita)
Alyssa Alano as Lukasta (From the raise of Luka)
Sugar Mercado as May
JC Parker as June
Ella V as April
Mykaella Ramirez as Ada
Tito Sotto as Nador
Jimmy Santos as Boy ng mga Batang Digmaan

Enteng Kabisote 3 : Okay Ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend Goes On and On and On
Directed by Tony Y. Reyes
Produced by Orly R. Ilacad
Starring Vic Sotto
Kristine Hermosa
Music by Jan K. Ilacad
Distributed by OctoArts Films and M-Zet Productions
Release date(s) December 25, 2006
Running time 115 Minutes
Country Philippines
Language English
Tagalog
Filipino
Budget PHP 1.5M

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Pinoy PopCulture Film Art
Film: ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh
Genre: Superhero, Comedy


Plot

Synopsis

Ada (aka Adrian) is a lonely gay man in Manila, and after yet another heartbreak he takes his beauty parlor and his niece, Aruba, to the provinces to start a new life. One night while singing in the shower, Ada is hit on the head with a strange meteorite with the word "Zaturnnah" printed on it. His best friend Didi is convinced it will give Ada superhero powers, and convinces him to swallow it. He does so, and after shouting, "Zaturnnah!" he turns into a beautiful woman!

Together Ada - as the newly discovered superhero ZsaZsa Zaturnnah - and Didi go out to explore her newfound powers, which include super strength, super jumping, and a strange energy imbued in her ample bosom. On their way back home, they discover one of their neighbors, Dadong - who has come to like Ada, but Ada is reluctant to give her heart again - being robbed by three thieves. Zaturnnah easily defeats them, and Dadong is amazed by her prowess and beauty, but she and Didi quickly leave.

The next day Didi gives Ada a costume for Zaturnnah, and just in time - a giant frog attacks the town, and, after swallowing the rock again, Zaturnnah is able to defeat it to the delight of the entire town.

Watching from above in her spaceship, however, is Queen Femina and her henchwomen, the Amazonistas. After seeing Zaturnnah in action they decide to test her to see if she is worthy of joining them.

Later that night, the town is attacked by zombies, and Zaturnnah comes to the rescue. While battling she discovers her dead father, and even though she pleads with him to accept her for who she is, he rejects her. Zaturnnah then gathers all the townspeople in the local church and arms them with holy water, and they all face the zombies and destroy them.

The next day Queen Femina and the Amazonistas land on Earth and begin turning the local men into women. Confronting them, they tell Zaturnnah that the women on their planet had been enslaved and all but wiped out by the men, but they fought back and are now dedicated to eradicating men throughout the galaxy.

Zaturnnah vows to battle them to the death in a climactic battle. She finally coughs up the rock, turning back into Ada, and confronts them with their hypocricy of becoming just like the men they had defeated. Queen Femina ends up swallowing the rock and turning into a man, forcing the Amazonistas to destroy him while they leave Earth altogether. Dadong, having witnessed all this, takes Ada back home for her to rest.

Ada decides it's time for her to return to Manila alone, but Dadong stops her and confesses his love. Together they all return home, but while singing karaoke in their new beauty shop, a strang object falls from the sky...

ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Film Full Trailer

Rating: PG
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Genre:
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi



Overview

Directed by: Joel Lamangan (as Joel C. Lamangan)
Writing credits: Carlo Vergara (graphic novel) Dinno Erece (screenplay) (as Dino Erece)

Cast (in credits order)

Zsa Zsa Padilla ... Zsazsa Zaturnnah
Rustom Padilla ... Ada
Pops Fernandez ... Queen Femina
Alfred Vargas ... Dodong
Pauleen Luna ... Aruba
Christian Vasquez ... Mang Justin
Chokoleit ... Didi
Say Alonzo ... Vilma S.
Giselle Sanchez ... Sharon C.
Glaiza de Castro ... Dina B.
Kitkat ... Nora A.
Alwyn Uytingco ... Poldo
Minnie Aguilar ... Aling Britney
Joy Viado ... Krystal
Jim Pebanco ... Father (as Jim Pebangco)
Josie Tagle

Produced by: Lea A. Calmerin
line producer... (as Lea Calmerin)
Lily Y. Monteverde .... executive producer
Roselle Monteverde-Teo .... producer
Manny Valera .... supervising producer

Original Music by Vincent de Jesus
Cinematography by Lyle Sacris (director of photography) (as Lyle Nemenzo Sacris)

Film Editing by Jay Halili
Production Design by Edgar Martin Littaua
Art Direction by Carlo Vergara
Sound Department Ditoy Aguila .... sound supervisor
Jeff Arcilla .... foley artist
Richard Hocks .... sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by Edrie Myrick Ocampo .... visual effects supervisor (as Edrie Myrick B. Ocampo)
Stunts Lester Pimentel .... fight director
Editorial Department John David Hukom .... supervising editor (as Dave Hukom)
Music Department Vincent de Jesus .... musical director
Language:Filipino | Tagalog
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Zsazsa Zaturnnah

Zsazsa Zaturnnah is a fictional comic book superheroine created by Filipino illustrator and graphic designer Carlo Vergara in December 2002. Zsazsa Zaturnnah or Zaturnnah, attracted considerable attention from Philippine media in the years following her first appearance and currently enjoys a cult fanbase.

The character first appeared in the graphic novel, Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah (The Spectacular Adventures of Zsazsa Zaturnnah), originally self-published in two parts in December 2002 with very limited distribution. When the graphic novel won a National Book Award in 2003, given out by the prestigious Manila Critics Circle, Vergara approached book publisher Visual Print Enterprises to compile the two parts into a single volume for distribution throughout the Philippines.

The graphic novel landed on the 12th spot of top selling Philippine fiction books for 2005, based on records of National Bookstore, the largest bookstore chain in the country. It is also being used as reference in gender studies courses in some universities, including the government-run University of the Philippines.

On May 25, 2008, author Carlo Vergara released the first six pages of the Zaturnnah sequel through his blog as an online preview. The sequel, entitled Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila (Zsazsa Zaturnnah in Metro Manila), will chronicle Ada and Dodong's stay in Manila. Based on the first six pages, the story hints at an exploration of the romantic relationship between the two characters.

Fictional character biography

Zaturnnah, a powerful and voluptuous female with large red hair and a muscular physique, is reminiscent of the DC Comics character Wonder Woman and the classic Filipino superhero Darna. The distinct difference is the sexuality of her alter ego Ada, who is an effeminate homosexual male. The proprietor of a small town beauty salon, Ada receives a huge spiky stone that, when ingested, physically transforms him into Zsazsa Zaturnnah.

Ada sought to prove to himself and his parents that he can make a decent living as a beautician, while remaining haunted by the memory of his father as well as a failed relationship marked by violence. His father vehemently disapproved of Ada's homosexuality, even going as far as dipping Ada's head in wet pig feed to emphasize his disgust. His life experience prompted him to turn inward, seemingly cold and unfeeling, while rebuilding his life from the point of his parents' deaths. Ada's previous relationship with a man named Lester ended dismally, with a punch to Ada's face which seemed to disconnect his jaw.

It was in a small town where Ada rented a space owned by Aling Britney, and set up shop. With his assistant Didi, Ada was on his way to what he believed to be a normal life. That is, until a strange pink stone fell from the sky, granting Ada the ability to transform into a superhuman woman whenever he ingests it and shouts the word "Zaturnnah!" (which was etched on the stone). Didi proudly names the new hero Zsazsa Zaturnnah.

Other media

Musical

The graphic novel was adapted into a stage musical by Tanghalang Pilipino, one of the country's top theater companies. Credits include Chris Martinez (for stage adaptation), Vincent de Jesus (for lyrics, composition and musical direction) and Chris Millado (stage direction).

The musical was staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines from February 10 to March 5, 2006. Former teen idol-turned-dramatic actress Eula Valdez played the title role to positive reviews. Other lead roles were played by Tuxqs Rutaquio (as the character Ada), Ricci Chan (as Didi), alternates Lauren Novero and Arnold Reyes (as Dodong), and alternates Agot Isidro and Kalila Aguilos (as Queen Femina Suarestellar Baroux).

Even before the musical's opening night, almost all tickets for the scheduled 16 shows had been booked, unprecedented in Tanghalang Pilipino's experience with original stage material. The musical has had 31 shows over three stagings between February 10 to June 18, 2005.

The musical received a nomination for Best Stage Musical from the 19th Aliw Awards, an annual event giving recognition to Philippine live entertainment, which includes theatrical and concert performances. Tuxqs Rutaquio and Eula Valdez have also received nominations for Best Stage Actor and Actress, respectively, for a Musical. In addition, Chris Millado earned a nomination for Best Stage Director. Among all the nominations, it was Valdez who took home the trophy during the August 31, 2006 awards night.

2nd Staging

A 10-show repeat took place at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City from April 21 to 30, 2006. The role of Didi was played by Tanghalang Pilipino veteran, Joey Paras.

3rd Staging

The International Theater Festival was hosted by the Philippines in June 2006 and Zsazsa Zaturnnah: Ze Muzikal was one of the Philippines' representatives. Five shows were successfully staged from June 16 to 18, 2006. Joey Paras reprised the role of Didi, and Kalila Aguilos played the role of Queen Femina Suarestellar Baroux with no alternate.

4th Staging

The 4th staging took place from January 19 to 28, 2007 at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Most of the cast of the 3rd staging were present in this run, except for Lauren Novero. He was replaced by theater newcomer Janvier Daily. Agot Isidro returned to alternate as Queen Femina Suarestellar Baroux.

5th Staging

Fourteen shows were staged from June 15 to July 1, 2007 for the musical's fifth run, which took place at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of the RCBC Plaza in Makati City. Playing the role of Didi was Nar Cabico, 16 year old, a graduate of Philippine High School for the Arts; alternating with Tuxqs Rutaquio as Ada was composer, musical director Vincent de Jesus; and alternating with Eula Valdes was recording artist/comedienne K Brosas as Zaturnnah.

With a total of 58 shows at the end of this run, Zsazsa Zaturnnah: Ze Muzikal is the longest running musical ever staged by Tanghalang Pilipino. A six-show stint was scheduled to run from November 16 to 18, 2007 in Cebu City, marking the first provicial run of the musical. The Cebu run was postponed, however, and tentatively reset for the first quarter of 2008. Despite initial promotional efforts conducted by Tanghalang Pilipino and the author, the musical wasn't staged.

Film

On December 25, 2006, a film adaptation of the graphic novel (Zsazsa Zaturnnah: ZE Moveeh) was released under the production of Regal Films, Inc. and directed by the award-winning Joel Lamangan. Among the actresses who had been tapped or had expressed interest to play the title role were singers Regine Velasquez and Zsa Zsa Padilla, and comedian Rufa Mae Quinto. The role had originally been awarded to Quinto, but was subsequently given to Zsa Zsa Padilla.

Other actors with principal roles include Rustom Padilla (as the character Ada), Chokoleit (as Didi), Alfred Vargas (as Dodong) and Pops Fernandez (as Queen Femina Suarestellar Baroux).

The film had been accepted as one of ten films for competition in the 2006 Metro Manila Film Festival, which is held every late-December. Despite the media hype surrounding the film, it didn't win any of the festival's awards, and performed far below expectations in the box office.

However, Rustom Padilla and Chokoleit bagged Best Male Lead and Best Supporting Actor awards, respectively, from the Gawad Tanglaw, a five-year old body composed of critics, scholars, historians and humanities professors. The original song "Multo ng Nakaraan" (Ghost of the Past) won the Best Original Song award from the same group. The song was composed by Vincent de Jesus, originally for the stage musical.

The film was nominated for Best Picture (musical/comedy) in the 4th Golden Screen Awards, given out by ENPRESS, a breakaway group of the Philippine Movie Press Club which gives out the Star Awards for Movies. Rustom Padilla, Chokoleit, Zsazsa Padilla was nominated for female lead, musical/comedy; Dinno Erece won for Best Adapted Screenplay; and Vincent DeJesus won Best Original Song for "Ikaw Ang Superhero ng Buhay Ko" (You are the Superhero of My Life) at the 4th Golden Screen Awards and a Gawad Tanglaw Award for Best Original Song for "Multo ng Nakaraan." Vincent de Jesus also won Best Original Score at the 2006 Star Awards for Film (which was held at the UP Theater), an Urian Award for Best Musical Achievement at the 30th Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (held at the Irwin Theater, Ateneo de Manila) and Best Achievement in Music at the 2007 Film Academy of the Philippines.

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Zsazsa Zaturnnah

Publication information

Publisher Visual Print Enterprises
First appearance Ang Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah #1 Alamat Comics 2002 (The Amazing Adventures of Zsazsa Zaturnnah)

Created by Carlo Vergara

In-story information
Alter ego Ada

Team affiliations Didi (assistant to Ada)
Dodong (friend; object of Ada's affection)
Abilities Invulnerability, super strength, super agility, indestructible chest

References:
1- wikipedia web encyclopedia as of (04:07a 11/09/08)
2- you tube
3- zsa zsa zaturnnah multiply fans site

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