“Aurora,” a horror thriller directed by Yam Laranas has been acquired by Netflix. It is one of the first films from The Philippines to be picked up by the global streaming giant and will play out from April 25.
With a screenplay by Laranas and Gin de Mesa, the film sees a passenger ship, the Aurora, mysteriously collide into the rocky sea threatening an entire island. A young woman and her sister try to survive by finding the missing dead for a bounty – until the dead themselves come looking for shelter.
It had its theatrical premiere at the prestigious Metro Manila festival in December and this year is nominated for the Famas award for best visual effects.
The film features Anne Curtis, an Australian-born woman who became a child star in the Philippines. Curtis is now one of the country’s biggest celebrities and a social media phenomenon. The film also...
With a screenplay by Laranas and Gin de Mesa, the film sees a passenger ship, the Aurora, mysteriously collide into the rocky sea threatening an entire island. A young woman and her sister try to survive by finding the missing dead for a bounty – until the dead themselves come looking for shelter.
It had its theatrical premiere at the prestigious Metro Manila festival in December and this year is nominated for the Famas award for best visual effects.
The film features Anne Curtis, an Australian-born woman who became a child star in the Philippines. Curtis is now one of the country’s biggest celebrities and a social media phenomenon. The film also...
- 4/3/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Director Yam Laranas (The Road) is taking a hand in producing and is behind Viva FIlms, Aliud Entertainment, and ImaginePerSecond’s All Souls Night, hailing from directors Aloy Adlawan and Jules Katanyag. Based on a story by Gin De Mesa (Aurora) and penned by Danzen Santos-Katanyag and Aloy Adllawan (The Road): “Shiela (Andi Eigenmann), a young college student gets a semester break […]...
- 10/12/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Adam Brody and Amanda Crew are set to star in the upcoming thriller “The Wanting,” from director Yam Laranas, TheWrap has learned. Based on a short story by Gin de Mesa and Laranas, the film follows an all-American couple whose dream of starting a family is shattered after they move into the perfect New England neighborhood. Once settled, they soon after descend into the depths of terror as they struggle to survive a genuine threat from a dark presence that appears to want to end their very lives. Brody, who broke out as the star of Fox drama “The O.C.,...
- 9/27/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Adam Brody and Amanda Crew have been set to topline psychological thriller The Wanting from Filipino director Yam Laranas (The Road). Shooting for the film began today in Toronto. Said to be in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, and based on a short story by Gin de Mesa and Yam Laranas, The Wanting is about an all-American couple whose dream of starting a family is shattered after they move into the perfect New England neighborhood. Once settled, they soon…...
- 9/26/2016
- Deadline
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