Skylar Pictures & GMA Films: The Witness (Gwen Zamora & Pierre Grunno)

[mr_boyOO7]

Opens March 21



THE WITNESS 2012 Official Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/v/HG_zxrBRVmU

[mr_boy007]

Release: March 21 (Philippines) | April 26 (Indonesia)
Genre : Thriller
Executive Producer : Sarjono Sutrisno
Directed by : Muhammad Yusuf
Written by : Beby Hasibuan

Plot Outline : Angel (Gwen Zamora), General Manager of a Hotel who have just been transferred from Manila to Jakarta, is haunted by a weird dream about someone committing suicide. Blow his head off using a shot gun.

One day, her family is slaughtered, leaving no one's alive. Her parents, her only sister Safara, her maid, security, all are dead. Even she was also shot. But somehow she manage to be the only survivor.

Haunted by the incident and her weird dream that keeps coming over and over, she's getting more and more depressed. She start losing her consciousness and once again, she's hospitalized after she fell off the balcony.

Once she's recovered, she then decide to uncover all the mystery by herself and find out the reason of what she has been going through. Mostly when the detective who investigate the tragedy won't believe what she told and thought that Angel is hallucinating and making all her story up.


Cast :
Gwen Zamora (Philippines)as Angel
Pierre Gruno as Satria
Agung Saga as Aris
Kimberly Ryderas Safara
Marcellino Lefrandt as Det. Indra
Feby Febiola as Celine

http://www.skylarpictures.net/dotnet/witness.html

[Fujiko1001]

the trailer looks promising. i'll definitely watch it a week after My Kontrabida Girl.

[mr_boy007]

Gwen Zamora does her own stunts in international film; admits dating non-showbiz guy

Rommel Gonzales
Friday, March 09, 2012 @ 05:40PM



Nakausap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) ang magandang female star na si Gwen Zamora sa 17th floor ng GMA Network Center kahapon, March 8, para sa pelikulang The Witness.


Si Gwen ang nag-iisang Filipina sa cast ng international movie na nabanggit.

Matagal na raw natapos ang shooting ni Gwen para sa nasabing pelikula.

"Six months ago pa. We started in August and ended in September," umpisang kuwento ni Gwen sa PEP.

Bukod sa Pilipinas, ipapalabas daw ang The Witness sa iba-ibang bansa.

"Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia," banggit ni Gwen.

Hindi ba siya nagkaproblema noong sa ibang bansa kinunan ang mga eksena niya?

"A, wala naman... ay pabalik! Super excess ako... 50 kilos excess ako," pagtukoy niya sa dalang bagahe.

"I was 50 kilos overweight kasi I was there for so long.

"Yung mga days na parang late ang calltime, I just wanted to walk around so nagwu-walk-walk ako dun.

"Kasi at least doon, hindi ako kilala, so puwede akong mag-walking-walking sa streets.

"Ang dami kong binili. Bumili ako ng mga books, mga CDs, mga paintings.

"And yeah, on the way back, 'Oh my God!'" sumobra raw sa timbang ang dala-dala niyang bagahe pabalik ng Pilipinas.

INDONESIA. Kuwento pa ni Gwen tungkol sa airport ng Indonesia, "Ang cute ng airport nila, parang resort."

Nakita rin ni Gwen na electric fan ang nasa lounge area ng airport ng Indonesia.

"Oo, walang aircon."

May nagsisigarilyo rin daw mismo sa loob ng airport.

"Kasi para siyang resort. The way it's done, very ano... yung bubong, 'tapos street, tapos garden, garden, garden, garden. Puro garden."

Isa at kalahating buwan nag-shoot si Gwen sa Indonesia ng The Witness. First time daw niya iyon sa Indonesia.

Anong parte ng culture ng naturang bansa ang medyo nagulat si Gwen?

"I'm immune to culture shock, so parang wala naman akong... sa sili lang ako nagkaproblema.

"Yung pagkain nila, sobrang anghang!" bulalas niya.

Hindi ba siya mahilig sa maaanghang na pagkain?

"Mahilig, pero yung pagkain nila, yung anghang, grabe!

"Imagine yung plain rice nila, red na yung plain rice nila dahil puro sambal [chili-based sauce].

"Or 'pag kakain sila ng lumpia, sili, lumpia, sili, lumpia, sili, lumpia.

"Oo, ganun, grabe talaga! Doon ako nahirapan."

Kaya raw kapag hindi na kaya ni Gwen ang anghang ng mga pagkain ay kropek o pancit canton ang kinakain niya.

HER ROLE? Ayon kay Gwen, ang The Witness ay, "It's more of a suspense-thriller.

"There are parts where you see dead people but they're not ghosts.

"Parang nabaliw lang yung character ko dahil sa na-witness niya."

Sa The Witness, gumaganap si Gwen bilang si Angel Fordeliza Isagani, general manager ng isang hotel na lumipat mula sa Manila sa isang hotel sa Jakarta.

Sa kuwento ay lagi niyang napapanaginipan ang isang lalaking nagngangalang Aris na nagpakamatay sa pamamagitan ng pagbaril sa sarili.

Saan nahirapan na mga eksena si Gwen sa pelikula?

"Yung mga stunts, ako mismo. Yung nahulog ako from the second floor to the ground."

May double naman daw siya pero, "Kasi slow siya... may double yung mabilis [na eksena] pero yung slow, ako.

"Pero parang hindi daw 'ata ipapakita yun kasi nagkaproblem sa editing.

"Pero baka there might be parts yata na ipapalabas," sabi niya.

Paano siya napapayag na siya mismo ang mahulog mula sa second floor ng building?

"Kasi parang safe naman, e.

"Kasi from the second floor to the swimming pool, hindi naman sa concrete ako babagsak.

"Sa swimming pool ako nahulog, so parang exciting, and I want to do that."

Ayon kay Gwen, ang The Witness ay mula sa direksiyon ni Muhammad Yusuf and produced by Skylar Pictures.

Ire-release daw ito ng GMA Films at ipapalabas simula March 21 sa mga sinehan nationwide.

GOING SEXY? Hindi pa nagpu-pose for FHM magazine si Gwen. Inalok na raw siya, pero ayaw pa raw niya.

"A lot of people asked, but no, ayoko. If I do FHM, naka-tuxedo ako!

"Sexy naman yun, e, yung naka-tuxedo," nangingiti niyang sabi.

Wala naman daw nagbabawal sa kanya na magpaseksi, maging ang kanyang home network na GMA-7 ay walang tutol.

"It's more of a personal choice.

"Kasi if I really wanted to do it, I'm sure they would allow me. But I don't really want to do it.

"There are still a lot of things that I want to accomplish bago ako mag-FHM," sabi niya.

Pero hindi naman daw isinasara ni Gwen ang kanyang pintuan para dito.

"No naman. Maybe in the next couple of years."

Nakapagpa-pictorial naman na raw si Gwen dati na naka-two-piece swimsuit.

"Once. It was for Men's Health [magazine]. Parang summer special last year."

So, hindi naman pala siya totally umaayaw sa sexy pictorials?

"Yeah, no naman! Pero the way it was done was very wholesome.

"'Tapos hindi siya yung... parang mostly blurry yung nakikita."

IT'S COMPLICATED. Inamin ni Gwen na mayroon siyang nakaka-date exclusively na isang non-showbiz guy.

Ayaw nang banggitin ni Gwen ang pangalan ng naturang lalaki.

"He's a very private person," sabi niya.

Boyfriend na ba niya ang lalaking kanyang sinasabi?

"I don't know. It's complicated!

"It's complicated because of work... the point that the kind of life I have right now parang... he's understanding naman, e.

"He's very understanding, that's one of the reasons why I like him.

"And he saw me from before showbiz to now so I have a lot of respect for him."

Matagal na ba silang nagde-date?

"Pero on and off," sagot niya.

Ano ang nakakapigil para maging pormal na ang kanilang relasyon?

"I have other things to think about and work on before being in a relationship," sagot ni Gwen.

http://pep.ph/news/33311/gwen-zamora...on-showbiz-guy

[ex deo scientia]

Ang ganda ng trailer nito. Nakakapangilabot. I have a theory, though, that Gwen Zamora's role is that of a psychopath. Baka siya ang killer, at hallucinations niya lang lahat yun.

[jingdalagan]

Ang ganda ng trailer nito. Nakakapangilabot. I have a theory, though, that Gwen Zamora's role is that of a psychopath. Baka siya ang killer, at hallucinations niya lang lahat yun.

ginawa mo namang ala Blair Witch ang kwento

[cinelamour]

matapos ang limang dekada may collaboration ulit ang indonesia at pilipinas.

[neuter noun]

looks very promising. will watch it.

[lady_sujini]

parang kidnapped (2010 film) yung dating ng film na to. hmmm.. nakucurious ako kung anong connection nung kuyang nagbaril sa sarili dun sa manong na binaril yung buong pamilya niya.

[mr_boy007]

PEPalerts: The Witness is graded A by the Cinema Evaluation Board.
about 9 hours ago

[mr_boy007]

PIK PAK BOOM Ni Sol Gorgonio (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated March 21, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (0)

PIK: Ngayon ang showing ng pelikulang The Witness na produced ng Skylar at GMA Films na pinagbibidahan ni Gwen Zamora.

Excited si Gwen nang nakatsikahan namin sa premiere night na ginanap sa Resorts World kamakalawa ng gabi.

Namataan namin sa premiere night si Rhian Ramos dahil balitang siya ang susunod na gagawan ng pelikula ng Skylar na co-prod ng GMA Films.

Baka sa susunod na buwan daw ay magsu-shooting din siya sa Indonesia, at excited ngayon pa lang si Rhian.

PAK: Nagsumite na si Ynna Asistio kahapon ng hapon ng kanyang counter-affidavit sa kasong Libel na isinampa ni Annabelle Rama laban sa kanya.

Sinubmit niya ito sa Makati Prosecutor’s Office, at balak na rin niyang i-submit ang kanyang civil case na Recession of Contract kay Tita Annabelle.

Dahil kinasuhan naman daw siya ni Tita Annabelle na manager pa nito, dapat daw na pakawalan na siya dahil nagkakaroon daw ng conflict.

Sa susunod na linggo naman ay kailangan na ring mag-submit ni Richard Gutierrez ng kanyang counter-affidavit sa kasong Unjust Vexation na isinampa ni Nadia Montenegro laban naman sa aktor.

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Gwen, lusot sa The Witness!
SANGA-SANGANDILA Ni Veronica R. Samio (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated March 21, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (0)




Dapat ipagpasalamat ni Gwen Zamora ang pagkakakuha sa kanya ng isang Indonesian film company para lumabas sa kanilang nakakakabang pelikula na pinamagatang The Witness. Bukod sa siya talaga ang bida sa pelikula, nabigyan siya ng isang napakagandang pag*kakataon na maipamalas ang kanyang kakayahan sa pag-arte. At hindi siya nabigo, nakita ng mga manonood for the first time na hindi lamang isang magandang mukha ang taglay niya, isa rin siyang mahusay na aktres na maipagkakapuri ng sinumang kukuha ng kanyang serbisyo.

Ewan ko kung ilang timbang luha ang iniiyak niya. Wala siyang ginawa sa pelikula from the start up to the end kundi ang umiyak nang umiyak. Hindi ko naman siya masisi. Sabay-sabay ba namang ma-murder ang pinaka-mamahal niyang pamilya sa isang iglap at kung sa iba mangyari ‘yun ay baka hindi lamang luha ang dumaloy sa kanilang pisngi, baka mamatay na rin sila sa takot.

Bagaman at marami ang hindi sang-ayon na mapanood ang sunud-sunod na pagpatay gamit ang isang shotgun wala kang magagawa kundi ang makisimpatiya sa kaarakter ni Gwen, dahil ‘yun ang paraang ginawa ng kanyang metikulosong Indonesian director na si Muhammad Yusuf para maghasik ng takot sa kanyang mga manonood.

Makaka-relate ang lahat ng mga Pinoy na manonood ng pelikula dahil may Tagalog dialogues.

Hindi nag-iisa si Gwen na maganda sa movie, maganda rin ang aktres na gumanap bilang Safara, ang sister niya. Guwapo rin naman ang aktor na gumanap ng role ng boyfriend nito. Maganda ang musika na ginagawa ng karakter niya’t pini-perform bilang isang musikero.

Talagang hindi mapapakali sa kanilang upuan ang mga manonood sa mga huling eksena ng The Witness.

Kahit sabihin pang halos mamatay na ang karakter ni Gwen bago dumating ang saklolo, still mai-enjoy ng manonood ang takot na mararamdaman ng lahat sa panonood ng isang international movie na Pinay aktres ang bida.


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Nitz Miralles


Movie ni Gwen nakakatakot kahit hindi horror

English, Filipino, at Bahasa ang three languages na ginamit sa The Witness, ang suspense-thriller movie ng Skylar Pictures at GMA Films na showing na simula ngayong araw. Bida rito sina Gwen Zamora at Indonesian model-turned actor Agung Saga.

Ngayon lang kami nakapanood ng pelikulang dinirehe ng Indonesian director na si Muhammad Yusuf at gawa sa Indonesia at nagustuhan namin. Sabi ni Gwen, red HD ang camera na ginamit, kaya iba ang dating ng movie at pansin din naming ma*tipid sa location dahil bahay at hospital lang ang major location.

Kapansin-pansin ding puro malalaking bahay ang ginamit, natakot tuloy kami sa malalaking bahay.

Kahit hindi horror, malakas ang fear factor ng movie at mapapasigaw ang manonood. Hindi kami tumingin sa eksenang hiniwa ni Agung para tanggalin ang tattoo sa kanyang braso ng initial ng nagtaksil na GF.


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Movie ni Gwen Rated A

Graded A ng Cinema Evaluation Board ang The Witness, ang Indonesian film na pinagbibidahan ni Gwen Zamora na ipalalabas sa Metro Manila theaters simula ngayong araw.

Nag-iisang Pinay sa cast si Gwen sa pelikula.

Suwerte si Gwen dahil first movie niya ito na bida siya at heto pinupuri-puri siya.

[mr_boy007]

Rhian, nasuntok ni Tim dahil sa ‘The Witness’

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SUPORTADO ng GMA 7 ang premiere night ng pelikulang The Witness kamakalawa ng gabi sa Resorts World.

Dumating si Sarah Lahbati, Rhian Ramos at ang buong pamilya ni Atty. Felipe Gozon.

Ayon kay Atty. Gozon, itong The Witness ang unang partnership nila sa Skylar Films ng Indonesia.

Tuluy-tuloy na raw ito, dahil may mga kasunod pa raw na gagawin at baka sisimula na sa susunod na buwan.

Naikuwento sa amin ni Rhian na siya raw ang susunod na gagawa ng pelikula sa Indonesia at excited siya rito.

Naloka pa si Rhian na nanood sa naturang pelikula dahil katabi niya si Tim Yap, at siya ang nasusuntok ni Tim sa mga suspense na eksena.

Grabe raw ang pagka-suspense ng naturang pelikula at hindi nakapagpigil si Tim nasusuntok siya nito.

“Ang lakas pa niyang manuntok, ha?! Kaya bugbog sarado yata ako!” bulalas ni Rhian.

Sabi ni Rhian, baka may pagka-action -suspense ang gagawin niya sa Skylar Films na co-production din sa GMA Films.

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Si Gwen Zamora and lead actress sa The Witness at kahit medyo masama ang pakiramdam niya, pinilit niyang dumalo sa premiere night kasama ang co-star niyang Indonesian actor na si Agung Saga, at ang producer at direktor ng naturang pelikula.

Inamin din ni Gwen na dumalo rin doon sa premiere night ang taong espesyal sa kanya.

Non-showbiz daw ito, pero hindi pa raw niya masasabing sila na.

“Dating pa lang naman kami, but of course he’s special to me,” napapangiting sagot sa amin ng magandang aktres.

Ngayong araw na ang showing ng The Witness at sa last week of April ay ipalalabas din ito sa Indonesia, kaya pupunta siya roon para mag-promote.

Si Derrick Monasterio ang kumanta ng theme song nitong pelikula, at natuwa raw and Indonesian producer, baka siya rin daw ang kakanta sa susunod na pelikulang gagawin nila.

[Calila]

any update about this film?? it looks promising talaga! i wanna watch this with friends kaso busy pa sila.. will try next week..

wala bang nakapanood na nito sa mga pexers? post ur reviews please..

[Hapee_Angel]

Movie Review for The Witness

Crippling Compromise
by Philbert Ortiz Dy
posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in Movie Reviews



The Witness might have started out as a different story. Midway through the film, it takes a break from the narrative as it reveals the circumstances that led to the tragic events at the beginning of the story. And here we find a completely different film: one about young love and betrayal, with a musical motif and Oedipal undertones. It feels like this is the story that the filmmakers actually wanted to tell. But in its current form, The Witness stuffs that story into a really clunky thriller that is really about a woman not smart enough to get help from the police.

Angel (Gwen Zamora) is a Filipino living in Jakarta with her family. One night, a man wielding a shotgun invades their home, killing everyone inside. Or so he thinks. Miraculously, Angel survives being shot. She wakes up in the hospital days later, still unclear on who the attacker was or why he did it. She begins to see visions of her family popping up in the periphery, seemingly pointing her to the right answers. The visions share a strange connection to a recurring dream she has of young man alone in his room, doing himself harm. She follows the clues, and uncovers a story of a love betrayed.

The thriller portion of the movie is halfheartedly done. The narrative moves solely through contrivance, with the main character apparently unable to bring herself to help a kind police detective to catch the man that killed her family. The detective asks her if she can remember anything at all that might help identify the killer, but she remains staunchly unhelpful, even after receiving a vision of the man killing her family again. And when she lucks into a clue that could lead to the killer’s residence, she does not wait for the police. In spite of showing nothing but terror in the last few days, she is apparently brave enough to enter what could be a murderer’s home all on her own.

It just seems like the film wasn’t all that interested in telling this murderous tale. The mechanics of it don’t work at all. It just never seems like Angel is making enough of an effort to make herself safe, and the villain doesn’t really seem like much of a threat. The film finds some spark in a middle flashback sequence that reveals the roots of the massacre. It’s a long diversion with a completely different tone that feels almost separate from the rest of the movie.

It feels like this project is a victim of crippling compromise. That middle story is reworked so that it fits inside a more marketable horror construct. It’s a story worth telling, but the movie that surrounds it just doesn’t work. Likewise, the casting of Gwen Zamora feels like something that was thrust on the filmmakers. The fact that the main character is Filipino never really factors into the story, and the Indonesia cast members seems to suffer through having to speak in Tagalog. Zamora isn’t given much to work with anyway, but she still manages to oversell many of her scenes.

In the end, The Witness simply falls apart into sheer ridiculousness. The heroine continues to make bad choices, and the villain starts becoming something more than human as the film grasps for anything that might be considered scary or horrific. But its heart just isn’t into it. By this point, the film had already told the story that it wanted to tell, and was just trying to reach some abstract quota before limping towards its ending.

My Rating:

http://www.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=14367

[adelro2049]

Launching movie ni Gwen Zamora nilalangaw sa takilya (Matindi kasi ang ilusyon! )
Written by Peter Ledesma
Friday, 23 March 2012 Hataw!

Tama ang aming sinabi na hindi pa hinog si Gwen Zamora para magbida sa pelikula. Hayan at sunod-sunod na text ang aming tinatanggap sa pagsemplang ng movie ni Gwen. Say pa ng isang avid texter kawawa naman si Gwen hindi pinapansin ‘yung movie niyang “The Witness” sa malalaking mall. For sure nilalangaw rin ‘yan sa mga sinehan sa Visayas at Mindanao.

Sino ba naman kasi ang magkaka-interes na panoorin ito ‘e, maliban sa hindi pa star si Gwen hindi naman aware ang otaw sa mga Indonesian co-actors ng actress. Siguro kung nag-bold sa pelikula niya si Gwen ‘e, baka kumita pa. Hindi naman kasi nag-iisip ang GMA Films tira nang tira lang sila sa mga talent nila kaya hayun bigo sila lagi. Hindi pa nga sila nakababawi sa mga pelikula nilang “The Road” at “My Kontrabida Girl” hayan at panibagong lugi na naman sila sa “The Witness.” Tanggapin na kasi ni Gwen na sa ngayon ay pang-supporting lang muna siya at ‘di pa puwedeng mag-solo. Kuha n’yo gyud!

[cinelamour]

Launching movie ni Gwen Zamora nilalangaw sa takilya (Matindi kasi ang ilusyon! )
Written by Peter Ledesma
Friday, 23 March 2012 Hataw!

Tama ang aming sinabi na hindi pa hinog si Gwen Zamora para magbida sa pelikula. Hayan at sunod-sunod na text ang aming tinatanggap sa pagsemplang ng movie ni Gwen. Say pa ng isang avid texter kawawa naman si Gwen hindi pinapansin ‘yung movie niyang “The Witness” sa malalaking mall. For sure nilalangaw rin ‘yan sa mga sinehan sa Visayas at Mindanao.

Sino ba naman kasi ang magkaka-interes na panoorin ito ‘e, maliban sa hindi pa star si Gwen hindi naman aware ang otaw sa mga Indonesian co-actors ng actress. Siguro kung nag-bold sa pelikula niya si Gwen ‘e, baka kumita pa. Hindi naman kasi nag-iisip ang GMA Films tira nang tira lang sila sa mga talent nila kaya hayun bigo sila lagi. Hindi pa nga sila nakababawi sa mga pelikula nilang “The Road” at “My Kontrabida Girl” hayan at panibagong lugi na naman sila sa “The Witness.” Tanggapin na kasi ni Gwen na sa ngayon ay pang-supporting lang muna siya at ‘di pa puwedeng mag-solo. Kuha n’yo gyud!

bakit ang daming ignorante o bobong "entertainment" writer?

[mr_boy007]

P7.6M in two weeks!

As expected.. oh well.. Bawi na lang sa Indonesia at Singapore.

http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/philip...2&wk=13&p=.htm

[Hapee_Angel]

Philippines Box Office
March 28–April 1, 2012

(US $1 = 42.8254 Philippines Peso)

The Witness (2012) $178,880 Week 2 = P7.66 M



http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/philip...2&wk=13&p=.htm

[MarionRivero]

April 4, 2012
Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang Earns P49.27 Million In Its 3rd Week; The Witness Hits P7.66 Million Only In Two Weeks!

Indie Film Corazon: Ang Unang Awang earns P49.27 Million in its 3rd week (3 weeks of showing) making it the All Time Highest Grossing Indie Film in the Philippines. International film The Witness which stars Filipina actress Gwen Zamora only gets P7.66 Million in two weeks of showing!

The Erich Gonzales and Derek Ramsay horror film collects another P4.7 Million in its 3rd week of showing while Hollywood film Wrath of the Titans opens at number 1 with P62.49 Million. Meanwhile, GMA film My Kontrabida Girl starring Rhian Ramos and Aljur Abrenica is considered to be a flop since it only accumulates P13.09 Million in 3 weeks despite the fact that the film is categorically belongs to RomCom genre which is suppose to be a Box Office Trend.

http://entervrexworld.wordpress.com/...-in-two-weeks/

[Hapee_Angel]

Philippines Box Office
April 4–8, 2012

(US $1 = 42.7 Philippines Peso)

The Witness (2012) $297 $201,826 Week 3 = P8.6 M

http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/philip...2&wk=14&p=.htm