Marimar
Monday, September 3, 2007 | Labels: Marian Rivera | || MariMar | |
|---|---|
 Marian Rivera as MariMar | |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Created by | Televisa |
| Directed by | Joyce E. Bernal Mac Alejandre |
| Starring | Marian Rivera |
| Opening theme | MariMar sung by Regine Velasquez |
| Country of origin |  Philippines |
| Language(s) | Filipino, Tagalog, English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Wilma Galvante |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | August 13, 2007 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Lupin |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
Philippine drama airing on GMA Network starring Marian Rivera, in the title role,[1] and Dingdong Dantes. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela with the same title starring Thalia which was aired in 1994. It started on August 13, 2007 as part of GMA Network weeknights primetime presentation, under the direction of movie directors Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre. On this remake, much liberty had been taken to provide back story to the characters, tweaking and twisting some plot elements to avoid it being too predictable, and adapting it to Philippine setting.
1994 TV series
Main article: Marimar
Marimar was a Mexican TV telenovela that was first aired in 1994 on Televisa with singer-actress Thalía in the title role.
Popularity in the Philippines
The original Mexican telenovela was massive hit in the Philippines with ratings peaking on 46.5%, when it first aired on Radio Philippines Network (RPN) in 1996. The series' success paved way to another Thalía telenovela Rosalinda which has the highest rating show ever recorded in the Philippine TV with a peak of 57.8% which aired on ABS-CBN. In April 2002, the original Marimar was re-aired on GMA as part of the Telebabad primetime block but was moved to a morning timeslot in June 2002. Maria la del Barrio also followed and re-aired on the same network.
2007 TV series
Casting Marimar
GMA VP Wilma Galvante reveals it took some time to get the story rights of "Marimar" from Televisa, the owner of story rights of the Mexican Telenovela. Angel Locsin was the first choice to play the title role but she declined. The contract required that the Pinoy version be made before 2007 is over which prompted the network to give an auidition for the highly profiled role. GMA female artists such as Nadine Samonte, Katrina Halili, Jennylyn Mercado, Marian Rivera, Valerie Concepcion, Bianca King, Rhian Ramos, Glaiza de Castro, Jewel Mische and Karylle have all gone to the audition.
The role eventually went to Marian Rivera, who had 80% chance of winning the role,[2] beating her closest rival for the role Jennylyn Mercado.
Production Crew
This series is a comeback project for Joyce E. Bernal in TV and for GMA Network.[3]
* Writers: Denoy Punio
* Head Writer: Dode Cruz
* Creative Consultants: Roy C. Iglesias
* Executive Producer:
* Production Manager: Redgynn S. Alba
* Executive-in-charge of Creative: Anette Gozon-Abrogar
* Executive-in-charge of Production: Wilma Galvante
* Directed by: Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre
* Source: Wikipedia
