Call My Manager to honor Philippine cinema, showbiz

CELEBRITY EGOS, industry politics, and personal ambitions fuel the cutthroat world of show business, which is the center of the Filipino series Call My Manager.

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Directed by Erik Matti, it is adapted from the original French show Call My Agent for HBO, though the release date has yet to be announced. Eight episodes had been filmed back in 2023.

In the meantime, the first two episodes, edited into a two-hour movie, premiered in QCinema on Nov. 15. It stars Judy Ann Santos, Edu Manzano, and RK Bagatsing as the three managers that run Shine Artist Management, with recurring roles and cameos from big-name celebrities and references to real-life insider showbiz gossip filling the story.

For Mr. Matti, the project has been a long time coming.

“After the success of On the Job on HBO, the next question they asked was, what else do you guys want to do?” he said at the talkback after the premiere. “We've always wanted to do a tribute to Philippine cinema and show business, but everyone’s been saying it won't make money because it’s really for insiders.”

“When we discovered