Bato (The General Ronald dela Rosa Story)

Bato (The General Ronald dela Rosa Story) is a 2019 Filipino biographical action film directed by Adolfo Alix Jr., starring Robin Padilla as the titular police official.

Bato (The General Ronald dela Rosa Story)
Directed byAdolfo B. Alix Jr.
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byRegal Entertainment
Release date
  • January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Cast

Development

In early December 2018, Ronald dela Rosa expressed his desire for Robin Padilla and Sharon Cuneta to respectively play him and his wife Nancy if ever a film is made about him.[1] He also has expressed his preference to have the film focus on his biography rather than his romance with his wife in particular.[2] Bato was directed by Adolfo Alix Jr..[3]

Marketing

Padilla shared the film's first teaser through Instagram on December 27, 2018.[3] Another version of the teaser was released on January 22, 2019.[4] The film's full trailer was released the next day on January 23.[5] The film's official poster was released on January 24.[6]

None of the film's marketing material credit the film's crew members other than its director and lead cast.[3][4][5][6]

Release

Bato premiered at the SM Megamall in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong on January 30, 2019, with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in attendance.[7]

Controversy

Bato has caused controversy for being released at the time dela Rosa was a candidate for the 2019 Philippine Senate election. The Commission on Elections has warned that dela Rosa could be disqualified if the film is still being aired in Philippine cinemas on February 12, 2019 or the official start of the campaign period for national candidates.[7][8][9]

gollark: `void** main(char* argd, long long argc)`
gollark: There's a JIT compiler, which is stupidly designed too.
gollark: Mine is C but compiled with optimizations turned off and busy loops inserted.
gollark: I also made a C-based esolang as a joke because someone insisted compiled languages were faster.
gollark: I can write a hello world in it.

See also

References
  1. Garcia, Rose (5 December 2019). "Robin, Sharon type gawing bida sa movie ng ex-PNP chief" [Robin, Sharon wanted to be starred in movie of ex-PNP chief]. Abante News Online (in Filipino). Prage Management Services Corp. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. Wang, Nickie (21 December 2018). "Bato wants Binoy in his biopic". ManilaStandard.net. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. Madarang, Catalina Ricci (4 January 2019). "Robin Padilla is 'Bato' Dela Rosa in upcoming biopic". InterAksyon. Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  4. Regal Entertainment, Inc. (22 January 2019). "BATO The Movie: The General Ronald Dela Rosa Story Teaser 1". YouTube. YouTube, LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. Regal Entertainment, Inc. (23 January 2019). "Full Trailer: BATO The Movie: The General Ronald Dela Rosa Story". YouTube. YouTube, LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. Regal Entertainment, Inc. (24 January 2019). "OFFICIAL POSTER". Facebook. Facebook, Inc. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. Crisostomo, Sheila (30 January 2019). "Comelec warns Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa over biopic". Philstar.com. Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  8. Rappler.com (31 January 2019). "'Pelikula lang?' Directors, critics hit 'Bato' movie" ['Movie Only?' Directors, critics hit 'Bato' movie]. Rappler. Rappler Inc. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  9. Yap, Kurt (23 January 2019). "Netizens react on the trailer of Bato dela Rosa movie". msn. Microsoft. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.