My Illegal Wife

My Illegal Wife is a 2014 Filipino comedy drama spoof film directed by Tony Y. Reyes starring Pokwang and Zanjoe Marudo. The film, produced by Skylight Films and distributed by Star Cinema officially premiered in the Philippines on June 11, 2014.

My Illegal Wife
My Illegal Wife theatrical movie poster
Directed byTony Y. Reyes
Produced by
Screenplay byDanno Kristoper C. Mariquit
Story by
  • Kriz G. Gazmen
  • Danno Kristoper C. Mariquit
Starring
Music byJessie Lasaten
CinematographyGary L. Gardoce
Edited byChrisel G. Desuasido
Production
company
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
  • June 11, 2014 (2014-06-11)
CountryPhilippines
Language
  • Filipino
  • English
Box office₱80,000,000.00 (estimated)[2]

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

The Bullies
  • Justine Banez
  • Joshua Claridad
  • Ramon Dinglasan
  • Ryu Nakayama
  • Karlo Angelo Nunag

Production

Casting and Development

On May 16, 2014, Star Cinema released news through their website about their next film, topbilled by Marudo and Pokwang with the title: "Coming soon: ‘My Illegal Wife’" and accompanied by a spoof image of ABS-CBN's The Legal Wife primetime series.[3] They first introduced the cast, including Zanjoe Marudo, Pokwang, and Ellen Adarna as well as the storyline.[4] The film, which started shooting on April 7,[5] is their second film together after Cinco in 2010. In that case, both wanted to do more scenes that will show their improvement as a team, particularly having bed and love scenes on-screen.[6][7]

The director noted that Marudo can be the next Vic Sotto, who is the "Prince of Comedy", as the director can see his skills on becoming like one. Coincidentally, Marudo is a fan of Sotto.[8]

Promotions

The team had a story reference on March 28 under Skylight Films. During the reference, Pokwang promises that their team-up will bring laughter and kilig.[9] One month when their first shoot on April 7 started, both the main actors excitedly posted exclusive sneak peeks on their Instagram accounts.[5] In the same way, entertainment writer Mell Navarro posted a behind-the-scene photo of one of Pokwang and Marudo's scenes through his Facebook account on May 9.[10]

On May 30, the full trailer of the film was uploaded in YouTube.[11] The team, then, attended their grand press conference on June 2 at 11 a.m., accompanied by a livestream.[12] In addition, the Marudo and Pokwang have had guestings in ABS-CBN to promote their upcoming film, including The Buzz, Gandang Gabi Vice, and ASAP, wherein they had a dance production number on the latter.[13]

Sources

There are numerous television and movies that the film used to spoof. In fact, their title is a spoof of ABS-CBN's The Legal Wife primetime series.[3] Note that only the title is spoofed, not the storyline.[14] Other sources parodied include:

gollark: If I was supreme world dictator I would fix this sort of thing.
gollark: Unfortunately, cool nuclear tech isn't well developed/deployed because people are utter dodecahedra about it and most regulation is bad.
gollark: The energy cost is similar regardless of where the computers are if idle power is low.
gollark: But most people don't actually care, visibly.
gollark: I don't think million-qubit things exist and there are fundamental physical limits on stuff.

References
  1. "My Illegal Wife". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. http://www.pds.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Disclosure-No.-554-2015-Annual-Report-for-Fiscal-Year-Ended-December-31-2014-SEC-FORM-17-A.pdf
  3. "Coming soon: ‘My Illegal Wife’". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  4. "Pokwang and Zanjoe Marudo in ‘My Illegal Wife’". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  5. "Pokwang and Zanjoe Marudo’s first shooting day: Laughtrip success!". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  6. "Roar in laughter with ‘My Illegal Wife’". Philstar. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  7. "Zanjoe says 'yes' to numerous bed scenes with Pokwang". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  8. "Director dubs Zanjoe Marudo as the "young Vic Sotto"". Pep.ph. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  9. "Pokwang: ‘Mas kikiligin kayo sa amin ni Zanjoe ngayon’". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  10. "Pokwang says ‘I love you’ to Zanjoe Marudo". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  11. "My Illegal Wife Full Trailer". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  12. "Catch the live streaming press conference of “My Illegal Wife” later!". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  13. "Pokwang to Toni Gonzaga: ‘Magkano ang 'Starting Over Again?' P400 M? Kami P400 M first day’". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  14. "Zanjoe Marudo says ‘My Illegal Wife’ is not just a comedy film". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  15. "Got To Believe in Pokwang, Zanjoe". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  16. "The Amazing 'Illegal Wife' Pokwang". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  17. "Catch the premiere night of ‘My Illegal Wife’". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  18. "WATCH: Piolo Pascual, Toni Gonzaga insist: 'We are the legal Marco and Genie'". Star Cinema. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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