By NEIL RAMOS
IN what seems to be the latest in a series of misfortunes that had long delayed work on the much-talked about film remake “Darna,” it has been announced that Erik Matti, film director, has resigned from the project.
ABS-CBN and Star Cinema sent Tempo, Thursday, a statement on the matter, indicating “creative differences” spurred Matti’s resignation.
It read in full, thus:
“ABS-CBN, Star Cinema, and director Erik Matti have mutually decided to part ways in the filming of ‘Darna’ because of creative differences and to allow the filmmaker to work on his other projects under his own production company Reality Entertainment.
“ABS-CBN and Star Cinema, however, are fully committed to bringing the iconic character to the big screen for today’s generation of moviegoers to witness the story of the well-loved Pinoy comics superhero. The new ‘Darna’ director will be announced soon.”
Matti, meanwhile, posted his own statement on Facebook.
“As it has been announced, I have officially resigned from the movie ‘Darna.’ It’s been 5 years and how I wish I coud have f inished i t after all the hard work that went into preparing and putting it together. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out ideally for both parties.
‘Darna’ is personal to me. My first project in the industry was as continuity supervisor for Peque Gallaga’s ‘Darna’ with Anjanette Abayari. And doing this modern reboot of the classic superhero, I feel that I have come full circle in this industry.
“I would like to thank my staff and crew who have toiled through the process bringing forth brilliant design and execution ideas as to how we can bring to life a uniquely modern take of our iconic Filipino superhero that can be relevant to the times.
“To Liza Soberano, thank you for the dedication and commitment. I’m sure you’ll be a kickass Darna.
“To Star Cinema, ABS-CBN, and the next director, I wish you all the best for this project.”
