Former love team Marvin Agustin and Jolina Magdangal are making their highly anticipated movie comeback, two decades after their last project together as on-screen partners.
In an Instagram reel, Marvin and Jolina recreated the posters of their iconic films Labs Kita… Okey Ka Lang? and Hey Babe!, later joined by director JP Habac, Juan Karlos Labajo, and Loisa Andalio to recreate another poster for FLAMES: The Movie.
The video stirred nostalgia among fans and hinted at their upcoming project, Ex Ex Lovers, directed by Habac, with Labajo and Andalio.
In a separate post, Habac shared photos from the story conference, joking, “From magkababata to classmates to best friends to jowa to lovers to engaged to married to ex-lovers to ex ex lovers oops.”
During an interview at an Omron event, where she was launched as the brand’s newest ambassador, Jolina expressed her gratitude to fans for their unwavering support.
“I’m very thankful that they never lost hope that this movie would happen,” she told Manila Standard Entertainment, acknowledging their enduring fanbase. She added that Marvin and she didn’t want to rush their reunion project but to make it truly special. “We want it to be something worth the wait for fans, something they can call a dream project.”
“Because honestly, Marvin and I feel a little bit embarrassed, like, yes, we’re posting pictures, but something is happening that made a reunion project almost impossible,” she continued.
The Lavender Fields star later shared that she and Agustin wanted to ensure their comeback project was something truly special and wasn’t forced.
“But we also don’t want just a simple comeback movie. We want a movie which is something worth the wait for fans and they can call a dream project,” added Magdangal.
Agustin and Magdangal, one of the most popular love teams of the ‘90s, last worked together in 2008’s I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust And Love You), where Marvin made a special guest appearance. Their last leading role together was in Hey Babe in 1999.
Magdangal shared that their upcoming movie will still deliver the “kilig” magic fans remember despite the years. “We want to make those waiting for us happy, and even if it’s not as thrilling as our past projects, we want to capture that feeling of kilig,” she said.
Ex Ex Lovers is set to be released in February, just in time for Valentine’s Month.
