This, as the screening date for the movie nears.
On Tuesday, October 8, ABS-CBN Studios, Star Cinema, and GMA Pictures released the official trailer of the upcoming ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’ sequel, ‘Hello, Love, Again.’
The film, which will mark the reunion betweem Kapamilya actress Kathryn Bernardo and Kapuso actor Alden Richards in the big screen, will see them reprise their respective roles as Joy (or Marie, rather) and Ethan.
The movie’s main setting has also been moved to Canada, with events happening five years after the story of the first movie that was shot in Hong Kong.
Returning to the director’s chair is Cathy Garcia-Sampana, with the official release date of movie set for Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
In the same trailer, it was also revealed that TJ Monterde’s popular song ‘Palagi’ will be the official theme song of the sequel film.
It was in 2019 when Star Cinema produced the original movie ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye,’ which was set in Hong Kong.
It marked the first project of Alden Richards with the ABS-CBN movie studio, and his first on-screen partnership with Kathryn Bernardo.
Also part of the film were Kakai Bautista, Joross Gamboa, Lovely Abella, Maymay Entrata, Lito Pimentel, William Lorenzo, Jameson Blake, Anthony Jennings, among others.
When the film was released that year, it immediately went to the top of the box-office charts and eventually cemented itself in Philippine cinema history upon becoming the highest-grossing Filipino film of all-time.
According to box-office records, ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’ raked in a worldwide gross of Php 880 million.
It toppled Bernardo’s previous movie, ‘The Hows of Us’ which she topbilled with Kapamilya actor Daniel Padilla, which is the first movie to breach the Php 800 million mark.
‘HLG’ held the distinction of being the top-grosser until Star Cinema’s 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival entry ‘Rewind’ starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera took the spot in early January 2024.
As per ABS-CBN Films, ‘Rewind’ grossed more than Php 900 million worldwide.