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Are Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings Starring in a Movie Together?

The new love team hinted at a collaboration with director Jason Paul Laxamana

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/acb7e9f1-4f64-476d-a016-bba4a6a733ab_431753888_299347569562904_973782608264462342_n.jpeg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Maris Racal, director Jason Paul Laxamana, and Anthony Jennings"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Maris Racal, director JP Laxamana, and Anthony Jennings<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> @jplaxamana  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p><strong>Maris Racal </strong>and <strong>Anthony Jennings</strong> may be starring in a movie project together!</p><div><br/></div><p>The two actors shared on social media some images from a meeting with director <strong>Jason Paul Laxamana</strong>; ABS-CBN Films head <strong>Kriz Gazmen</strong> and creative director <strong>Carmi Raymundo</strong>; and Star Cinema&#x27;s AdProm head <strong>Mico del Rosario</strong>. The meeting was held in ABS-CBN&#x27;s Star Creatives&#x27; office.</p><div><br/></div><p>While they did not reveal what that meeting was for exactly, the presence of these seasoned film industry staples in the picture suggest they&#x27;re working on a movie.    </p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/5fc595c5-b5e5-4003-85a8-2d84ba963771_431802567_734712091769754_4586667670238794861_n.jpeg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings may be starring in a movie project together!"/></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Director JP Laxamana also posted on social media, hinting at his collaboration with this new and unexpected team-up. In his caption, he coined possible love team names for Maris and Anthony, writing, &#x27;SnoRene / MaTon ❤️&#x27; SnoRene merges their characters&#x27; names in the hit series <em><strong>Can&#x27;t Buy Me Love</strong></em>, where Anthony is known as Snoop and Maris as Irene. MaTon, on the other hand, is obviously a combination of &#x27;Ma&#x27; from Maris and &#x27;Ton&#x27; from Anthony.</p><div><br/></div><p>Netizens shared their thoughts on these love team names, suggesting other possible names like &#x27;MariThony&#x27; and &#x27;ThoMa.&#x27; </p><div><br/></div><p>On Maris&#x27; Instagram post, Kriz Gazmen commented, &#x27;Super happy <em>ko</em>! Finally!!! <em>Hindi na lang tayo beso beso sa</em> parties.&#x27; JP also commented, &#x27;After 8 yrs!!!! <em>Makakatrabaho na kita ulet </em>.&#x27; JP and Maris previously worked together in the 2016 movie <em>The Third Party</em>, which starred Angel Locsin, Sam Milby, and Zanjoe Marudo.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/fada02a7-fd5f-4a42-8b98-55a592494873_431780106_453904783633142_5887217665116401760_n.jpeg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings may be starring in a movie project together!"/></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Before their buzzworthy and trending pairing in <em>Can&#x27;t Buy Me Love</em>, Maris, whose career was launched in 2014, starred in more recent series like <em>Simula Sa Gitna</em>, <em>How to Move On in 30 Days</em>, <em>The Goodbye Girl</em>, and <em>The Kangks Show</em>. </p><div><br/></div><p>Anthony is an up-and-coming actor, who entered the entertainment industry in 2019; his projects so far include stints in the movie <em>Hello, Love, Goodbye </em>and TV series <em>Make It With You</em><em>;</em> <em>The House Arrest of Us</em>; <em>Tara, G!</em>; <em>A Family Affair</em>; and <em>The Iron Heart</em>. His first starring role was via the digital film <em>Love at First Stream.</em></p><div><br/></div><p>Jason Paul Laxamana directed films like <em>Pedro Penduko</em>, <em>Just a Stranger</em>, <em>Between Maybes</em>, and <em>100 Tula Para Kay Stella.</em> </p><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><div class="youtube-iframe"><iframe width="400" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bzRhjFBT_I" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>Maris and Anthony also recently displayed their palpable chemistry in the music video of Darren Espanto&#x27;s song &#x27;Iyo.&#x27;</p><div><br/></div><p>Lead photos from <strong>@mariesteller</strong></p><div> </div>