Imortal
Imortal (lit. 'Immortal') is a Philippine television drama produced by ABS-CBN starring John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin. This series was aired from October 4, 2010 to April 29, 2011. It is the sequel to the 2008 fantasy series, Lobo.[2][3][4]
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| Genre | Drama Horror Fantasy Action Romance |
| Written by | Danilo Maceda Jr |
| Directed by | Chito S. Roño Jerry Lopez-Sineneng Trina N. Dayrit Richard V. Somes Lester Pimentel (Stunt Director) |
| Starring | John Lloyd Cruz Angel Locsin |
| Opening theme | "Walang Hanggan" by Yeng Constantino and Ney Dimaculangan |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original languages | Filipino English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 148 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Editor | Bren John de Leon |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Production company | Star Creatives |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | October 4, 2010 – April 29, 2011[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Lobo[2] (2008) |
| Followed by | La Luna Sangre (2017) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
Prequel
Imortal is a sequel to the 2008 ABS-CBN fantasy series, Lobo. The previous series also starred Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual. However, Lobo story-wise only included werewolves without any reference to vampires. Locsin's character in Imortal is the daughter of her character in Lobo.[2][6]
Synopsis
In 1572, a group of powerful beings arrived in the Philippine shores. Known as vampires, drinkers of human blood, their menace quickly spread throughout the land. But unknown to them, a powerful clan also lived in the islands, a group of beings who can transform themselves into powerful wolves - the Taong Lobos.
The Taong Lobos were the humans' protectors and together they formed an army to destroy the vampires. The blood drinkers were no match to the Taong Lobos. One by one, they fell. Those who survived were driven into hiding. What followed was peace among the humans and Taong Lobos, and the memory of the vampires started to fade. Around this time, the Taong Lobos dealt with a crisis of their own giving way to the events of the first series of this trilogy, Lobo.
Unbeknownst to them, the vampires were laying dormant for a reason – organizing and fortifying their numbers until they were ready. They hold a dangerous secret: a prophecy, foretelling an epic battle between vampires and the Taong Lobos that will ultimately decide the fate of their respective bloodlines. The battle shall be led by a powerful vampire and a powerful werewolf who are each other's nemesis and downfall. The vampires believe they have found their prophesied savior and are now preparing for the war to come. Meanwhile, the Taong Lobos have grown complacent and know nothing about the prophecy.
With the stage set for an epic battle, two individuals: Mateo (John Lloyd Cruz) and Lia (Angel Locsin) find themselves drawn to each other. As they grow closer, they unknowingly awaken the powers that are lying dormant within them - the same powers that will inevitably tear them apart.
Episodes
| Season (s) | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 97 | October 4, 2010 | February 15, 2011 | |
| 2 | 51 | February 16, 2011 | April 29, 2011 | |
Cast and characters
Main cast
| Cast | Character | Summary |
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The main female protagonist of the series. The youngest daughter of Noah and Lyka. She is the chosen one of the werewolves. Her ability as a werewolf can burn vampires using her hands when touched. She has stronger powers than her mother Lyka who bestowed on her a special protection against vampires just before she died.[7] | ||
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The main male protagonist of the series. The son of Roman, the vampire and Ceres, a mortal. He was the first known child born out of such a union. He was the only human child who lived with the vampire community in his first seven years. His father wanted to integrate him with the werewolf and mortal community, but his attempted peace talk with Lyka failed because he was double-crossed by Magnus. He was later adopted by Simon Teodoro and grew up in the Teodoro household with Lucas, Simon's natural child. He is the chosen one of the vampires as he is the strongest vampire. He was turned into a vampire after he died in a battle against werewolves. He loved Lia and together with her defeated the Magnus, Lucas and the Hybrid army. | ||
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Began as one of the minor antagonists of the series, then switched allegiance to Mateo and Lia and became one of their strongest allies, She is the adopted vampire daughter of Magnus Imperial. Her mother was bitten by Magnus while pregnant in a desperate attempt to sire the chosen vampire. Magnus raised her as the anointed “chosen one”, mistakenly believing Barang's prophecy that the savior would come from his lineage.[8] Samantha grew up believing that she is the strongest vampire who would lead her clan in the battle against the werewolves and their Chosen One. She eventually learns that she is mistaken, and the "Chosen One" is revealed to be Mateo. Samantha falls in love with Mateo and fulfills the third part of the prophecy, "the bite of pure love", by turning a dying Mateo into a vampire to save his life. She joins Roman's community of righteous vampires, betraying her own father, Magnus. She becomes one of Mateo's and Lia's strongest allies. Lucas injures her in battle through his venom, and chooses to kill herself rather than become a hybrid. | ||
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The main antagonist of the series. He is the son of Simon Teodoro and adoptive brother of Mateo. His mother is a fourth generation Ungson clan, one of the powerful clans of the Wayas. He became a hybrid after Magnus bit him. He built an army of Hybrids that threatened all vampires, humans and werewolves. |
Supporting cast
| Cast | Character | Summary |
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Lyka's colleague at the Waya Council and uncle of Lia. He has a daughter named Miriam. He acted as Lia's surrogate father and guardian after Lyka died. He protected Lia from the abusive Head Guardian Lucille Zaragoza. | ||
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The main female antagonist of the series. Former head guardian of the Waya who succeeded Lyka after Lyka resigned following her family's assassination by vampires. She will do everything to keep the leadership of the Waya council, going as far as destroying Lyka's legacy as the last guardian, who saved her race from extinction during the red moon. She stripped the orphaned Lia of her privileged status and relegated her to a life of servitude. She abused and tormented Lia. At the end, she realized her errors and joined Lia and Mateo's forces. She killed Magnus but died in the process. | ||
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The main male antagonist of the series. The founder and leader of the Club Sangre, an organization of evil vampires that aims to eliminate all werewolves to save their race. He was Samantha Imperial's adoptive father. He was Roman's enemy who sabotaged Roman's peace efforts with Lyka. He killed Lyka at the surprise raid of Lyka's home. | ||
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The female antagonist of the series. She was Magnus' lover, who turned him into a vampire because she was in love with him. Her lovers and husbands died except Magnus. She turned against Magnus at the end of the series and joined Mateo and Lia's alliances. | ||
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One of the minor antagonists of the series. The daughter of Lucille and a member of the Waya council. She has an antagonistic relationship with Lia since childhood and is desperately in love with Mateo. She chose to align with Lia when she realized her mother's self-serving actions. She saved Mateo from the public execution her mother ordered, and joined the Luna forces in the last battle against Magnus’ Force. | ||
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The colleague of Roman. She was the foster mother of Mateo during his childhood. She led Roman's community and helped vampires transition from human blood drinkers to animal blood drinkers. | ||
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The owner of Simon Landholdings Inc. He is the father of Lucas and adoptive father of Mateo, who rescued him from the streets. He trusted Mateo over Lucas. | ||
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The father of Mateo. He was the founder of the community of good vampires, who only drank animal blood. He attempted to reach out to Lyka to begin peace talks between vampires and werewolves as he believed they could peacefully coexist. He believed vampires didn't need human blood to survive and his community proved this possible. | ||
| The secretary of Mateo and the aunt of Olive. | ||
| The surrogate mother of Lia after she was orphaned. She was a black werewolf. | ||
| The best friend of Lia and daughter of Abraham. | ||
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The father of Jethro. He was a seer but is powerless since his powers passed to his son. He was also in Lobo as a child, played by Nash Aguas who could communicate with animals. | ||
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The son of Tikboy and was a seer. He was also the blogger who posted the upcoming prophecy. The friend of Olive and he fell in love with her. His feelings were hurt when Olive chose Gael over Jethro in the grand opening of La Liga Unida, an organization for the peaceful friendship of werewolves, vampires, and mortals. | ||
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Dara's niece and Jethro's love interest. Her first love was Jethro until she met Gael who turned her into a vampire. She ended up having a mutual relationship with Gael. | ||
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He was a vampire ally of Magnus. He fell in love and has a mutual relationship with Olive. He switched his alliance to Lia and Mateo. | ||
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A member of the Waya's werewolf army and Lia's friend. He became Clarisse's boyfriend. | ||
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A member of the Waya's werewolf army, Lia's friend and Vergara's assistant. | ||
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The vampire best friend of Samantha who was in love with her. |
Guest cast
- Angel Locsin as Lyka Blancaflor Raymundo-Ortega†
- Piolo Pascual as Noah Ortega†
- Mark Gil as Julio
- Kalila Aguilos as Barang
- Carlos Morales as Lyndon
- Christian Vasquez as Badong / Luis Cristobal
- Archie Alemania as Arturo Lumibao
- Dean de Jesus as vampire
- Danillo Barrios as Billy Villareal
- Menggie Cobarrubias as Jessie Cordero
- Manuel Aquino as Albert Esguerra
- Josh Ivan Morales as Benezor
- Angelo Garcia as Andoy
- Manuel Chua as Diego
- Kris Martinez as Francis
- Gerard Acao as Macoy
- Zeppi Borromeo as Baldo
- Thou Reyes as Rafael
- Andre Tiangco as Atty. Yumul
- Hermes Bautista as Taong Lobo
- David Chua as Taong Lobo
- Kevin Paul Lavarias as Taong Lobo
- Marion Dela Cruz as Taong Lobo
- Gem Ramos as Taong Lobo
- RJ Calipus as Taong Lobo
- Kristel Moreno as Severina
- Tyron Perez as Vampire
- Helga Krapf as Vampire
- Rob Stumvoll as Vampire
- Princess Manzon as Vampire
- Yuri Okawa as Vampire
- Rommel Velasquez as Waya Leo
- Allyson Lualhati as young Tabitha Matute
- Alwyn Uytingco as young Julio
- Matthew Mendoza as young Simon Teodoro
- Sheree Bautista as young Lucille Zaragosa
- Epy Quizon as young Abraham Villamor
- Precious Lara Quigaman as Ceres
- Justin Cuyugan as Alfredo
- Sajj Geronimo as young Lia
- Jairus Aquino as young Mateo (1st generation)
- Bugoy Cariño as young Mateo (2nd generation)
- Marites Juaquin as Darla†, Samantha's mother
Reception
Ratings
On March 7, 2011, it was moved to a later timeslot to give way to Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin. Because of this, the show's ratings dropped to an average of more than 20 million viewers nightly from having more than 30 million viewers.[9]
Promotion
DVD
The DVD series is internationally distributed to Volumes 1-13 containing all episodes.
Pangil: The teleserye-based RPG
Pangil (fangs) is an online role-playing game created in relation to the television show and was released before the premiere of the series was launched. The role-playing game involves around the character of Samantha (played by Maricar Reyes in the series) and players instruct her on her quest as she defeats the enemies. The locations on the game were also based on real locations in the Philippines such as Intramuros, Quiapo and Binondo.[6][11]
The Hidden Chapters of Imortal: Anino't Panaginip
A series of webisodes were also released on the official website entitled Anino't Panaginip (Shadows and Dreams). It consists of 5 minute long episodes that were unreleased on television and was released every week as the series premieres.[6][11] There are currently 24 webisodes.
Sequel
A sequel to the Moonstone series entitled La Luna Sangre, starring Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla and Richard Gutierrez premiered on June 19, 2017. The sequel series was first revealed at the company's trade launch on November 22, 2016.[12]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2010 | ASAP Pop Viewer's Choice Awards | Pop Kapamilya TV Characters | John Lloyd Cruz as Mateo Angel Locsin as Lia | Nominated |
| 2011 | 2011 Golden Screen TV Awards[13] | Outstanding Performance Of An Actor in a Drama Series | John Lloyd Cruz | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Performance Of An Actress in a Drama Series | Angel Locsin | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Jake Roxas | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 25th PMPC Star Awards for Television[14] | Best Drama Actor | John Lloyd Cruz | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Drama Actress | Angel Locsin | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Best Primetime TV Series | Cast | Nominated | |
See also
References
- Allan Sancon. "''Imortal'' will have an unconventional ending on April 29". Pep.ph. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- "Shira Mae Barbadillo admits she feels pressured to make 'Imortal' as successful as 'Lobo'". Abs-cbn.com. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- Courtesy of ABS-CBN. "ABS-CBN stars have fun in the rain for the new station ID". Pep.ph. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- "Shira Mae Barbadillo doesn't need to teach John Lloyd Cruz how to act in a fantaserye". Abs-cbn.com. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- Imortal Full Episodes. YouTube. ABS-CBN Entertainment. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- Abs-Cbn. "Imortal depicts the battle between the Waya and the Sangre". PEP.ph. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- "Imortal: Lyka bestows powers on Lia episode 4". Youtube. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Imortal: Samantha as a child episode 5". Youtube. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ABS-CBN claims leadership in nationwide figures, based on data from Kantar Media retrieved on October 12, 2010 via www.PEP.ph
- "Angel Locsin admits 'Imortal' requires a lot of hard work". Abs-cbn.com. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- 'Imortal' Official Trailer (via ABS-CBN). August 26, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- Felipe, MJ. "WATCH: Kathryn, Daniel star in 'Imortal' sequel". ABS-CBN News.
- Ricky Calderon (29 October 2011). "Golden Screen TV Awards nominees bared". pep.ph. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- Rommel Placente (29 October 2011). "25th Star Awards for TV nominees bared". pep.ph.