Fantastic Man
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Telefantasya |
| Created by | GMA Entertainment TV Group |
| Directed by | Zoren Legaspi |
| Starring |
Mark Herras Ryza Cenon Joey Marquez |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) | Filipino, Tagalog, English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Wilma Galvante |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original network | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original release | April 14, 2007 – March 15, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Fantastic Man: Ang Ikalawang Laban |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Fantastic Man is a television serialization of the film of the same name. The series originally starred by Vic Sotto, stars Mark Herras as Fantastic Man with Ryza Cenon as her leading lady-turned sidekick Wena aka Fantastic Girl. The series refurbishes and reintroduces Fantastic Man as a crime-busting superhero. The series lasted for two seasons and had a special episode after the series ended March 15, 2008.
Fantastic Man is a fictional superhero character popularized by Vic Sotto. The character debuted on the 2003 film with the same title produced by OctoArts Films and M-Zet Productions. It was one of the entries on 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival – and was that year's top grosser.
The concept of Fantastic Man came about when the film producers failed to bought the film rights of Lastikman from the Ravelos. Lastikman was one of the entries of 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival and was that year's top grosser, thus they were forced to do a sequel due to its success. The reason why they failed to buy the rights is because the heirs of Lastikman creator Mars Ravelo demanded 1.8 million pesos (around US$32,727 at that time) for the sequel. In the film, which relaunched and brought the character back to limelight, the heirs only demanded 130,000 pesos (US$2,363), they even gave 500,000 pesos (US$9,090). The rights for the film went to Viva Films. Meanwhile, Michael V. and Chito Francisco came up with a new superhero story bringing birth to Fantastic Man.
The costume of Fantastic Man in the film was designed and made by the special effects team of TAPE Inc. boss Tony Tuviera. While the costume of Diabolica (the main villain in the movie—Ara Mina's character who was named after her role/name in the film Super Ranger Kids in 1997) was the idea of actor Michael V.
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