''The Promise of Forever'' is a 2017

Philippine drama Philippine television drama, also known as ''teleserye'', Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. ''Teleserye'' is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "''telebi ...

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starring

Paulo Avelino Michael Paulo Lingbanan Avelino (born May 13, 1988) is a Filipino actor, singer, model and a movie producer. Regarded as the "Prince of Philippine Teleserye", he is best known in television series such as '' Walang Hanggan'' (2012), ''Bridges of ...

Ritz Azul Ritz Azul-Guy (born Ritz Ann Riggie Villafuerte Alzul on January 11, 1994), is a Filipina actress and television hostess known for her work as a talent of TV5 and later ABS-CBN through Star Magic. Early life and career Although born in Pampan ...

and

Ejay Falcon Ejay Lasap Falcon (born 21 November 1989) is a Filipino actor, model, endorser and politician who is the vice governor of Oriental Mindoro. As an actor, he came to prominence in 2008 after winning the reality show '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Ed ...

. The series aired on

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

's ''Kapamilya Gold'' afternoon block and worldwide on

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from September 11, 2017 to November 24, 2017, replacing ''

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''.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Lorenzo Espinosa / Ramon Nolasco / Victor Gonzales / Emilio "Emil" Mendoza / Nicolas Barrientos / Lawrence Molina *

as Sophia Madrid *

as Philip Ortega

Supporting cast

Cherry Pie Picache Cherry Pie Sison Picache (born May 27, 1970) is a Filipino actress who has starred television and in mainstream and independent films and has worked as a print and TV commercial model for Palmolive, Camay, and Eskinol. Cherry Pie is notable ...

as Vivienne Zialcita-Madrid *

Amy Austria-Ventura Esmeralda Diaz Tuazon (born December 13, 1961), known professionally as Amy Austria-Ventura, is a Filipino film and television actress. Austria is recognized as one of the defining actresses in Philippine cinema. She has won a FAMAS Award, 2 ...

as Olivia Ortega-Borja *

Tonton Gutierrez Eduardo Antonio Winsett Gutierrez, Jr. (born March 20, 1968), professionally known as Tonton Gutierrez, is a Filipino film and television actor best known for his role as Governor Eduardo Buenavista in the original hit teleserye ''Pangako Sa ...

as Marlon Borja *

Benjie Paras Venancio Johnson Paras Jr. (born October 2, 1968), better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and a retired professional basketball player who played for Shell Turbo Chargers and San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketb ...

as Geoffrey Madrid *

Susan Africa Susan Africa (born August 20, 1959) is a veteran Filipino film, television and theatre actress. Recognised as a legend in the Philippine cinema, Africa won "Best Supporting Actress" at the 13th Metro Manila Film Festival for her performance i ...

as Janet Trinidad/Helen Reyes *

Eva Darren Eva Darren (born June 28, 1946) is a Filipino actress. Career Darren started appearing in movies during the early 1960s. She won the 18th FAMAS Awards, FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie ''Ang Pulubi'' (1969) starring Charit ...

as Lola Faye Zialcita *

Nico Antonio Jerico Antonio (born May 24, 1983), commonly known as Nico Antonio, is a Filipino actor, producer and singer. Biography Antonio is the eldest of four siblings, to Reynerio Antonio and Joji Alonso is a film producer. After graduating with a deg ...

as Chester Trinidad / Benjamin "Bing" Reyes / Matthew Santos * David Chua as Michael Borja * Khaine dela Cruz as Adrien Espinosa *

Princess Punzalan Bernadette Vela Punzalan-Field (born November 20, 1968), known professionally as Princess Punzalan, is a Filipino actress. She began her career starring in '' Lovingly Yours: The Movie'' (1984) and '' Lovingly Yours, Helen'' (1992-96) and was ...

as Marcela dela Paz

Guest cast

Mutya Orquia Ruelleen Angel Orquia Olano (born May 3, 2006), better known by her stage name Mutya Orquia, is a Filipino people, Filipina teen actress, best known for her titular roles as a mermaid in ''Mutya'' (2011), young Jade Dimagiba in ''My Binondo Gi ...

as young Sophia Madrid *

Lance Lucido Lance Angelo Lucido, better known as Lance Lucido (born February 27, 2007), is a Filipino child actor and dancer. Career Lance Lucido was born on February 27, 2007 in Iloilo City, Philippines. In 2010, Lucido left Iloilo for Manila with a new de ...

as young Philip Ortega *

Sarah Lahbati Sarah Lahbati (born 9 October 1993) is a Swiss-born Filipino actress and reality star. She gained media attention as a finalist on the 5th season of reality show '' StarStruck'', a Philippine overall talent show broadcast on GMA Network. La ...

as Elizabeth Dela Paz *

Desiree del Valle Desirée Lois del Valle Dunham-Labrusca (born May 28, 1982), better known by her screen name Desiree del Valle, is a Filipina actress born from an Irish American father named Clois H. Dunham and a Filipino mother Lourdes del Valle from Lopez, ...

as Grace Madrid *

Ahron Villena Ahron Villena (born Roche Ahron Villena on March 10, 1987) is a Filipino actor. He was formerly a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents Star Magic and is currently a freelance artist. Career In 2004, he joined and won the ABS-CBN noon ...

as Fredrick Borja * Levi Ignacio as William Borja

Special finale participation

Anjo Damiles Joseph Roland Beltran Damiles (born May 10, 1996), better known as Anjo Damiles, is a Filipino actor and commercial model. On 2015, he became one of the leading men of actress Julia Montes as Andrew "Andy" Delgado in the afternoon melodrama ser ...

as adult Adrien Espinosa

Production

Filming for ''The Promise of Forever'' began in May 2016, with majority of the scenes were shot in Eastern and Western

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an countries; it was also the first Philippine drama to be filmed in

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. The series was fully pre-produced, filmed more than a year before airing, with a total of less than 13 weeks of airing were confirmed.

Timeslot

In the first media announcement of upcoming telenovela ''Victims of Love'' (now known as ''

Asintado ''Asintado'' () is a Philippine action drama television series starring Julia Montes, Shaina Magdayao, Paulo Avelino and Aljur Abrenica. The series was aired on ABS-CBN's ''Kapamilya Gold'' afternoon block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel fr ...

'') on March 15, 2017,

mentioned that ''The Promise of Forever'' will premiere in summer season. It was originally supposed to replace the Korean drama ''

Love in the Moonlight ''Love in the Moonlight'' () is a South Korean television series starring Park Bo-gum, Kim Yoo-jung, Jung Jinyoung, Chae Soo-bin, and Kwak Dong-yeon. It is a coming-of-age story and youth romance set during 19th-century Joseon Dynasty based on ...

'' on a late evening timeslot, but was postponed by the management due to requests and appeals by the Koreanovela fans. After the long delay, ''The Promise of Forever'' finally premiered on September 11, 2017 but became part of the ''Kapamilya Gold'' afternoon block, replacing ''

''. The drama switched places with '' The Good Son'' which is now moved to ''Primetime Bida'' block.

Reception

References

External links

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