Maverick Films

For the defunct entertainment company owned by Madonna, see Maverick (company). For the film company formerly known as Maverick Films, see Imprint Entertainment.

Maverick Films is a Philippine film production company owned by Jinggoy Estrada.^[1][2]

Maverick Films

Type	Film production
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1999 (as Millenium Cinema) 2001 (as Maverick Films)
Headquarters	Manila , Philippines
Owner	Jinggoy Estrada

History

1999-2001: Millennium Cinema

The film company was established in 1999 by actor-politician Jinggoy Estrada and producer Eric Cuatico as Millennium Cinema, serving as a sister company of Jesse Ejercito's Crown Seven Ventures.^[3] Pepeng Agimat, its maiden movie starring Bong Revilla, was one of the entries in the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival. 2000 saw the film company producing several films, such as Eto Na Naman Ako, Minsan Ko Lang Sasabihin, FPJ's Ang Dalubhasa and Ayos Na ang Kasunod, and biopics Col. Elmer Jamias: Barako ng Maynila and The Ping Lacson Story.^[4][5]

In January 2001, amid the impeachment of then President Joseph Estrada, Millennium Cinema, along with Crown Seven Ventures, closed down. At that time, Walang Iwanan, Peksman and Kaaway Hanggang Hukay were the film company's two remaining projects.^[6][7] The former was still under post-production, being released by Ramon Salvador's production company independently on March that year. The latter, which was supposed to be part of the 2000 Metro Manila Film Festival, was still ongoing production, being released by Jolo Films the following year.^[8]

2001-present: Maverick Films

In March 2001, Millennium Cinema was relaunched by a new group of investors headed by Eric Cuatico as Maverick Films, with Luv Text as its maiden movie.^[1] For the next few years, though not as active as its predecessor, it released a string of movies, such as Mananabas, Mano Mano 2, Batas ng Lansangan, Bestman: 4 Better, Not 4 Worse, and www.XXX.com, which launched the career of Juliana Palermo.^[9][2]

In October 2003, Maverick Films closed down after the release of Utang ng Ama.^[10][11]

Since 2007, the film company is used sporadically for Jinggoy Estrada's movies Katas ng Saudi and Magkaibigan, which was one of the entries in the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival where it won Best Actor award. After over a decade of dormancy, it returned with Coming Home, his comeback movie which was one of the entries in the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival.^[12]

References

1. "MTRCB, kahit naghihigpit, bold films tuloy ang gawa!". The Philippine Star. April 6, 2001. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
2. Vanzi, Sol (April 8, 2001). "Maverick Films Launched With 3 Big Projects". Philippine Headline News Online. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
3. Red, Isah (June 19, 1999). "From Star to Crown Seven". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. p. 22. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Google News.
4. Lo, Ricky (January 3, 2002). "Different kind of 'bomba' in movies". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
5. "New Millennium Cinema Babies". Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. June 3, 2000. p. 20. Retrieved November 22, 2022 – via Google News.
6. Lo, Ricky (January 4, 2001). "Jinggoy's Company Closes". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
7. Salterio, Leah (February 21, 2001). "Phillip: Jinggoy not financing my campaign". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. p. A18. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
8. Asis, Salve (January 3, 2002). "Leading ladies ni Andrew, preggy?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
9. Samio, Veronica (February 12, 2003). "Mavericks naghahanap ng sex goddess". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
10. "Kahanga-hangang comedy tandem". The Philippine Star. September 16, 2003. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
11. Palermo, Juliana (February 20, 2005). "The senator and me". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
12. "Jinggoy ka-join sa Festival dahil kay Daboy". The Philippine Star. November 17, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2021.