“Scorpio Nights,†one of the most popular films directed by Peque Gallaga, will soon debut on the legitimate stage. The version will be directed by Soxie Topacio. The original “Scorpio Nights†starred Anna Marie Gutierrez, Orestes Ojeda and Daniel Fernando and was produced by Regal Films.
It spawned a second version titled “Scorpio Nights 2†which was the launching flick of Joyce Jimenez, who starred opposite Albert Martinez.
Now, comes the legitimate version of “Scorpio Nights†and Direk Peque Gallaga couldn’t be happier.
“I believe it’s a great idea so I readily said yes when Soxie told me about their plan. It’s up to Soxie as to what he wants to do with the stage version of Scorpio Nights. He after all knows what he’s doing. I am so happy nga that somebody wanted to use it,†declared Direk Peque at the presscon of Sine Direk, a joint project of APT Entertainment and Director’s Guild of the Philippines (DGPI).
It’s obvious that Direk Peque considers “Scorpio Nights†as one of his more important projects. He revealed there was a time when he got pissed off with a certain major production outfit who wanted to do “Scorpio Nights†without asking his permission. The production outfit even held a presscon to announce that they are doing a new film version of this groundbreaking film.
“I called their attention. Ano, bastusan na ba ito? They denied it. For example, Shake, Rattle and Roll, even we were the first to direct it, that was a project conceptualized by Douglas Quijano so I am giving him credit for that. It was his idea,†said Direk Peque.
