Philippines media big ABS-CBN‘s premium streaming platform iWant is betting on supernatural office comedy with “Nurse the Lifeless,” a bilingual half-hour collection at the moment in manufacturing in Los Angeles. First appears have been unveiled.
The darkish comedy follows Noa Reyes, a pushed Filipina nurse supervisor whose means to see ghosts — known as her “third eye” — makes her the go-to handler for a hospital ward teeming with stressed spirits. Juggling demanding apparitions alongside employees burnout, household pressures and a coworker who appears to know extra about her than anticipated, the collection grounds its supernatural premise within the cultural specificity of the Filipino healthcare expertise.
The venture represents a major growth for iWant, marking the streamer’s first bilingual English-Tagalog collection produced on U.S. soil. Manufacturing is underway in Los Angeles and is slated to wrap through the second week of February.
Mark Labella serves as showrunner, creator, author and director on the collection, with Wesley Villarica and Drea Castro directing episodes in a collaborative method throughout the season.
“Nurse the Lifeless”
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“‘Nurse the Lifeless’ is a darkish comedy rooted in one thing very actual: the Filipino healthcare expertise,” Labella mentioned. “Filipino nurses make up about 4% of the U.S. nursing workforce, but have been disproportionately represented amongst COVID-era nurse deaths — and that actuality stayed with me. We’re utilizing the supernatural and office chaos to discover grief, resilience, and legacy with chunk, humor, and coronary heart.”
The collection stars Jelynn Malone as Noa Reyes. Malone, a Filipina American actor, host and Mostra Espresso co-founder, leads an ensemble forged that bridges Filipino and American leisure. Gigette Reyes, who seems in Disney’s “Freakier Friday,” performs Mami Tess, whereas Johari Johnson (“American Crime Story: Impeachment,” “9-1-1: Lone Star”) portrays Jane.
Anthony Jennings, the ABS-CBN breakout lately seen within the record-breaking “Good day, Love, Once more,” takes on the position of Grim. The forged additionally options iconic multi-platinum Filipino recording artist and actor Tootsie Guevarra as Zeny, longtime “Eat Bulaga!” fixture Ruby Rodriguez as Ros, and award-winning Filipino actress Princess Punzalan as Camille.
Rounding out the principal forged are Sydney Bollenbeck (DonDon), Kyle Rezzarday (George) and Natalie Orsi (Archangel Yolanda).
Jolly Estaris, head of iWant and ABS-CBN Built-in Digital Gross sales, positioned the collection as a part of the platform’s broader technique to succeed in Filipino diaspora audiences. “At iWant, we’re targeted on constructing boldly Filipino storytelling with international attain,” Estaris mentioned. “‘Nurse the Lifeless’ displays that ambition – and producing our first bilingual collection in Los Angeles marks a serious step in iWant’s quest to attach with generations of audiences throughout the diaspora.”
iWant serves a world viewers with robust penetration throughout Filipino communities in North America, providing unique collection, movies, and choose reside programming alongside library content material from ABS-CBN.
“Nurse the Lifeless”
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