{"id":2912,"date":"2012-05-18T13:34:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2012-05-18T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:35:15","slug":"phillipines-b-star-heading-to-hollywodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=2912","title":{"rendered":"Phillipines B Star Heading To Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manny Pacquiao has played superhero in a bright red costume and a stubborn rebel commander in movies he produced in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

The next time he stands in front of movie camera he will play the role of a gangster, for a Hollywood film titled \u201cBrass Knuckles.\u201d<\/p>\n

No, Pacquiao won\u2019t come out shooting people and wrecking half the city in the coming movie which stars Fil-American Rob Schneider of Deuce Bigalow, The Hot Chick and Grown-Ups.<\/p>\n

Schneider is a top-rate Hollywood comedian, and while the movie with Pacquiao will delve on the illegal drugs trade, it spells a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao is in the hot seat for his stand on same-sex marriage. At the same time, he\u2019s deep into training for his June 9 fight with Timothy Bradley.<\/p>\n

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau breaking the news of Pacquiao\u2019s coming movie, which starts filming after the Bradley fight, is like a whiff of fresh air.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to start shooting next month right after Manny is done with his fight (with Timothy Bradley),\u201d movie producer Damian Perkins told ABS-CBN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to work with him then wrap up post-production in August, September and the film should hopefully be out by the end of the year,\u201d the producer added.<\/p>\n

He assured everyone that Pacquiao will play a nice role, and with speaking lines.<\/p>\n

Also in the film are Academy Awards winner Benecio del Toro and Jacob Vargas. With the presence of these stars, it certainly is no B-movie.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao loves to act, even if the movies which he produced didn\u2019t do well, in fact they did bad, at the box office.<\/p>\n

\u201cManny is also an actor, he enjoys acting. I\u2019ve had the fortune and opportunity to sit down with him one-on-one at his home and talk to him about his script and talk to him about his,\u201d Perkins added.<\/p>\n

The movie will be directed by Erick Geisler, a two-time Emmy Awards winner.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao was recently in the news, not for his coming fight, but because of his stand in the touchy issue of same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

He found himself in the eye of a storm when a Filipino writer based in the United States made insertions in his story, in that gay people \u201cmust be put to death\u201d and appeared like it was Pacquiao who said it.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao denied saying it, and the writer has made the necessary clarification.