Fantastic Man


Fantastic Man is a 2007 Philippine television drama action fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based on a 2003 Philippine film of the same title. Directed by Zoren Legaspi, it stars Mark Herras in the title role. It premiered on April 14, 2007. The series concluded on November 10, 2007 with a total of 31 episodes.

Character history

Fantastic Man is a fictional superhero character played by Vic Sotto in a 2003 film with the same title produced by OctoArts Films and M-Zet Productions. It was one of the entries on 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival – and was that year's top grosser.
The concept of Fantastic Man came about when the film producers failed to bought the film rights of Lastikman from the Ravelos. Lastikman was one of the entries of 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival and was that year's top grosser, thus they were forced to do a sequel due to its success. The reason why they failed to buy the rights is because the heirs of Lastikman creator Mars Ravelo demanded 1.8 million pesos for the sequel. In the film, which relaunched and brought the character back to limelight, the heirs only demanded 130,000 pesos, they even gave 500,000 pesos. The rights for the film went to Viva Films. Meanwhile, Michael V. and Chito Francisco came up with a new superhero story bringing birth to Fantastic Man.
The costume of Fantastic Man in the film was designed and made by the special effects team of TAPE Inc. boss Tony Tuviera. While the costume of Diabolica was the idea of actor Michael V.
Fantastic Man costume's color was purple/violet and gold/yellow, which represents the holiday season for the Philippines: violet for puto-bumbong and in Christmas wreath violet/purple candle means loyalty to God, while yellow for bibingka or rice cake. Another possible interpretation was that the color purple represents justice while gold/yellow stands for power according to 1872 Mardi Gras by the King of Carnival, Rex.

Cast and characters

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