Kate to star in int’l live action fantasy series on Filipino supernaturals

by Kathleen a llemit Philstar.com

KATE Valdez was the muse on paper and, in a rare feat, she will continue to be the face of "Dreamwalker" when it will premiere as a live action series in 2024.

The "Unica Hija" actress will star in the eight-episode series that will be produced by London/ Singapore-based international content investment studio 108 Media.

The production features familiar names in the Philippine filmmaking scene. "Respeto" director Treb Monteras II will serve as showrunner/director while his colleague, "Deleter" and "Birdshot" director Mikhail Red will be the series director. Los Angeles-based writer Kaitlyn Fae Fajilan will serve as head writer.

In an interview with Philstar.com, "Dreamwalker" author Michael "Mikey" Sutton said he will make the actress a comic book hero in 2018 and it seems he has kept his word.

"In 2018, I promised Kate that I would turn her into a comic book hero and a Hollywood star. Five years later, I fulfilled my promise. I'm a man of my word," he said. Sutton was recovering from a near-fatal stroke when he came across an episode of Kate's 2018 drama "Onanay."

The Filipino-American author and editor-in-chief of pop culture site GeekosityMag.com said he was struck with Kate's timeless beauty and emotionally rich performance.

With a muse and a story in mind, culled from his own experience of supernaturals growing up in his birthplace Angeles City in Pampanga, Sutton wrote his story with the help of visual artist Noel Layon Flores, whom he met through social media.

It was Flores who connected him to Kate. Flores worked on several projects for GMA-7 shows including the 2016 reboot of "Encantadia," where he served as head set designer. Kate was among the main cast of the beloved TV fantasy show.

Sutton said he did imagine "Dreamwalker" to be a streaming