Vanessa Hudgens, the Asian American actor whose career kicked off in Disney’s “High School Musical” series, is set to shoot a travel documentary in the Philippines, the country of her mother’s birth.The untitled project will shoot in Palawan and Manila in March.
Paul Soriano is attached as a director, producer and executive producer.
Mark A.
Victor of TEN17P will also serve as executive producer.
No distributor, broadcaster or streaming platform has yet been disclosed.Soriano’s recent credits include directing the 2019 film “Mañanita” and Manny Pacquiao biopic “Kid Kulafu.”The documentary is said to showcase the relationship between Hudgens and her Filipino mother, Gina, who emigrated to the U.S.
at the age of 25, as well as Hudgens’ sister, Stella.Since “High School Musical,” Hudgens has notched up key roles in “Spring Breakers”, “Gimme Shelter,” “Bad Boys for Life,” and the Oscar-nominated Lin-Manuel Miranda-directed musical “Tick,
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