Filipino wartime drama “Pulang Araw” will be achieving an otherworldly feat – quite literally.
GMA Entertainment’s historical wartime teleserye is set to become the first Filipino series to be archived on the moon through the 2025 Lunar Codex project.
What is the Lunar Codex?
The Lunar Codex is a compilation of over 40,000 works from contemporary artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers from 185 countries and territories and 160 indigenous nations. Archives included in the Lunar Codex are magazines, catalogs, poetry anthologies, short story collections, and more.
Described by the New York Times as a “time capsule of creativity, stored in the sky,” it is a “passion project” that’s meant to highlight artists and their work.
The Lunar Codex first started as “a project to spread hope in a dark time," according to its creator and semiretired physicist Samuel Peralta. It is an attempt to instill “some humanity” into the Moon, so it would be a sign of hope and inspiration.
You can probably think of it as a “message in a bottle,” you know, like the ones we see in movies. This is in the hopes that future travelers will find these time capsules and discover the beautiful art our world has to offer.
For Samuel, this Lunar Codex “speaks to the idea that, despite wars and pandemics and environmental upheaval, humankind found time to dream, time to create art.”
“Pulang Araw” – A story of love in a war-torn country
Set in the Philippines during the turbulent 1930s and 1940s, “Pulang Araw” follows the story of siblings Eduardo (Alden Richards) and Adelina (Barbie Forteza) and their childhood friends Teresita (Sanya Lopez) and Hiroshi (David Licauco) as they face personal tragedies amid the chaos of a nation at war.
The historical Filipino teleserye was chosen for the Lunar Codex collection as it shows an important part of Philippine history and reflects the unshakeable strength of Filipinos in times of hardship.
“Pulang Araw” stars an all-ensemble cast led by Alden Richards, Barbie Forteza, Sanya Lopez, and David Licauco, with the special participation of Dennis Trillo in his first villain role. They are joined by actors Epy Quizon, Angelu de Leon, Rochelle Pangilinan, Ashley Ortega, Mikoy Morales, Neil Ryan Sese, Jay Ortega, and more.
“Pulang Araw” will be part of the Lunar Codex’s “Polaris” Collection, set to be launched to the Lunar South Pole Region between September and October 2025.
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Find out more about the Lunar Codex through their website.
