Rapunzel (2018 TV series)

Rapunzel is a 2018 Philippine television drama fantasy series directed by Jeffrey Jeturian and Brillante Mendoza, starring Janella Salvador in her title role as Rapunzel, a gorgeous young princess with magical long blonde hair who crused to reinvent a beautiful wish. The series premiered on IBC's Primetime ng Bayan evening block and worldwide on Global IBC on November 19, 2018, replacing Valerina.

The fantasy drama marks the fourth primetime fantaserye of Janella under IBC after the very first phenomenal fantaserye Janella in Wonderland (2014), Janella: A Teen Princess (2014-2015) and Magic Kamison (2017). The fantaserye also made Janella Salvador the box office princess.

Plot
After receiving the healing powers from a magical flower, the baby Rapunzel (Avery Balasbas) is kidnapped from the palace in the middle of the night by Mother Carmina (Angelu de Leon). Mother Gothel knows that the flower's magical powers are now growing within the golden hair of Rapunzel. Rapunzel is now a teenager (Janella Salvador) and her hair has grown to a length of 70-feet.

The beautiful Rapunzel has been in the tower her entire life, and she is curious of the outside world. One day, the bandit Flynn (Marlo Mortel) scales the house and is taken captive by Rapunzel. Rapunzel strikes a deal with the charming thief to act as her guide to travel to the place where the floating lights come from that she has seen every year on her birthday. Rapunzel is about to have the most exciting and magnificent journey of her life.

Main Cast

 * Janella Salvador as Mikaela dela Cruz / Rapunzel
 * Marlo Mortel as Flynn Obina
 * Michael Pangilinan as Ruben da Roza
 * Josh Padilla as Gary Bautista
 * Angelu de Leon as Carmina dela Cruz
 * Bobby Andrews as Anton dela Cruz

Supporting Cast

 * Onemig Bondoc as Dominic Cristobal
 * Rica Peralejo as Bernadette da Roza
 * Jacob Benedicto as Multra Hand Thug
 * Migui Moreno as Kapitan op da Guard
 * Leo Martinez as Short Thug
 * Tanya Garcia as Melonie Bautista
 * Mark Lapid as Alfred Bautista
 * Jack Reid as Jun Parafina
 * Charice Hermoso as Alexandra Montes
 * Charlotte Hermoso as Rhona Montes
 * Vangie Martelle as Vana Gothel - the main villain of the series.
 * Jervy delos Reyes as Lucas Samson
 * Kristine Sablan as Janina Fernandez
 * Cabel Gotico as Gabriel Geisler
 * Dale Baldillo as Chester Zamora
 * Lemuel Pelayo as Raffy Manotoc

Extended Cast

 * Teetin Villanueva as Joanne Valentin

Guest Cast

 * Juan Miguel Severo as Eric Rivera
 * Ava Jugueta as Linda Concepcion

Special Participation

 * Avery Balasbas as young Rapunzel

Casting
Rapunzel marks the fourth primetime fantaserye of the Fantaserye Princess Janella Salvador after playing a mermaid tale in the phenomenal top-rating primetime fantaserye Janella in Wonderland in 2014, a teen superheroine girl in another top-rating fantaserye Janella: A Teen Princess also in 2014 and a magical crime-fighting fairy girl as Magic Kamison in 2017. She appeared in two films My Fairy Tail Love Story and So Connected both in 2018 before working with Rapunzel.

Janella reunited with her onscreen partner, actor and TV host Marlo Mortel as a phenomenal love team will be working once again for the fourth-time after Janella in Wonderland in 2014, Janella: A Teen Princess in 2014, their box-office movies Haunted Mansion in 2016 and Mano Po 7: Tsinoy in 2017 and Magic Kamison in 2017, and also the Saturday primetime top-rating family-oriented sitcom Maya Loves Sir Chief, while he playing the leading role as Crisostomo Ibarra / Simoun in El Filibusterismo, the primetime historical drama in 2016 based on the second novel written by Philippine national hero José Rizal. It also marks the first primetime teleserye of Michael Pangilinan, and the second leading primetime role of Josh Padilla after Kumander Bawang in 2015.

This is also the love team Angelu de Leon and Bobby Andrews' reunion project after Princess Charm and Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan, and also the second primetime teleserye of the love team Onemig Bondoc and Rica Peralejo after Baby Faced Beauty.

Filming
Filming for the fantaserye began in August 27, 2018.