Star Cinema Launches Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo in "Way Back Home"

Star Cinema has just released publicity photos for their upcoming movie titled Way Back Home which will launch the Mara Clara stars Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo.

The movie will also star Sam Concepcion and Enrique Gil as their respective leading men. The two are replacements to AJ Perez, who passed away last April, and Albie Casiño, who was said to be pulled out of the movie for being involved in the Andi Eigenmann controversy.

Directed by Jerry Lopez-Sineneng, Way Back Home will be released August 17, 2011.

Four more photos after the jump.

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"Growing Up" Teasers feat Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo

ABS-CBN has released a teaser for their upcoming youth-oriented show, Growing Up. The two videos show main stars Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo talking animatedly about their growing up experiences.

Julia and Kathryn will again be together in one show after their hit tandem in Mara Clara. But they're not gonna make us cry this time. They will actually act their age on the new show and worry about boys and other stuff teenagers go through.

Growing Up is said to replace Good Vibes on its Sunday afternoon timeslot. Good Vibes, a teen drama with focus on dance, is ending next month (August).

Meanwhile, ABS-CBN is also giving Julia and Kathryn their launching movie. Sam Concepcion will be Julia's loveteam. He replaced AJ Perez who passed away last April. Kathryn's supposed loveteam, Albie Casiño, was also recently replaced by Enrique Gil. Albie had also been pulled out of Growing Up due to his involvement in  the issue of Andi Eigenmann's pregnancy.

Watch Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo on the Growing Up teasers after the jump.

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Enrique Gil Replaces Albie Casiño in the Kathryn Bernardo-Julia Montes Launching Movie

Albie Casiño's showbiz career seems to gloom with the controversy involving him with Andi Eigenmann's pregnancy. Even if Andi's camp doesn't name the young actor, saying alone that the father of her child is her first boyfriend drops the bomb. Of course, the public knows about their relationship and the bad breakup they went through recently.

What's more, clearing the name of the other person (read: Jake Ejercito) suspected of being the father of Andi's unborn only confirmed that the 17-year-old Albie, indeed, was the father.

The controversy has resulted into Albie's being pulled out from the projects that he was supposed to do. He is not anymore part of the upcoming Growing Up, and he was pulled out from the Julia Montes-Kathryn Bernardo launching movie.

Was it some sort of a punishment given to him by ABS-CBN? Or were they just afraid people wouldn't support the young actor anymore because of his involvement in the controversy?

Enrique Gil was reported to replace Albie in the Julia-Kathryn launching movie. His Good Vibes co-star Sam Concepcion is also in the movie as a replacement for AJ Perez who passed away in a tragic vehicular accident last April.

The original leading men are out. Of course, we don't wanna say that the movie is doomed and would like to think that it's just really not meant to be. But what do you think of the Julia Montes-Sam Concepcion love team? How about the Kathryn Bernardo-Enrique Gil team-up?

It's really sad that Albie Casiño is now out of the movie because the tandem had already developed a fan base from their Mara Clara days. Let's just hope, and I'm sure Albie's fans would agree with this, that the young actor would be given another chance, whether as Kathryn's love team or not.