Love in 40 Days

Love In 40 Days (Official Soundtrack)
Love In 40 Days (Official Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	June 3, 2022
Recorded	2022
Genre	OPM, Pop, Soundtrack
Length	20:52
Language	Filipino
Label	StarPop
Producer	Jonathan Manalo; Roque "Rox" Santos;

*Love in 40 Days*
Love in 40 Days
	Title card
Genre	Drama; Romantic comedy; Fantasy
Written by	Genesis Rodriguez; Abi Lam Parayno; Camille de la Cruz; Wilbert Christian Tan
Directed by	Emmanuel Q. Palo; Jojo A. Saguin
Starring	Loisa Andalio; Ronnie Alonte;
Music by	Francis Concio
Composer	Jonathan Manalo
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	110 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Carlo Katigbak; Cory Vidanes; Laurenti Dyogi; Roldeo Endrinal
Producers	Rondel Lindayag; Joel Mercado; Erick Castillo Salud; Jemila Jimenez
Production location	Metro Manila
Editors	Jay Mendoza; Zara Terrado-Vidallo; Ray Ann Kristelle Endaya-Reyes
Running time	18–30 minutes
Production company	Dreamscape Entertainment
Original release
Network	Kapamilya Channel
Release	May 30 –; October 28, 2022

Love in 40 Days is a Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by Kapamilya Channel. Directed by Emmanuel Q. Palo and Jojo A. Saguin, it stars Loisa Andalio and Ronnie Alonte. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up and worldwide on TFC from May 30 to October 28, 2022, replacing Meow, The Secret Boy and was replaced by Ever Night: War of Brilliant Splendours

Premise

Jane (Loisa Andalio) is a successful insurance agent who provides for her family's needs. Her perfect life ends in a car accident and becomes a ghost. Jane arrives in Evergreen Mansion, a transitory place in the afterlife where souls settle within 40 days before they can enter heaven or hell. She meets Edward (Ronnie Alonte), a musician and son of a funeral home director, whose third eye was opened due to an accident and he begins to see ghosts.

As Jane slowly accepts her fate, her plans are thwarted by Edward who wants to expel all the ghosts in the mansion to build a resto-bar for himself and his band. Jane refuses to let Edward succeed by befriending him in an attempt to convince him not to remodel the mansion. However, things become complicated when Edward realizes that Jane is a ghost, and they gradually develop feelings for each other, all while their respective families' problems clash and the people around them try to figure out the connection between the two.

Cast and characters

Cast

Ronnie Alonte

Main cast

Loisa Andalio as Jane Marasigan^[1]^[2]
Ronnie Alonte as Edward Montemayor / Nathaniel Rosal^[1]^[2]

Supporting cast

Leo Martinez^[3] as Patricio Guzman
Janice de Belen^[1] as Ofelia Abanilla / Jocelyn "Josie" Rosal
Mylene Dizon^[1] as Andrea Buena-Montemayor / Maria Cristina Ocampo
Lotlot de Leon^[1] as Diana Perez
Maria Isabel Lopez^[1] as Roberta "Berta" Ignacio
William Lorenzo^[1] as Jesus "Jessie" Marasigan
Ana Abad Santos as Susan Agoncillo-Marasigan
Bart Guingona as Robert Montemayor
Ahron Villena as Marco Peñaflor
Chie Filomeno^[4] as Eileen Montemayor
Trina "Hopia" Legaspi as Alice Samonte
Vaughn Piczon as Elias Soliman
Raven Molina as Robbie Montano
Roy Victor Padilla as Derek
Renshi de Guzman^[1] as Kokoy Ignacio
Josh de Guzman as Ramon "Monmon" Marasigan
Andi Abaya^[4] as Celine de Vera
Kobie Brown^[4] as Brock Reynolds
Benedix Ramos^[4] as George Casimiro
Zabel Lamberth^[1] as Valerie Marasigan

Guest cast

Aleck Bovick as Sylvia Marasigan
Allan Paule as Anton Velasquez
Angie Castrence as Karina Guzman
Chard Ocampo as Pol
Ian Pangilinan as Jeff
Justine Rivera as Kyle
Kaila Estrada as young Ofelia/Josie
Miggy Campbell as young Anton
Mary Joy Apostol as young Andrea
Zach Castañeda as young Robert
Bea Borres as young Karina
Hannah Lopez Vito as young Valerie
Hannah Balahadia as young Jane

Production

Promotion

This show has been developed by Mga Anghel na Walang Langit, Princess Sarah, May Bukas Pa, Agua Bendita, Momay, Noah, Mutya, 100 Days to Heaven, Budoy, Ikaw ay Pag-Ibig, Dahil sa Pag-ibig, Lorenzo's Time, Juan dela Cruz, My Little Juan, Honesto, Nathaniel, My Super D, My Dear Heart, Starla, and Huwag Kang Mangamba due to genre of family, fantasy, religious, and child-oriented drama series where Dreamscape Entertainment released these type of series since 2005. Dreamscape stopped the production of these shows temporarily for three years from 2022 to 2025 as a result of the shutdown of main ABS-CBN terrestrial channel due to its expired broadcast franchise therefore the production company instead focus on producing mystery shows such as Dirty Linen, Senior High, and High Street from 2023 to 2024. Love in 40 Days will be succeeded by Saving Grace in 2025.

Filming

Filming began in late January 2022.

Casting

Casting for the drama include former housemates from Pinoy Big Brother: Andi Abaya and Kobie Brown from Connect, and Chie Filomeno and Benedix Ramos from Kumunity Season 10. Filomeno's participation was confirmed during a script reading session in November 2021.^[5]

Marketing

A teaser was released on April 26, 2022.^[3] The full trailer was released on May 5, 2022.

Music

On June 3, 2022, Star Music through its sub-label StarPop released the official soundtrack of the series. Most tracks are composed by Jonathan Manalo and Rox Santos, with BoybandPH's Ford Valencia performing a rendition of Say Alonzo and Sam Milby's 2005 original song "Magmahal Muli", and Jeremy G performing both solo and duet (with Angela Ken) renditions of Daniel Padilla's "Sabay Natin".^[6]