Following the successful appearances of several Kapuso and Kapamilya ex-housemates from Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Collab Edition in an ABS-CBN-GMA Collaboration Series, The Secrets of Hotel 88, some of them will feature in these two online original offerings scheduled to release within the second half of 2026 on two different streaming platforms, including Half Sisters on iWant and The Way Back to You on Viu.
From calling each other twins during their stay inside the PBB house to playing siblings on-screen, Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Collab Edition Collab 1.0 Kapamilya ex-housemates Esnyr Ranollo and Bianca de Vera take their friendship to a whole new level, as for the first time, ABS-CBN Studios, Star Creatives Television, and iWant will offer a new comedy microdrama series coming straight to the streaming platform very soon, titled Half Sisters.
The lead stars play half-siblings Ramon and Emily in the comedy microdrama, together with PBB Collab 1.0 Kapamilya Big Winner and The Art of Breaking Up theatrical star Brent Manalo in a still-mysterious role. The recently released look test teased its viewers with a glimpse of the series, with Esnyr’s “Ramon” seen alongside Brent. The two have long called each other “twins” since their stay inside the Bahay ni Kuya and now play sisters in the series.
Directed by Julius Alfonso, the microdrama brings a light and entertaining story to the short-form, mobile viewing format that has been gaining popularity among audiences, including on iWant, where it recently released some of the successful and highly engaging Quick Feels drama shows on their streaming platform (as well as on the official social media accounts of iWant and ABS-CBN Entertainment for some microdrama series for the first five episodes of each), such as A Cake To Remember (Francine Diaz and Seth Fedelin), Will You Fake Marry Me (JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith), The Chambermaid’s Daughter (Gelo Rivera and Alexa Ilacad), A Mother’s Vengeance (Kate Alejandrino-Juan), Runaway Love (Analain Salvador and Rob Blackburn), Twist of Fate (Yen Santos, Rafael Rosell, Tony Labrusca, and Angelica Lao), Shadow CEO (Dylan Yturralde and Vivoree Esclito), When Brothers Fall (Jas Dudley-Scales and Argel Saycon), and many others.
ABS-CBN Studios and Star Creatives promised that the upcoming microdrama series, Half Sisters, will soon be released exclusively on iWant within September 2026.
Esnyr Ranollo, together with PBB host Bianca Gonzalez-Intal, also appeared as the presenters of the ABS-CBN Studios video podcast, Hello Outside World, available for streaming on the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel and iWant. He also appeared as “Precious” in the recently held Star Magic All-Star Games 2026 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on August 23, 2026, during the main basketball showdown between the Star Magic Shooting Stars and the Thailand-led GMMTV All-Stars Team.
Meanwhile, several ex-celebrity housemates from PBB Celebrity Collab Edition 1.0, such as AZ Martinez, Ralph de Leon, and Michael Sager, will also star in a romantic-comedy Viu Original Series produced by Rein Entertainment and directed by filmmaker JP Habac, titled The Way Back To You.
Scheduled to release via Viu within the fourth quarter of 2026, the original series is set against the charming backdrop of a provincial town, which will ground the romantic and comedic offering made for Filipino audiences. The lead stars, AZ, Ralph, and Michael, will play the respective roles of Julia, Tristan, and Patrick.
Rein Entertainment also announced that production for the Viu Original Series will begin in September 2026. It will also feature two of the PBB Collab 2.0 Kapuso ex-housemates in the original series, such as Ashley Sarmiento and Marco Masa, both of whom previously appeared in a 2025 Kapuso Afternoon Drama series, Akusada.
Watch out for the Pinoy Big Brother Collab 3.0 very soon on ABS-CBN and GMA platforms, and stay in the loop on the official social media accounts of DRPS PHCA for updates.
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