Maybe This Time (2014 film)

Originally, Martin was supposed to star with Marian Rivera in a movie also entitled Maybe This Time.^[6] The film was supposed to have been helmed by Maryo J. de los Reyes and produced by Regal Films for an early-2013 release.^[7] The film likewise would have co-starred Snooky Serna as Martin's mother^[8] and was touted as bringing together talents from both ABS-CBN and GMA.^[9] The movie, however, was ultimately shelved.^[10]

The announcement of the main casts for the film was made on February 8, 2014. The details were first discussed through a meeting on January 21, 2014. At the time, although there were no official announcements for the movie yet, it was already publicized that Geronimo and Martin would be the leads, together with Ruffa Gutierrez, and will be directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng.^[11]

On March 1, 2014, the official theme song of the movie accompanied by a music video was released.^[12] The film's theme "Maybe This Time" by Michael Martin Murphey was covered by the film's lead, Sarah Geronimo, Also, much later due to its popularity and resurgence, that song was also the official theme song for the war and historic drama series, Pulang Araw, which aired from July 29 to December 27, 2024. The whole team held a grand press conference on May 15, 2014, at the Dolphy Theater to talk about the film and their experiences.^[13][14] The next day, the first official full-length trailer was released on YouTube.^[15]

• Maybe This Time
• Maybe This Time at IMDb