Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw

Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw
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Directed by	Mervin Malonzo
Based on	Ella Arcangel by Julius Villanueva
Produced by	Manny Angeles Avid Liongoren
Production companies	GMA Pictures Rocketsheep Studio
Distributed by	GMA Pictures
Release date	2026
Country	Philippines
Language	Filipino

Ella Arcangel: Awit ng Pangil at Kuko (English: Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw) is an upcoming Philippine adult animated urban fantasy supernatural horror film based on a 2017 komik Ella Arcangel by Julius Villanueva. This film is directed by Mervin Malonzo, with Manny Angeles and Avid Liongoren served as producers.

It is the first animated feature film co-produced and distributed by GMA Pictures, slated to release theatrically on an unspecified date of 2026. ^[1]

Premises

Ella Arcangel, a 12 year old girl from the slums of Manila, succeeds her grandmother in battling supernatural entities that trouble the community. As Ella grapples with her new role, a monster surfaces and becomes the likely culprit to the death of the family of her playmate. Meanwhile, the government’s drug war presses on – making Ella question who she’s really up against and who the real monsters are.

—  QCinema International Film Festival ^[2]

Cast

• Princess Malonzo as Ella Arcangel
• Elias Malonzo as Betbet

Development

After the completion of a 2020 short film titled Ella Arcangel:Lullaby in the Dark, based on the first chapter of Ella Arcangel komik, the animated feature film was unveiled as a part of QCinema Project Market Selections in 2023. ^[3] The premise of Ella Arcangel:Lullaby in the Dark served as the basis for the feature film, expanded from the first volume of the komik.

References

1. "GMA Pictures to produce 'Ella Arcangel' animated film set to drop in 2026". GMA News Online. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
2. "Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw". QCinema International Film Festival. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
3. Frater, Patrick (October 11, 2023). "QCinema Project Market Unveils Twenty Films in Development". Variety. Retrieved October 25, 2025.