Roja (Philippine TV series)

(Spanish word for ) is a Philippine action drama television series produced by Dreamscape Entertainment. Directed by Lawrence Fajardo, Andoy Ranay, Raymund Ocampo, and Rico Navarro, it stars Donny Pangilinan and Kyle Echarri. The series premiered on November 24, 2025 on the Kapamilya Channel's Primetime Bida evening block. It was concluded on March 13, 2026 with the total of 80 episodes.

Premise

Set in the resort of La Playa Roja, Liam (Donny Pangilinan), the head chef, and Olsen (Kyle Echarri), the security guard, have a long-standing friendship. Their friendship fell apart as Liam discovered his father's affair with another woman. One night, an armed group took hostages and controlled all across the resort. Liam and Olsen are forced to confront their misunderstanding and join forces in combat to save themselves and their families.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Donny Pangilinan as Liam Roja: The head chef of La Playa Roja who had a rift against Magnus and Olsen because they hide his father's affair to Ayen.
Kyle Echarri as Olsen Bonifacio: One of the security guards of La Playa Roja, who had a rift with Liam, due to their misunderstandings and was the one who knew Magnus' affair with Ayen but kept it secretly away from Liam, resulting to their feud.
Maymay Entrata as Luna Javier: Liam and Olsen's friend and the sous chef of La Playa Roja. She is also the love interest of Ivan.
Janice de Belen as Rowena "Wendy" Bonifacio: Olsen's mother and Greta's friend. She was jailed to protect Greta from imprisonment because of her crimes and in return the latter will pay Olsen's medical bills.
Joel Torre as Emil "Uno" Padua: The leader of an armed group, who had a dispute between him and Magnus six years ago, and decided to takeover the entire resort. He has a huge grudge towards the Roja Family for his and Ayen's misfortunes.
Raymond Bagatsing as Magnus Roja: The co-owner of La Playa Roja, Liam's father, and Greta's husband. His secret affair with Ayen drives the series of misfortunes in La Playa Roja and his rift with his son Liam.
Lorna Tolentino as Greta Roja: The co-owner of La Playa Roja, Liam's mother, and Magnus' wife. She was the mastermind of La Playa Roja kidnapping incident to regain the money she lost because of gambling addiction through P/Capt. Jericho Jacinto. She was also responsible for killing Ayen when she defended herself against Ayen. She was killed by Emil for avenging his daughter.

Recurring cast

Nikki Valdez as Arch. Minerva "Minnie" del Rosario: Mike's wife and Maddie's mother who is suffering from an illness.
Cris Villanueva as Engr. Michael "Mike" del Rosario: Minnie's husband and Maddie's father.
Zia Grace as Maddie del Rosario: only child of Mike & Minnie.
Sandy Andolong as Concepcion "Coney" Alegre-Murillo: Jessie's wife. She later discover that her husband and his nurse have an secret affair that ruin their marriage.
Robert SeÃÂ±a as Dr. Jessie Murillo: Coney's husband. He has an secret affair with his nurse, Claire but he is determined to fix their marriage to rebuild it for their son.
Levi Ignacio as Chief Ruben "Ben" Bonifacio: Wendy's father, Olsen's grandfather and coach. Also the Head security of La Playa Roja. He died after taking the bullet meant for his grandson.
Rubi Rubi as Happy Capinpin: employee of La Playa Roja.
Inka Magnaye as Love Balastigue: employee of La Playa Roja.
Vangie Castillo as Grace Magno: employee of La Playa Roja.
Sophie Reyes as Joy Beltran: employee of La Playa Roja.
Rikki Mae Davao as Smile DueÃÂ±as/Leni Padua: employee of La Playa Roja. Later revealed that she is also the daughter of Emil and younger sister of Ayen. She was accidentally killed by her own father, Emil.
Rans Rifol as Nurse Claire Alegre: Dr. Jessie's nurse assistant, she is also the latter's mistress.
Kobie Brown as Mark Anthony "Macky" Maristela: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests, who is a son of a senator.
Maika Rivera as Rita Prudencio: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests.
Benedict Cua as Christopher "Boss Topak" Casares: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests.
IÃÂ±igo Jose as John Obadiah "Jabbas" Cheng: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests. He was killed by Emil after he failed to seek help from his father to obtain a loan and for his ensearing remarks against Emil's group.
Marc Abaya as Lucas "Dos" Sebastian/Bishop Anthony: Former Special Force and member of Emil's armed group. He pretends as one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests (as a bishop) and reports everything to Emil to make him and their group enter to La Playa Roja easily. He was killed by PLt. Areza after he tried to save Emil.
Bernard Palanca as Diosdado "Dado/Tres" Menor: member of Emil's armed group and elder brother of Ian. He is expert in arms and explosives.
Harvey Bautista as Ian "Kwatro" Menor: member of Emil's armed group and younger brother of Dado. He is expert in computers and cyberhacking. He was accidentally killed by his own brother, Dado.
Gello Marquez as Bobong "Cinco" Aguas: member of Emil's armed group. He acts as the group's sniper. He was killed by Olsen.
Lou Yanong as Gwen "Sais" Zaragosa: member of Emil's armed group. Has excellent fighting skills, but killed by Olsen.
Kai Montinola as Isabella "Ice" Mercado: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests. A nursing student who admires Olsen. She managed to save Wendy's life.
AC Bonifacio as Juliana "Jules" Santos: one of La Playa Roja VIP guests who is a vlogger. She and Mama Ona were killed by Lucas.
Emilio Daez as Benedict "Bogs" Lim: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests.
Xilhouete as Rolando "Mama Ona" Chan: one of La Playa Roja's VIP guests. He and Jules were killed by Lucas.
Floyd Tena as P/Capt. Jericho Jacinto: the policemen who act as eye and ear of Emil in police station. He instructed Emil to kidnap the guests and employees of La Playa Roja for money in exchange of their freedom. He was also Greta's boss who was instructed to instigate the hostage incident in La Playa Roja in exchange for settling Greta's debts.
Raven Molina as Police Officer Cariaso: the assistant of Areza who leads the rescue operations for victims in La Playa Roja kidnapping incident.
Igi Boy Flores as Fin MuÃÂ±oz: one of security guards of La Playa Roja. Olsen's friend.

Special participation

Yassi Pressman as Ayen Padua: Magnus' mistress, her affair with Magnus is the reason why Liam and Olsen's friendship was ruined badly. She is the daughter of Emil and the sister of Leni. She and her future child were murdered by Greta after latter discovered her pregnancy to Magnus and then, they were buried by latter.
Ejay Falcon as PLt. Marlon Areza: the one who lead the rescue operations for La Playa Roja kidnapping victims, he was killed by Emil's men after saving the latter.

Guest cast

Enzo Pineda as Marco Murillo: son of Jessie and Coney
Michelle Vito as Kianna Murillo: wife of Marco and daughter in law of Jessie and Coney.
Bart Guingona as P/Maj. Domingo: The head of operations in the precinct to save the hostages in La Playa Roja. He was killed by Lucas.
Christian Vasquez as Homer Sebastian: brother of Lucas and brother-in-law of Mila. He is also part of Emil's group. He is also the allegedly father of Olsen.
Iana Bernardez as Mila Sebastian: Lucas' wife. She is also part of Emil's group. She wants Lucas to quit the group to start a new life since she is now pregnant for their first child.
Lloyd Samartino as Sen. Eduardo Maristella: father of Macky who is a senator.
Jeremiah Lisbo as Dr. Ivan Ledesma: the doctor of a hospital where the rescued victims from La Playa Roja brought. He became an ally to Luna, Liam and Olsen after the hospital was became the target of Emil's group. He is also the love interest of Luna.
Joel Molina as General Cabral: the one who lead the rescue operations when the hospital was became the next target of Emil's group.
Paolo Serrano as Fredo: member of Emil's group.
Mark Manicad as Roman: member of Emil's group.

Episodes

Production

Development

This series was announced on August 15, 2025. On September 1, 2025, Law Fajardo and Raymund Ocampo will serve as directors of this series. Additionally, Andoy Ranay and Rico Navarro will join alongside other directors.

Casting

Donny Pangilinan and Kyle Echarri were announced as lead roles for this series. Joining the cast alongside are Maymay Entrata, Raymond Bagatsing, Joel Torre, Janice de Belen, and Lorna Tolentino. Additionally, Nikki Valdez, Cris Villanueva, Zia Grace, Freddie Webb, Sandy Andolong, Robert SeÃÂ±a, Levi Ignacio, Rubi Rubi, Inka Magnaye, Vangie Castillo, Sophie Reyes, Rikki Mae Davao, Rans Rifol, Maika Rivera, Lou Yanong, Marc Abaya, Bernard Palanca, Floyd Tena, Raven Molina, Gello Marquez, IÃÂ±igo Jose, Harvey Bautista, Kai Montinola, AC Bonifacio, and Emilio Daez are announced as part of the cast on September 1, 2025.

Filming

Principal photography began on September 2025 at Misibis Bay Resort in Cagraray, Albay, which serves as the main location.

Marketing

A teaser trailer for the series has been released on September 25, 2025. A full trailer was released on October 4, 2025. Donny Pangilinan, Kyle Echarri, and Yassi Pressman promoted this series on ASAP on October 5, 2025. A red carpet premiere was held at Trinoma on November 9, 2025.

Release

The series was originally going to release on October 17, 18, and 20, 2025, respectively. However, it was moved to November 21, 2025 on Netflix, and iWant the following day, due to production delay. It also premiered on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, and other television channels & platforms on November 24, 2025. The series consists of 80 episodes, and it is set to conclude on March 13, 2026.