Love in 40 Days

Love in 40 Days is a Philippine fantasy romantic comedy television series under ABS-CBN Entertainment. Directed by Emmanuel Palo and Jojo Saguin, it starred Loisa Andalio and Ronnie Alonte. The series aired on Kapamilya Channel's Primetime Bida evening block, Jeepney TV, A2Z Primetime Weeknights, TV5's TodaMax Primetime Singko and worldwide via The Filipino Channel from May 30 to October 28, 2022, replacing Meow, The Secret Boy and was replaced by Ever Night: War of Brilliant Splendours.

Plot
Jane (Loisa Andalio) is a successful insurance agent who provides for her family's needs. Her perfect life ends when she is killed 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 cross over to either 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 seeing 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 start to get complicated when Edward realizes 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

 * Main cast
 * Loisa Andalio as Jane Marasigan
 * Ronnie Alonte as Edward B. Montemayor / Nathaniel Rosal


 * Supporting cast
 * Leo Martinez as Patricio Guzman
 * Janice de Belen as Ofelia Abanilla / Jocelyn "Josie" Rosal
 * Mylene Dizon as Andrea Buena-Montemayor / Ma. Cristina Ocampo
 * Lotlot de Leon as Diana Perez
 * Maria Isabel Lopez as Roberta "Berta" Ignacio
 * William Lorenzo as Jesus "Jessie" Marasigan
 * Ana Abad Santos as Susan Agoncillo-Marasigan
 * Bart Guingona as Robert Montemayor
 * Ahron Villena as Marco Peñaflor
 * Chie Filomeno as Eileen B. 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 as Kokoy Ignacio
 * Josh de Guzman as Ramon "Monmon" Marasigan
 * Andi Abaya as Celine de Vera
 * Kobie Brown as Brock Reynolds
 * Benedix Ramos as George Casimiro
 * Zabel Lamberth 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

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.

Marketing
A teaser was released on April 26, 2022 through ABS-CBN Entertainment's YouTube channel. 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".