UNLEASHING a secret evil into the world and then getting seemingly ordinary kids with extraordinary powers to overcome the malevolence updates the legend of Pandora and fuses it with the 21st century action of superheroes.

It’s also GMA Network’s newest adventure show, Fantastikids, starring Marky Cielo, Isabella De Leon and BJ Forbes as siblings who engage in a series of heart-pounding adventures week after week in order to stop a fearsome entity from spreading evil and wreaking havoc in the world.

Directed by Jun Lana and Zoren Legaspi, Fantastikids introduces Daniel (Cielo), Diana (De Leon) and Don-Don (Forbes) as heroes to emulate. Starting as simple kids with normal lives, the siblings find themselves cultivating their powers after the evil Armana, trapped for centuries inside a mysterious box their mother entrusted to them, is let loose.

Armana begins to regenerate by possessing people and using them to accomplish her wicked plans. Faced with Armana’s growing and strengthening power, Daniel, Diana and Don-Don are forced to cultivate their inherent super powers to save the world. Mang Domeng (Bodgie Pascua), the keeper of the agimat, helps them discover their respective gifts and teaches them to develop their powers.

Completing Fantastikids’ cast are Jackie Rice as Princess, who Daniel falls in love with; Melanie Marquez as the kids’ Aunt Lucila, and Sandy Andolong as Melinda, the kids’ loving mother.

Fantastikids will soon air on the local cable channel that carries GMA-7