EXCLUSIVE: The comedy duo of Mimi Davila (Problemista) and Laura Di Lorenzo (Selena: The Sequence)—who carry out as The Chonga Ladies— are set to put in writing, star and co-executive produce an eponymous multi-camera comedy collection in growth at CBS Studios, Deadline has realized completely.
The challenge hails from Marlena Rodriguez (Silicon Valley, Clone Excessive) who will function author and showrunner. Moreover, Rodriguez will EP alongside Wilmer Valderrama and Kaitlin Saltzman underneath his WV Leisure banner, and Al Madrigal.
The Chonga Ladies follows two dangerously assured childhood buddies, Mimi and Laura, who transfer from Miami to Hollywood to appreciate their dream of changing into well-known. However, a lot to their shock, they discover themselves working on the make-up counter for a division retailer proper off the Stroll of Fame.
L-R: Marlena Rodriguez, Wilmer Valderrama, Kaitlin Saltzman and Al Madrigal
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Davila is a Cuban/Bulgarian actress, comic and author who, alongside her finest pal Di Lorenzo, launched the viral video Chongalicious in 2007. Most lately, she wrapped taking pictures the lead position within the indie movie The Scout. She will also be seen in Julio Torres’ function movie Problemista and Gala Movie’s new dystopian collection RZR. Davila and Di Lorenzo carry out commonly collectively at comedy festivals. Davila is repped by Progressive Artists, Odenkirk Provissiero Leisure and Zoffren Brittenham.
Di Lorenzo is a Venezuelan Miamian whose voice was behind the music of Selena Quintanilla within the Netflix collection Selena: The Sequence. She is finest recognized for co-creating the comedy internet collection The Chonga Diaries, which spawned her phase, “Laura’s Nook,” accessible from Mitú by way of Comcast. She is repped by Odenkirk Provissiero Leisure and Zoffren Brittenham.
WV Leisure is thought for highlighting and uplifting the tales of LatinX and underrepresented communities throughout conventional media and podcasts. Final 12 months, the corporate signed a first-look take care of Telemundo’s TPlus model specializing in bringing Hispanic-led TV tasks to SVOD providers for Hispanic audiences around the globe.
A 12 months prior, Valderrama turned a shareholder of the My Cultura Podcast Community from iHeartMedia. He hosts and produces podcasts in addition to helps curate the community’s slate of Latinx-focused podcasts which incorporates scripted and unscripted tasks from Eva Longoria, Freddie Prinze, Jr, Cobra Kai stars Xolo Maridueña and Jacob Bertrand, and Princess of South Seashore starring Rachel Zegler and Sheryl Rubio, to call a number of. Moreover, WV Leisure is growing a reimagined Zorro collection for ABC amongst different tasks at present in varied levels of manufacturing.
Madrigal and Valderrama, as multihyphenate powerhouses in Hollywood, discover synergy of their dedication to bringing Latino tales to the forefront. Madrigal at present stars in NBC’s Lopez Vs. Lopez, the one community collection that includes a Latino household, alongside George Lopez, Mayan Lopez and Selenis Leyva. As a producer, he additionally has varied tasks in growth but to be introduced. Beforehand, he created the comedian ebook collection Primos and starred in a number of of movie and TV tasks.
