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 jot down, star and co-executive produce an eponymous multi-camera comedy collection in improvement at CBS Studios, Deadline has realized completely.
The undertaking hails from Marlena Rodriguez (Silicon Valley, Clone Excessive) who will function author and showrunner. Moreover, Rodriguez will EP alongside Wilmer Valderrama and Kaitlin Saltzman below his WV Leisure banner, and Al Madrigal.
The Chonga Ladies follows two dangerously assured childhood mates, Mimi and Laura, who transfer from Miami to Hollywood to appreciate their dream of turning 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 greatest buddy Di Lorenzo, launched the viral video Chongalicious in 2007. Most just lately, she wrapped capturing the lead function within the indie movie The Scout. She can be seen in Julio Torres’ characteristic movie Problemista and Gala Movie’s new dystopian collection RZR. Davila and Di Lorenzo carry out often 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 greatest identified for co-creating the comedy net collection The Chonga Diaries, which spawned her section, “Laura’s Nook,” accessible from Mitú through Comcast. She is repped by Odenkirk Provissiero Leisure and Zoffren Brittenham.
WV Leisure is understood 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 cope with Telemundo’s TPlus model specializing in bringing Hispanic-led TV tasks to SVOD providers for Hispanic audiences world wide.
A 12 months prior, Valderrama grew to become 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 Seaside starring Rachel Zegler and Sheryl Rubio, to call a number of. Moreover, WV Leisure is creating a reimagined Zorro collection for ABC amongst different tasks at present in numerous 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 numerous tasks in improvement but to be introduced. Beforehand, he created the comedian guide collection Primos and starred in a number of of movie and TV tasks.
