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EXCLUSIVE: NCIS co-star Wilmer Valderrama has renewed his first-look deal with CBS TV Studios, the studio behind the popular CBS drama series. Valderrama stars as Special Agent Nick Torres on NCIS, which was just renewed for an 18th season. He has been on the show since Season 14, with the first-look producing pact…

Esteban Arango’s Sundance feature debut Blast Beat is a coming-of-age piece set on the summer of ’99 and centered on two Colombian brothers, played by real-life brother Moises Arias and Mateo Arias. When their family relocates from their native Colombia the United States, the siblings do their best to adapt to their…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to The Turners, a half-hour single-camera autobiographical family doctors comedy from writer Naomi Ekperigin (Mrs. Fletcher), Wilmer Valderrama and his WV Entertainment, Damon Wayans Jr. and his Two Shakes Entertainment and CBS Television Studios where both…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development The Trail, a one-hour drama from writer David Harrington Miller (Rosewood); Wilmer Valderrama and his WV Entertainment; and CBS Television Studios, where WV is under a deal. Written by Miller, The Trail revolves around an elite unit of investigators within the U.S. National Park…

EXCLUSIVE: MACRO is on board to finance and produce Blast Beat, a drama which is being directed by Esteban Arango, who also co-wrote the piece with Erick Castrillon. Moises Arias­­­­­­­­ (Five Feet Apart) and Mateo Arias (Kickin’ It) are attached as the leads with Wilmer Valderrama (NCIS) and singer Kali Uchis…

Wilmer Valderrama’s WV Entertainment has hired Kaitlin Saltzman as VP, Head of Scripted. In her new role, Saltzman will work with Valderrama “to create dynamic television with a focus on diversity and cultural relevance.” Most recently, Saltzman served as Vice President, Head of Television at Blondie Girl Productions…

EXCLUSIVE: NCIS’s Wilmer Valderrama’s WV Entertainment has signed a two-year first-look deal with CBS TV Studios, the studio behind the popular CBS drama series. In conjunction with that, Valderrama has closed a new pact to continue on NCIS where he plays Special Agent Nick Torres. WV Entertainment’s first-look…

In an upfront conference call this morning, Fuse Media announced seven new original shows and the return of 10 series, including the Wilmer Valderrama-hosted Hollywood Puppet Show. President and CEO Michael Schwimmer used the call as an opportunity to plug Fuse’s growth across platforms. Linear ratings for viewers…

EXCLUSIVE: Wilmer Valderrama and his WV Entertainment have acquired film and TV rights to Patriots from the Barrio, Dave Gutierrez's 2014 book that delves into the history of a segregated U.S. Army combat unit comprised entirely of Mexican Americans from South Texas that was part of the first division to set foot in…

Wilmer Valderrama has joined the cast of veteran CBS drama NCIS as a series regular for the upcoming Season 14. His addition will help fill the void left by the departure of original cast member Michael Weatherly at the end of last season. Valderrama will play a once grounded NCIS field agent who accepted a deep cover…

Wilmer Valderrama has been cast opposite Stark Sands and Meagan Good in Fox's drama pilot Minority Report, a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-directed movie set 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C. One of the three Precogs, Dash (Sands), struggles to lead a "normal" human life but remains haunted by visions of the…

Wilmer Valderrama is the latest addition to the cast of Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series for Latino-themed El Rey network. On the 10-episode drama based on the cult horror film by Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, the That ’70s Show alum will play enigmatic crime lord Carlos. Valderrama has a…