Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama has landed the lead role in "El Muerto," an indie comicbook adaptation that will shoot this month. Brian Cox is directing.
Valderrama just shot the Finn Taylor-directed "Darwin Awards," also starring opposite Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder, and he will host and produce "Your Momma's So Fat," an MTV show in which contestants cleverly insult one another and vie for the title of America's best smack talker.
In "El Muerto" a 21-year-old is abducted, sacrificed and resurrected by the Aztec Gods of Death and Destiny. Pic will be produced by Larry Rattner of Peninsula Films.
Valderrama has a cameo in the upcoming MGM pic "Beauty Shop." He's also developing several feature vehicles including "Crenshaw Blvd.," a "Fast and the Furious"-style pic based in a mechanic shop that customizes low-rider vehicles.
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