Umberto is a senior film reporter at TheWrap, covering film & television development, agencies and talent. He joined TheWrap in 2016. He has been covering the fanboy beat & breaking scoops for 20 years with numerous Hollywood trade, newspaper and magazine mentions to his credit.
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Keanu Reeves, Tim Miller Sci-Fi Movie ‘Shiver’ Lands at Warner Bros.
The script comes from “Infinite” screenwriter Ian Shorr
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Sam Mendes’ 4-Film ‘Beatles’ Project Adds Saoirse Ronan, Aimee Lou Wood, Anna Sawai and Mia McKenna-Bruce
The four films will be released by Sony in April 2028
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‘Call of Duty’: Taylor Sheridan, Peter Berg to Team on Paramount Movie
The news comes as the “Yellowstone” creator prepares to move his film deal to Universal next year
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Zeb Wells to Write ‘Buck Rogers’ Movie at Legendary | Exclusive
Mary Parent and Cale Boyter are overseeing for Legendary
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Fifth Season Lays Off About 10% of Staff
Roughly 20 individuals of the 160-person staff were impacted
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Olivia Wilde Joins Pedro Pascal in Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’
Production on the Searchlight film – said to be about a cellist – begins this fall
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‘Something Is Killing the Children’ Film and TV Adaptations Land at Blumhouse
First published by BOOM! Studios in 2019, the comic has been translated into more than 20 languages and is published in 14 countries around the world
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‘Miami Vice’: Austin Butler in Early Talks to Join Michael B. Jordan in Reboot
“F1” and “Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski will direct the relaunch of Anthony Yerkovich’s TV franchise
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Innovative’s Brad Small on Building a Sports Division Through Wrestling’s Streaming Boom
Office With a View: The veteran sports and entertainment lawyer lays out his roadmap for success and why the Netflix-WWE deal changed everything
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Johnny Depp to Star in ‘A Christmas Carol,’ Paramount in Negotiations for Ti West Adaptation
Andrea Riseborough is attached to star
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CAA Names Sarah Schweitzman Co-Head of CAA Media Finance
An eight-year veteran, she will work alongside Roeg Sutherland to lead the department
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‘I Play Rocky’ Casts Kiki Seto as Talia Shire and Robert Morgan as Burgess Meredith | Exclusive
Saul Stein and Trevor St. John have also joined the cast of the Sylvester Stallone biopic directed by Peter Farrelly
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Neon and Waypoint Sign Multi-Picture Slate Financing Deal
Upcoming films include “Sentimental Value,” “Arco,” “No Other Choice,” “Sirât” and “The Secret Agent”
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Netflix Lands ‘Catan’ Rights in Wide-Ranging Deal
The popular board game is set to get live-action and animated adaptations across film, TV series and unscripted formats
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Disney Nixed a Ben Solo ‘Star Wars’ Movie Directed by Steven Soderbergh and Starring Adam Driver
The actor says Scott Z. Burns wrote “one of the coolest” scripts he’s ever read, but Bob Iger and Alan Bergman turned “The Hunt for Ben Solo” down
