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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How ICM’s Lorrie Bartlett’s Overcame Adversity and Fat-Shaming Early in Her Career
BE Conference 2021: “For me it was really devastating because I thought, ‘Wow, I’m actually doing pretty great work,’” Bartlett tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
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Female Creatives Explain How They Found Inspiration During the Pandemic (Video)
BE Conference 2021: Asia Hall, Dana Scruggs and Natalia Chao share their experiences
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Edward Norton Joins Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ Sequel
“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Dave Bautista also recently joined the cast
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Kevin Is a Struggling Single Dad in ‘Fatherhood’ Trailer (Video)
Netflix will release the film on Father’s Day weekend
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Legendary to Reimagine Cult Horror Film ‘Faces of Death’
Filmmakers Isa Mazzei will write and Daniel Goldhaber will direct
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Golden Globes: 100 Hollywood Publicists to Continue Boycott of HFPA Events Despite Proposed Reforms
The move follows Time’s Up denunciation of proposals as “sorely lacking and hardly transformational”
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Warner Bros Lands ‘Stay Frosty’ in Auction; Idris Elba Attached to Star
Sam Hargrave (“Extraction”) is attached to direct
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Kaitlyn Dever to Star in 20th Century’s ‘Rosaline’ About Romeo’s Pre-Juliet Love
Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen are producing
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Owen Wilson to Star in Paramount’s ‘Secret Headquarters’
Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman will produce
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‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’ Doc in the Works From Nancy Buirski Based on New Book
“This is a film about a masterpiece and the moment and the much wider sociological, political and human canvas on which it takes place,” Buirski said
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Will ICM Exposé Be Hollywood’s Wakeup Call Over Bad Behavior?
“All that ‘outrageous’ or ‘toxic’ behavior is a byproduct of previous generations that are inevitably aging out,” a top agent tells TheWrap
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Blake Lively to Star in and Produce Diablo Cody’s ‘Lady Killer’
Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg of Dark Horse Entertainment are also producing
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Hannah John-Kamen to Star as ‘Red Sonja’ for Millennium
Joey Soloway is set to direct and has also written the screenplay with Tasha Huo
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Ben Mendelsohn to Star in Neil Burger’s Thriller ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’
Principal photography is set to begin in Canada
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ICM Hires Crisis PR Expert Ahead of LA Times Exposé of Workplace Culture (Exclusive)
Rubenstein’s Chris Giglio has been brought on board at a critical moment
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