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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Hollywood Producers on How to Build Inclusion From Within: ‘The Audience Is Vast and Diverse’ (Video)
TheGrill 2020: “No one is holding your opportunity, you’re holding it. be relentless in creating and the door will open for you,” actor and producer William Catlett says
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‘Justice League’: Snyder Cut to Include Footage From a Week of Additional Shooting
Director Zack Snyder said in July that his four-hour HBO MAX re-edit will contain nothing from film version directed by Joss Whedon
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CAA Promotes 29 to Agent and Executive Ranks
Promotions span across the agency’s Sports, Brand Consulting, Books, Television, Motion Pictures Business Affairs, Digital media, Gaming, and Fashion divisions
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Odessa Young, Colin Firth’s ‘Mothering Sunday’ Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Eva Husson’s film also stars Josh O’Connor and Olivia Colman
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Disney Pushes ‘Black Widow’ Back to 2021
Other MCU movies “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Eternals” also delayed in 2021
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WME Suspends Agent Brent Smith for ‘Behavioral Issues’
Smith is an agent in the music department, with clients that include Drake, Adam Levine, Kendrick Lamar and Calvin Harris
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NBCUniversal Promotes Janine Jones-Clark to EVP of Inclusion Across All Content Divisions
Jones-Clark will retain oversight of studio’s diversity, inclusion and equity strategies, and will add entertainment, streaming and television studio teams to her purview
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United Talent Agency Raises Assistant Pay Agency-Wide
The new hourly rate is now the highest among the major talent agencies
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Carey Mulligan Joins Cast of Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Film ‘Maestro’
Mulligan will play Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, wife of the legendary composer/conductor
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Study: Onscreen Diversity Boosts Movie Attendance – Even When Portrayal Is Negative
Report in partnership between Geena Davis Institute and Movio published Tuesday
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Michael Chapman, ‘The Fugitive’ and ‘Raging Bull’ Cinematographer, Dies at 84
“He was a great artist, and it saddens me that I won’t get to see him again,” Martin Scorsese says in a statement
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Ron Cobb, ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83
Cobb died on Monday, according to his wife of 48 years, Robin Love
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ Makes Emmy History With Sweep of Top 7 Comedy Categories
Pop TV show outdoes “All in the Family,” which won six of the top prizes back in 1978
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James Caan Says There’s No ‘Elf 2’ Because Will Ferrell and Jon Favreau ‘Didn’t Get Along’
Original film was released in 2003
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‘Ms Marvel’: ‘Bad Boys for Life’ Duo, Oscar Winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Among Directors
Meera Menon also joins roster of directors
