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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Ryan Reynolds Launches Diversity Program for Mentorship on His Movie Sets (Video)
Reynolds will be bringing on between 10 and 20 trainees who are Black, indigenous, people of color or those from marginalized communities
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Skydance Animation Names Shane Prigmore Senior Vice President of Development
Prigmore will oversee the development of all feature films and television series for the studio’s slate
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Amy Adams to Star in Film Adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s ‘Nightbitch’ for Annapurna
Yoder is set to write the script and will exec produce the project alongside Megan Ellison
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‘Splinter Cell’ Animated Series in the Works at Netflix
“John Wick” writer Derek Kolstad will serve as the writer and executive producer on the series
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‘Nine Days’: Director Edson Oda on How His Uncle’s Death Inspired Film (Video)
“I was pretty much trying to reconnect with my uncle, and at same time … instead of judging him through what he did … trying to see the life that he lived,” Oda tells TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven
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Anthony Mackie on His Call for Greater Diversity at Marvel: ‘It’s an Unawareness Problem’
“With Marvel, I really think with most companies, they feel like they’re doing what they should be doing,” says Mackie
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‘Solo’ to Remain a Solo Film: Ron Howard Says No Sequel in Works (Video)
2018 film bombed in theaters after a year of very public behind-the-scenes turmoil
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Kate Winslet’s ‘Black Beauty’ Remake Lands at Disney+
Disney acquires the contemporary adaptation of Anna Sewell’s classic 19th-century novel from Constantin Film
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CAA to Layoff Agents and Furlough Hundreds of Staffers
“This is a painful and unprecedented moment, and words are insufficient,’ agency says in a statement
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All the Movies Suspended or Delayed Due to Coronavirus Pandemic (Updating)
Release slates for 2021 and beyond are taking shape as studios look to write off summer 2020
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John Saxon, ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Actor, Dies at 83
Saxon also co-starred alongside Bruce Lee in martial arts classic “Enter the Dragon”
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Zack Snyder Says He’d Sooner ‘Blow the F–ing Thing Up’ Than Use Joss Whedon Footage in ‘Justice League’
Whedon took over “Justice League” reshoots after Snyder left the job in 2017
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Regis Philbin Remembered by Kelly Ripa, Jimmy Kimmel, Maria Shriver as ‘a Legendary Figure in TV’
Five-time Emmy-winner died of natural causes Friday
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Says Michael Keaton ‘Took’ His Batman Gig
“Ever since Zack Snyder walked away, my whole kind of bit in that world has walked away with him,” Morgan says
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Fox News Founder Roger Ailes Gets Sympathetic Documentary Narrated by Jon Voight (Video)
Ailes resigned from news network in 2016 after Gretchen Carlson sued him for sexual harassment
