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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‘Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘1917’ Among 20 Films to Advance in Oscars VFX Race
Visual Effects branch of the Academy will select shortlist of 10 films later this month
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Saban Films Acquires ‘Twist’ Starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey, And Rita Ora
Saban Films will release modern take on the Charles Dickens classic tale “Oliver Twist” theatrically Q1 of 2021
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John Turturro to Play Carmine Falcone in Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’
Character first appears in “Batman Begins” played by Tom Wilkinson
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Authorized Michael Jackson Biopic in the Works With Writer John Logan, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Producer
The project is not set up at a studio at this point
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Justice Society of America Will Appear in DC Comics Movie ‘Black Adam,’ Star Dwayne Johnson Says
DC’s original superhero team debuted in 1940
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Did Clint Eastwood Troll Pro-Impeachment Democrats With ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Line in ‘Richard Jewell’?
Or was this just a very timely coincidence?
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Abe Forsythe to Direct ‘Robocop Returns’ for MGM
Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, screenwriters for the original “Robocop,” will produce
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Sorry, ‘Joker’ Fans: No Sequel Talks Yet or Deal With Director Todd Phillips
Phillips was reported to reprise role as director and co-write sequel with screenwriter Scott Silver
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‘Legion’ Creator Noah Hawley in Talks to Write And Direct Next ‘Star Trek’ Film for Paramount
Film will be fourth in the series that began with 2009’s “Star Trek” reboot
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How ‘Antigone’ Director Sophie Deraspe Updated a 2000-Year-Old Heroine for the 21st Century
“I read ‘Antigone’ when I was in my early 20s and at that time I didn’t know I would make films but it really struck me,” director Sophie Deraspe tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond
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‘Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore on ‘Worrying’ Superhero Trend: ‘White Supremacist Dreams of the Master Race’
“I think a good argument can be made for D.W. Griffith’s ‘Birth of a Nation’ as the first American superhero movie,” he says in resurfaced interview
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Disney Sets Release Dates Through 2023 for 5 Untitled Marvel Movies
“Black Widow,” “The Eternals,” “Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Black Panther 2” and “Thor: Love and Thunder” are already scheduled
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Robert Downey Jr to Return as Iron Man in Disney+ Animated Series ‘What If?,’ Jeff Goldblum Says
Goldblum voices his “Thor: Ragnarok” character The Grandmaster in one episode
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Does ‘Joker’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?
Do you need to stick around for any bonus scenes once the credits start?
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