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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‘Batman’ Writer Tom King Will Start Work on Script for ‘New Gods’ the Day After Comic-Con Ends
San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Ava DuVernay is directing the DC Comics film
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Harry Styles in Early Talks to Play Prince Eric in Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Remake
Actress and singer Halle Bailey will star as the lead Ariel
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Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach to Write ‘Barbie’ for Mattel and Warner Bros
Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie set to star and produce via her LuckyChap banner
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Scarlett Johansson: My Casting Comments Were ‘Edited for Click Bait,’ ‘Taken Out of Context’
Star clarifies objection to critics who say she should not play a transgender man in the film “Rub & Tug”
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Mark Hamill Unveils Unused ‘Batman’ 1989 Storyboard Sequence Introducing Robin (Video)
This rare clip from an early draft of the movie was later scrapped, Hamill tweets
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New Republic Retracts Op-Ed That Called Pete Buttigieg ‘a Gay Equivalent of Uncle Tom’
Op-ed titled “My Mayor Pete Problem” was penned by gay literary critic Dale Peck
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‘Bond 25’: Christoph Waltz to Return as 007’s Archenemy Blofeld
Waltz first portrayed iconic Bond villain in 2015’s “Spectre”
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Sam Raimi on Scrapped ‘Spider-Man 4’: ‘I Think About It All the Time”
“When you have an unborn one, you can’t help but think what might have been,” director says of never-made Spider-Man film
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‘John Wick’ Creator Derek Kolstad Boards Marvel’s ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Limited Series (Exclusive)
Disney+ show stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as Sam Wilson aka Falcon and Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier
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Storm Reid Eyed to Play Idris Elba’s Daughter in ‘Suicide Squad’ Sequel (Exclusive)
Details about the role are being kept under wraps
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Marvel Studios to Return to Hall H for San Diego Comic-Con 2019
A year after skipping the convention, studio will lay out what’s next after “Avengers: Endgame” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home”
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Paul Benjamin, ‘Do The Right Thing’ Actor, Dies at 81
Benjamin also appeared in “Across 110th Street,” “Escape From Alcatraz” and “The Station Agent”
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Halle Bailey’s ‘Ariel’ Casting Gets Support From Hollywood
“Yeeeeessss!! Here for thiiiissss!!” said “Spider-Man” actress Zendaya
