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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Evan Rachel Wood Tapped to Star in Hiroshima Drama ‘One Thousand Paper Cranes’
CAA Media Finance is handling North American rights for film about survivor Sadako Sasaki and author Eleanor Coerr
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Jamie Dornan and Holliday Grainger to Star in John Patrick Shanley’s ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
Shanley to direct film based on his own Tony-nominated play “Outside Mullingar”
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California Film Commissioner Amy Lemisch to Exit After 15 Years
Lemisch is the longest-serving film commissioner in state history
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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Director Vows to Change Character Design After Fan Backlash
“The message is loud and clear… you aren’t happy with the design & you want changes. It’s going to happen,” tweeted director Jeff Fowler
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When Will the Fox Superhero Characters Join the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
“It’ll be a while,” said Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige
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‘Avengers: Endgame’: Critics Call Film a ‘Miracle,’ Marvel’s ‘Crowning Achievement’
Reviews praise the film as a masterpiece and a love letter to Marvel’s fans who have emotionally vested 11 years into the MCU
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Does DC Comics’ ‘Shazam’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?
Does “Shazam” follow the Marvel movie model by delivering a bonus scene or two to tease a future movie during or after the credits?
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Marvel Studios Taps Ma Dong-seok for ‘The Eternals’ (Exclusive)
The South Korean actor’s role is being kept under wraps
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Travis Knight Set to Direct ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ for Warner Bros
Sue Kroll, Bill Gerber and Stephen Levinson are producing
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‘Minding the Gap’ and 7 Other Documentaries Win Peabody Awards
Kartemquin Films Honored with Institutional Award
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The Russo Brothers on Balancing All the Characters in ‘Avengers: Endgame’: ‘It’s Not an Exact Science’
“How we decide to put characters together is purely based on storytelling,” director Joe Russo tells TheWrap
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Inside ‘Hellboy’ Reboot’s Fiery Shoot: Fights Over David Harbour, Cinematography and a Tree (Exclusive)
The comic-book reboot opens Friday after a contentious production
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‘Shazam!’ Writer Henry Gayden Will Return to Write Sequel (Exclusive)
Writer is also adapting “Last Human,” a live-action science fiction film from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller based on the forthcoming novel of the same name by Lee Bacon
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Does ‘Captain Marvel’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?
Does “Captain Marvel” follow in the footsteps of the rest of the MCU by including a bonus scene after the credits?
