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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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ Put on Hold
Amblin remains as producer of the writer/director’s fact-based story
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Scott Derrickson Will Return to Direct ‘Doctor Strange’ Sequel
A search is underway for a writer to pen the sequel with an eye toward a spring 2020 production start
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‘Birds of Prey’: Ali Wong Joins Cast in Supporting Role (Exclusive)
Wong is playing an associate of Renee Montoya in Gotham law enforcement
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Legendary Acquires ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Film Rights
Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment will serve as producers
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Someone Redirected ‘Avengers: Endgame’ URL to the ‘Deadpool’ Site and Yes This Is Pretty Funny
AvengersEndgame.Com reroutes to website for upcoming PG-13 edit of ‘Deadpool 2’
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Warner Bros and DC to Develop ‘Plastic Man’ Movie
Rising screenwriter Amanda Idoko has been tapped to write the comedic action-adventure script
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‘Without Remorse’: Stefano Sollima in Talks to Direct Michael B Jordan in Tom Clancy Adaptation
Jordan to play Clancy mainstay John Clark
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Robert Schwentke to Direct ‘Snake Eyes’ For Paramount and Paramount and Allspark
Film based on fan favorite action figure will open on March 27, 2020
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‘Aquaman’: Amazon Adds 100 Additional Venues for Early Screening
Prime members can purchase tickets through Atom Tickets for showing at more than 1,120 theaters
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Jaime Reyes ‘Blue Beetle’ Latino Superhero Movie in Development at DC and Warner Bros (Exclusive)
Mexican-born writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote Universal’s “Scarface,” has been tapped to write the screenplay
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‘The Mandalorian’: Nick Nolte Joins Cast of ‘Star Wars’ Show
The actor joins Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano as the latest addition to the cast
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‘Collide’ Writer F. Scott Frazier to Script ‘Gears of War’ for Universal (Exclusive)
Studio optioned motion picture rights to Microsoft Studio’s iconic “Gears of War” franchise in 2016, based on the Xbox video game series
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‘Spider-Woman’ and Other ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Follow-Ups in the Works at Sony
One of these characters could very well be Spider-Gwen, a breakout character from the Spider-Verse
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