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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’13 Reasons Why’ Star Katherine Langford Joins ‘Avengers 4’ (Exclusive)
Langford’s role is being kept under wraps
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: Alexander Skarsgard Joins Cast of Monster Movie
Movie to open in theaters on May 22, 2020
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese to Team up Again for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Eric Roth wrote the screenplay
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‘Joker’ Movie Casts Alfred Pennyworth and Young Bruce Wayne
Douglas Hodge will play Batman’s butler with Dante Pereira-Olson as Wayne before his Caped Crusader days
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‘Wonder Woman 84’ Release Date Pushed 7 Months to 2020
“We are able to put Wonder Woman back to its rightful home,” tweets franchise star Gal Gadot
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Abrams Artists Agency Adds Two New Agents in Branding and Esports
Maxwell Mitcheson and Henry Gordon join alternative and digital team
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Guillermo del Toro Sets ‘Pinocchio’ Passion Project With Netflix
“Shape of Water” director to make animated feature directing debut
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‘Godzilla vs Kong’: Demián Bichir in Talks to Star in Monster Movie
Movie to open in theaters on May 22, 2020
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‘The Flash’: DC Movie Eyes Late 2019 Production Start
Film starring Ezra Miller and directed by “Spider-Man: Homecoming” screenwriters Johnathan Goldstein and John Francis looking at release in 2021
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ICM Partners Promotes 7 Women in Business and Legal Affairs Groups
Alexandra Kopp is upped to vice president, Business and Legal Affairs
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Lucy Hale in Talks to Join ‘Fantasy Island’ for Blumhouse and Sony (Exclusive)
Hale would join Michael Peña, who will follow in the steps of Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke, the proprietor of “Fantasy Island”
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‘Godzilla vs Kong’: Brian Tyree Henry Joins Cast of Monster Movie
Film is set to be released May 22, 2020
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‘Fantasy Island’: Dave Bautista in Talks to Join Film
Bautista would join Michael Peña, who will follow in the steps of Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke, the owner of “Fantasy Island”
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James Gunn in Talks to Write ‘Suicide Squad 2’ for DC; May Also Direct (Exclusive)
Gunn was previously fired from Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise
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Longtime Literary Agent Sally Willcox Joins Paradigm
Former producer and CAA agent will oversee media rights















