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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‘Men in Black’ Spinoff Adds ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Breakout Tessa Thompson
F. Gary Gray is directing from a script by “Iron Man” writers Matt Holloway and Art Marcum, with Chris Hemsworth in talks to star
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Watch Melissa McCarthy Forge a Path Into the Oscar Race in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Trailer (Video)
McCarthy plays biographer and notorious faker Lee Israel
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Producer of John Bailey’s Latest Film Says ‘No One On Our Movie’ Accused Him of Harassment
“This doesn’t gibe with any experience I’ve had with him,” producer Ben Odell tells TheWrap of his work with Bailey on last year’s “How to Be a Latin Lover”
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Final ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Trailer Is Here to Destroy the World (Video)
Only six more weeks until you can finally experience the biggest superhero movie of this or any other year
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Ava DuVernay in Final Negotiations to Direct ‘The New Gods’ for Warner Bros
“The New Gods” characters and concepts were created by legendary comics artist Jack Kirby
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Ridley Scott in Talks to Direct ‘Queen and Country’ at Fox (Exclusive)
Set in the fictional British Secret Intelligence Service, “Queen and Country” centers on an operative named Tara Chace
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Shout! Factory and China-Based Ace Film Buy Roger Corman Film Library
Popular Corman properties include “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School,” “Battle Beyond the Stars” and “Piranha”
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Spike Lee Eyes Sony’s Spider-Man Spinoff ‘Nightwatch’ as Directing Vehicle
“Nightwatch” would be a part of Sony’s “Spider-Man” universe along with other properties such as “Venom,” “Silver and Black,” and “Morbius the Living Vampire”
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Dan Fogelman’s ‘Life, Itself’ Trailer Debuts During ‘This Is Us’ Finale (Video)
Amazon movie stars Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas
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7 Hollywood Stars to Add Inclusion Riders to Their Projects, From Michael B. Jordan to Brie Larson (Photos)
Inspired by Frances McDormand’s acceptance speech at the Oscars, inclusion riders have become a hot topic in Hollywood
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Kevin Feige Teases Killing Off Avengers for Good: ‘People Need to Be Careful What They Wish for’
Marvel Studios president also answers the question of if characters die in “Avengers: Infinity War,” will they stay dead?
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Vin Diesel Closes Deal to Star in Sony’s ‘Bloodshot’
This is the first time that Neal Moritz and Diesel have worked together outside of the “Fast and the Furious” franchise
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‘Joker’ Origin Film to Portray Batman Villain as Failed ’80s Comedian (Exclusive)
Now we understand why director Todd Phillips is working with “King of Comedy” director Martin Scorsese
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Tommy Wiseau to Play a Bounty Hunter Amid ‘Mutants, Freaks and Cannibals’ in New Movie (Video)
Actor-director plays a man rising from the rubble of a failed industrial world in “Scary Love”
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Gary Oldman’s Ex Accuses Oscars of ‘Awarding Not One But Two Abusers’ (Report)
“I thought we had evolved. What happened to the #MeToo movement?” Donya Fiorentino asks
