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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Director Rian Johnson Gets Wistful in New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Featurette (Video)
Late Carrie Fisher weighs in on director’s missing “flaws”
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Watch First Teaser for Helen Mirren’s Spooky ‘Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built’ (Video)
Supernatural thriller based on life of eccentric heiress Sarah Winchester
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Harvey Weinstein Staffer Breaks NDA, Says She Was Harassed: ‘I Was Furious’
“This was his behavior on every occasion I was alone with him,” Zelda Perkins tells Financial Times
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Here’s Why David Fincher Passed on Directing a ‘Star Wars’ Film
“I can’t imagine the kind of intestinal fortitude one has to have following up the success of the last two or three,” filmmaker says on podcast
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Features Marvel’s First Bisexual Superhero, Tessa Thompson Says
“She’s bi. And yes, she cares very little about what men think of her. What a joy to play!” actress tweets about Valkyrie
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Marvel Honcho Kevin Feige Hints ‘Captain Marvel’ Will Lead to Fourth ‘Avengers’ Film
“Really, the focus now is on delivering ‘Captain Marvel’ and then bringing Captain Marvel’s story into the finale of everything we’ve started thus far,” says Feige
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‘Descendants’ Actor Cameron Boyce Fires APA Agent Due to Sexual Assault Allegations
Boyce is the second actor to fire the agent after “Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard also parted ways with the agent
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‘Blade Runner’ Star Sean Young Says Harvey Weinstein Flashed Her in Early 1990s
“My basic response was, ‘You know, Harvey, I really don’t think you should be pulling that thing out, it’s not very pretty,’” Young recalls saying
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Josh Brolin Says ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Be Like ‘The Godfather’
“The fact that you’re taking an ‘Avengers’ scenario and you’re turning it into a ‘Godfather’ thing for us to be able to kind of hang our hat on is great,” Thanos actor tells Collider
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JJ Abrams Plans to Take ‘Star Wars’ Franchise ‘Elsewhere’
“We have to take them places that they haven’t gone,” director tells the BBC
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Reaction: Here’s What We Think of Marvel’s Latest Installment (Video)
TheWrap’s resident fanboy Umberto Gonzalez and film reporter Beatrice Verhoeven have seen “Thor: Ragnarok” — here are their takes
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‘Justice League’: New Colorful Poster Brings Superhero Pic Out of the Dark
The Warner Bros. superhero crossover pic hits theaters Nov. 17
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Kevin Smith Says He Will Donate His Future Weinstein Residuals to Women in Film
“And no f–ing movie is worth all this. Like, my entire career, fuck it, take it. It’s wrapped up in something really f-ing horrible,” said Smith
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In Wake of Weinstein, Catholic League Aligns With Woody Allen: ‘Beware a Witch Hunt’
“Woody Allen is right to warn that in the pursuit of sexual abusers in Hollywood, we need to guard against a witch hunt”
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Marvel’s Kevin Feige: Hulk Almost Wasn’t in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
Marvel Studios chief tells TheWrap how the film’s version of “Planet Hulk” came to be
