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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Gary Oldman on ‘Darkest Hour’ Backstory: ‘Churchill Is Getting It From All Sides’ (Exclusive Video)
“He’s not only got fighting in his cabinet but he is about to go up against Adolf Hitler,” actor says of British wartime prime minister
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Mark Hamill Recalls ‘Making Out Like Teenagers’ With Carrie Fisher
“Carrie and I were attracted to one another, but I knew from previous jobs that it would have been a bad idea [to get involved with someone on set],” said Hamill
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Writers Guild West Warns Fox-Disney Merger Will Be at ‘Expense of Creators’
“The antitrust concerns raised by this deal are obvious and significant”
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Disney’s ‘Nutcracker’ Movie Plans Major Reshoots, Joe Johnston to Direct Instead of Lasse Hallstrom
Ballerina Misty Copeland stars with Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy and Morgan Freeman
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CAA Promotes 10 to Agent, Executive Positions
Austin Denesuk has been promoted to Agent in CAA’s Television department
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CAA Pledges Gender Parity on Board, Management Committee by 2020
Longtime agency stops short of ICM Partners’ recent commitment to have equal number of female partners and department heads
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‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: First Look at Miles Morales in Teaser Trailer (Video)
Title and trailer were released at Comic Con Experience CCXP17 in São Paulo, Brazil
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‘Narcos’ Director Jose Padilha to Develop ‘Master Thieves’ at Sony
Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl are producing the movie based on the best-selling book about the 1990 heist
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Warner Bros. Restructures DC Films, Co-President Jon Berg to Leave Current Post
“This is something that Jon approached me about six months ago, and he expressed his goal was to ultimately be a producer at the studio,” Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Toby Emmerich says
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Jason Momoa Glistens in New ‘Aquaman’ Still (Photo)
“It’s going to look very different, it will feel very different,” says director James Wan
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Mitú Hires David Ortiz to Lead New Long-Form Production Team
Former Universal and Warner Bros. executive has worked on “Fast & Furious” and “Role Models”
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Will Likely Extend Contract Past 2019 If Fox Buyout Closes
Iger’s current contract runs through June 2019
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‘Shazam:’ DC Superhero Movie Adds ‘It’ Star Jack Dylan Grazer
Grazer will play Freddy, Billy Batson’s best friend
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Quentin Tarantino Has a ‘Star Trek’ Idea, JJ Abrams to Put Together Writer’s Room
Tarantino might direct the film, with Abrams producing
