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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‘Avengers’ Director Joss Whedon Fears US Will Start Killing Gays
“This is harrowing, and it’s where we’re headed if we don’t unite and act,” Whedon tweets about Chechnya executions
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‘Justice League:’ Ciaran Hinds on Wearing a ‘Very Tight, Embarrassing’ Suit to Play Steppenwolf
“Basically, they’re going to construct something, digitally, and then they will use my eyes and mouth,” the “Game of Thrones” star says
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‘Forrest Gump’ Screenwriter Eric Roth to Write Legendary’s ‘Dune’ Reboot
Film to be directed by “Arrival’s” Denis Villeneuve
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Designer Who Dressed Melania Trump for White House Portrait Tells Critics to ‘Go to Hell’
“I dont care!!” designer responds amid onslaught of detractors
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Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Man Down’ Sold Only 1 Ticket in UK Release
“Poor Shia,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore.
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Catherine Hardwicke to Direct ‘Miss Bala’ Remake for Sony
Film is an adaptation of Mexico’s 2011 Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film
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Marvel Exec Reverses Himself After Saying Readers Rejected Diversity
“They didn’t want female characters out there,” said the exec
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Who Is the Saban Behind ‘Saban’s Power Rangers?’ A Short Explainer
A familiar name to Hollywood may be mysterious to casual fans
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Robert Rodriguez to Direct ‘Escape From New York’ Remake
20th Century Fox won a bidding war for rights to the reboot in early 2015, with Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman’s The Picture Company set to produce
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Riz Ahmed’s ‘Rogue One’ Character Was Originally Nutjob Engineer
“He was actually an Imperial engineer who had been kidnapped and kind of had Stockholm Syndrome,” says “Star Wars Story” star
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New ‘Justice League’ Footage, Posters Drop Ahead of Trailer Release
Second trailer comes out this weekend — exactly one year after “Batman v Superman”
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‘Power Rangers’: A Spoiler-Filled Recap of the Post-Credit Scene
The heroes of Angel Grove hit theaters on March 24
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The Killer Darth Vader Scene You Didn’t See in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’
Ben Mendelshon’s Director Krennic nearly met a different fate
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Woody Harrelson’s Weed-Wacking WTF: He Quit Pot a Year Ago
“Just 30 solid years of just partying too f—ing hard,” actor and hemp advocate says in new interview
