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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Neon Acquires Sundance Hip Hop Biopic ‘Roxanne Roxanne’
Sundance 2017: Upstart distributor has also bagged “Ingrid Goes West” and “Beach Rats”
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IFC Midnight Acquires ‘Psycho’ Shower Scene Documentary ’78/52′
Sundance 2017: This is the second festival pickup for IFC Midnight after acquiring “The Killing Ground”
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RLJ Entertainment Acquires Dave Bautista’s Sundance Midnight Movie ‘Bushwick’
Sundance 2017: The film also features an immersive score from indie hip-hop mainstay Aesop Rock
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Mark Gill Out as Millennium Films President
Independent production company is behind such hits as “The Expendables” and “London Has Fallen”
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Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza Naughty Nun Movie ‘The Little Hours’ Picked Up by Gunpowder & Sky
Sundance 2017: New distributor spends low-seven figures on film from festival’s midnight section
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‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Director on Shooting in Notorious Queensbridge Housing Project (Video)
Sundance 2017: “Shout out to Queensbridge, they hosted us really nicely and we were there for a while,” director Michael Larnell tells TheWrap
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‘Walking Out’ Star Matt Bomer On Playing “A Traditionalist” Father (Video)
Sundance 2017: Bomer tells TheWrap the thriller depicts a father’s “last chance” to pass his values on to his son.
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Jack Huston on Why Soldiers Sign Up for the Iraq War in ‘The Yellow Birds’ (Video)
Sundance 2017: “A lot of these guys sign up to go to war because it’s something to do,” the actor tells TheWrap
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DC Films’ ‘The Flash’ Taps Joby Harold to Rewrite Script
Writer’s previous credits include “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” “Robin Hood,” as well as a “Twilight Zone” film for the studio
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IFC Midnight to Acquire Sundance Movie ‘The Killing Ground’ (Exclusive)
Sundance 2017: The Austrlian survival thriller premiered during the midnight section of the festival
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‘Lion’ Composers Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka on Making of Oscar-Nominated Score (Exclusive Video)
“I never had a doubt since the moment I saw the film that it would resonate with a lot of people,” O’Halloran says
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Fox Searchlight Acquires Sundance Doc ‘Step’
Sundance 2017: Along with distribution, studio also buys remake rights for doc from director Amanda Lipitz
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Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights to Lily Collins Anorexia Drama ‘To the Bone’
Sundance 2017: TV veteran Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut also stars Keanu Reeves
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Sam Elliott’s ‘The Hero’ Picked Up by The Orchard
Sundance 2017: The film premiered Saturday in the U.S. Dramatic Competition
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Focus Features to Acquire ‘Thoroughbred’
Sundance 2017: Indie distributor will beat out Netflix and Orchard for title
