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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Amazon’s Anti-Labor Tactics Spotlighted in Sundance Doc ‘Union’ | Video
Sundance 2024: The tech giant” is a company that has no qualms about spending over $4 million on an anti-union campaign,” co-director Stephen Maing says
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Apple in Talks to Land ‘The Lost Bus’ From Matthew McConaughey and Director Paul Greengrass
The project comes from Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse
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Zac Efron Hires John Cena to Be His Fake Bestie in Hilarious ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Trailer | Video
The comedy premieres globally on Amazon’s Prime Video on March 7
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Amazon MGM Studios in Final Negotiations to Acquire Aubrey Plaza’s ‘My Old Ass’ for $15 Million
Sundance 2024: The studio is planning a wide theatrical release for the coming-of-age comedy
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Focus Features Scoops Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’ Starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender
Production on the film, which features a script by David Koepp, is anticipated for this summer
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Chris Pratt Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Mercy’ With Director Timur Bekmambetov Lands at Amazon’s MGM Studios
Charles Roven will produce the project
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Christopher Reeve Doc ‘Super/Man’ in Bidding War With $10 Million Offers | Exclusive
Sundance 2024: The crowd-pleaser documentary debuted in the Premieres section of the festival
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Returns to IMAX for One Week Only With Exclusive ‘Dune 2’ Footage
“I’m thrilled that Warner Bros. is giving audiences a chance to see ‘Tenet’ the way it was intended to be seen,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker says
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Doug Liman Scorches Amazon for Using ‘Road House’ to ‘Sell More Toasters’ Instead of Releasing It in Theaters
“If we don’t put tentpole movies in movie theaters, there won’t be movie theaters in the future,” the filmmaker added
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Universal’s Live-Action ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Rounds Out Cast
Dean DeBlois, who directed DreamWorks’ animated trilogy, will direct
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Tessa Thompson’s Viva Maude Banner Signs First Look Deal With Amazon MGM Studios
The actress is currently starring in Orion Pictures’ “Hedda” and producing the film via Viva Maude
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‘Hit Man’s Glen Powell and Richard Linklater Were Drawn to ‘Desperate and Weird’ True Story for Netflix Romcom | Video
Sundance 2024: “I would never make a guy moonlight as a philosophy professor or put on costumes to do this,” Powell tells TheWrap
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Behind Scott Stuber’s Netflix Exit: A Battle Over Theatrical and Costly Disappointments
The chairman of Netflix Films frequently pushed for longer theatrical windows, including an experiment for “Glass Onion” that failed to happen
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Netflix Film Chairman Scott Stuber Exits to Start Own Company
The streamer’s movie executive has held the role since January 2023 after joining the streamer in 2017
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Netflix Acquires Sundance Horror Film ‘It’s What’s Inside’ for $17 Million
Sundance 2024: The film is written and directed by Greg Jardin
