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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Sundance Hit ‘The Starling Girl’ Sells to Bleecker Street
The indie distributor secured the North American rights to Laurel Parmet’s feature debut
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UTA Taps Paul Wachter and Ceci Kurzman to Join Board of Directors
Wachter will serve as the board’s chairman
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Sundance Isn’t Just a Festival for Indie Film – It’s Also a Talent Farm for Marvel
The famous independent movie festival has become an unofficial pipeline to superhero movies
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New Line Acquires Drew Hancock’s ‘Companion’; ‘Barbarian’ Team to Produce
The film will be Hancock’s directorial debut from his original screenplay
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Ex-Warner Bros. Exec Courtenay Valenti in Talks for Senior Leadership Job at Amazon Studios
Valenti spent 33 years with WB before departing in 2022 following the company’s merger with Discovery
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‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Delayed, but James Gunn Says Viola Davis’ ‘Waller’ Series Will Include ‘Team Peacemaker’
The spinoff will be written by Christal Henry and Jeremy Carver
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‘Wonder Woman’ Amazons Spinoff Is Now a ‘Game of Thrones-ish’ TV Show Called ‘Paradise Lost’
The series, announced by James Gunn and Peter Safran, is unrelated to the project Patty Jenkins was developing
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Greg Berlanti’s ‘Green Lantern’ Scrapped in Favor of New, ‘True Detective’-Style Mystery Show
DC co-CEOs Peter Safran and James Gunn said the series will focus on the heroes John Stewart and Hal Jordan
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‘Superman & Lois’ Has ‘1 or 2 More Seasons’ Left, James Gunn and Peter Safran Say
The CW series will be the last Arrowverse show left standing
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How ‘The Batman Part II,’ ‘Joker: Folie Á Deux’ and Other Upcoming DC Movies Fit Into the New DCU
DC Co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran explain how they’re going to create a unified universe
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‘Hardcore’ Supergirl Movie in the Works Based on Tom King’s ‘Woman of Tomorrow’
It’s unknown if “The Flash” actress Sasha Calle will return for the project
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Henry Cavill Was ‘Dicked Around by a Lot of People,’ James Gunn Says of Superman Actor’s DC Limbo
“First of all, we didn’t fire Henry,” Gunn said while explaining why the “Man of Steel” actor isn’t continuing on in this new DC plan
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DC’s New Slate: Here Are the 10 Movies and Shows That Kick Off ‘Chapter 1’ of the DCU
A Superman reboot, a surprising new Batman movie and “Swamp Thing” are all part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s initial plan
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James Gunn and Peter Safran Unveil Vision for the New DCU: Locked Scripts, a Unified Storyline and Wiggle Room
The co-CEOs laid out how they plan to set up their DCU to succeed
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DC ‘Fully Supportive’ of Ezra Miller’s Recovery; James Gunn Says ‘The Flash’ Is ‘One of the Greatest Superhero Movies Ever’
“When they feel like they’re ready to have the discussion, we’ll all figure out what the best path forward is,” DC Studios co-chair Peter Safran said
