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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Dylan O’Brien to Play Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith Set as Chevy Chase in Jason Reitman’s ‘SNL 1975’
Lamorne Morris is cast as Garrett Morris and Matt Wood will play John Belushi
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James Gunn Finds His Supergirl in ‘House of the Dragon’ Star Milly Alcock | Exclusive
The actress will lead her own DC Studios movie “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”
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UTA and A24 Team Up on Scripted and Unscripted TV Projects
“We are excited to partner with A24,” UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer says
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‘Thunderbolts’ Adds Geraldine Viswanathan, Replacing Ayo Edebiri
“The Bear” Emmy winner departs the project due to scheduling conflicts
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Former MGM Exec Jonathan Glickman in Talks to Become Miramax CEO
Glickman previously served in top executive posts at both Spyglass and MGM
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Deal List: All the 2024 Sundance Sales So Far
Docs are hot, but so are genre films as the Sundance Film Festival comes to a close and the buying picks up
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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
