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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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
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Christopher Eccleston Recalls Upsetting Experience Filming Sex Scene: ‘An A-list Actress Implied I Was Copping a Feel’
“It was an abuse of power, what she did,” the “Doctor Who” star added
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‘Hit Man’ Trailer: Glen Powell Is a Charming (and Fake) Assassin in Richard Linklater’s Netflix Comedy | Video
The streamer will release the film in June with a limited theatrical release prior
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‘Superman’ Star Christopher Reeve’s Children Happy to Finally Tell the Story of Their Parents in New Doc | Video
Sundance 2024: “As much of an honor as it is to be the son of Christopher Reeve, I’m also the son of Dana Reeve,” Will Reeve tells TheWrap
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‘Power’ Director Yance Ford Used George Floyd Video to ‘Redirect’ Attention to Officers Complicit in His Murder | Video
Sundance 2024: “What we hope is that people will take a step back and consider the institution of policing as something that needs to be rebuilt” Ford tells TheWrap
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Perry Farrell Explains How ‘Lollapalooza’ Documentary Bridges the Generation Gap Between Gen X and Z | Video
Sundance 2024: “The one thing that really struck me while making this is how it almost mirrors modern day,” director Michael John Warren tells TheWrap
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John Buderwitz Joins Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films as VP of Film
Buderwitz most recently wrapped up an eight-year tenure at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners
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Jason Reitman’s ‘SNL 1975’ Casts Gabriel LaBelle, Cooper Hoffman and Rachel Sennott
The film is a look at the origins of the long-running “Saturday Night Live” TV show
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‘Ibelin’ Documentary About Norwegian Gamer Mats Steen Acquired by Netflix
Sundance 2024: Film premiered at the festival as part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition
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Kate McKinnon and Jemaine Clement Join Warner Bros. Thriller ‘Minecraft’
Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”) will direct the live-action film based on the popular video game
