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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Jon M Chu Molds ‘Play-Doh’ Animated Movie for eONe and Hasbro, Emily V Gordon to Write
“The team looks forward to bringing the audience a moldable, pliable, iconically scented story about the importance of imagination,” Chu and Gordon said
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How Being Uprooted as a Boy Inspired Kenneth Branagh to Write ‘Belfast’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “I never really got over being uprooted, fairly savagely, along with everybody else in that part of the world,” Branagh says
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Boom! Studios Comic-Book Films ‘Irredeemable’ and ‘Incorruptible’ in the Works at Netflix
BAFTA Film Award winner Jeymes Samuel is set to direct
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Marvel Denounces ‘ALL’ Anti-LGBTQ Laws After Disney’s Botched Response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
“Marvel Studios stands for hope, inclusivity and strength; and we proudly stand with the community,” the company said in a statement
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Matt Bomer in Early Talks to Join Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Film ‘Maestro’
Bomer would star as a clarinet player with whom Bernstein had a brief relationship
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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ to Premiere at Cannes Film Festival
Biopic starring Austin Butler opens domestically on June 24
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Flies to Cannes After 2-Year Pandemic Delay
Tom Cruise film is set to open on May 27
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Top-Grossing Films Showed Slight Gains in Diversity of Lead Actors Last Year, Study Says
In 2021, 41% of movies had a female lead or co-lead, a rebound from 36% in 2020, Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study shows
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Shawn Levy in Talks to Direct Ryan Reynolds in ‘Deadpool 3’ for Marvel Studios
Levy recently directed Reynolds in “Free Guy” and “The Adam Project”
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‘The Batman’ Composer Michael Giacchino to Direct Marvel’s ‘Werewolf by Night’ Special for Disney+
Mexican actor Gael García Bernal is attached to star
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Imax and Bad Robot Team up on Flight Squadron Doc ‘The Blue Angels’
The film is currently slated for release in late 2023
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Austin Butler in Early Talks to Play Feyd-Rautha in ‘Dune: Part Two’
Denis Villeneuve will return to adapt second half of Frank Herbert’s novel
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Florence Pugh in Early Talks to Join ‘Dune: Part 2’
Denis Villeneuve will return to adapt second half of Frank Herbert’s novel
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Former MGM President Jonathan Glickman Launches Panoramic Media Banner
Investors include Gary Barber, Spyglass Media Group, Eagle Pictures, Lantern Entertainment, Pinky Promise and UTA
