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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Bradley Cooper to Star as Duke in Danny McBride’s ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie at Paramount
McBride will direct from a script he co-wrote
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Matt Rice Takes the Reins of UTA’s Film Division as Agency Reshuffles Leadership
Allan Haldeman, Blair Kohan, Jay Gassner and Julien Thuan have also been promoted to the role of Managing Partner of Filmed Entertainment
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DraftKings CEO Says New York Times Has Been Writing ‘Slanderous’ Stories About Them for a Decade
TheGrill 2026: “They’re saying that we’re targeting people who are losing gamblers and have gaming issues, which is just completely false,” Jason Robins tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
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‘Blue Beetle’ star Xolo Maridueña to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Buena Vista Social Club’
The “Practical Magic 2” actor will play Juan de Marcos in the Tony-and Grammy-winning Broadway hit for a seven-week engagement
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John Sloss’ Cinetic Media Launches Sports Documentary Production Company Vertical Leap
“Vertical Leap offers a pathway for elite athletes to support commercial, impactful documentaries, while learning the ins and outs of film production,” the founder and CEO says
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‘Prey’ Director Dan Trachtenberg to Direct Disney Movie Inspired by ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf are writing the script
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‘Star Wars’: Jon Watts to Direct First Film in New Trilogy
“The “Skeleton Crew” filmmaker directs from a script by Simon Kinberg
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Sabrina Carpenter to Play Ginger Rogers, Margaret Qualley Is Adele Astaire in Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire Biopic
“Paddington” filmmaker Paul King is set to direct
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Bleecker Street Taps Former A24 Exec Frank Martinez as Head of Distribution
“Frank is one of the most insightful, analytical, and creative minds in theatrical distribution,” Bleecker Street CEO Kent Sanderson says
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A24, New York Times Enter the Fray to Buy Letterboxd for Over $300 Million
Other interested suitors reportedly include Sony, Netflix, Paramount, private equity firms RedBird and TPG and media investor Alexis Ohanian
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‘Gremlins 3’: Warner Bros. Pushes Christopher Columbus Sequel Back a Year to Fall 2028
DC Studios’ “Dynamic Duo” also moves back three months to September of that year
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Jean Smart Joins ‘The Families Stone’ at Searchlight
The sequel is set to begin principal photography this fall in New York with Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Jessica Parker, Craig T. Nelson and more returning
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Jude Law in Talks for Ari Aster’s ‘Scapegoat’ With Scarlett Johansson at A24
Jacob Elordi is also slated to star in the filmmaker’s follow-up to “Eddington”
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Robert Eggers to Tackle ‘Romeo & Juliet’ as Next Film, Focus Wins Project in Bidding War
A24, Sony and Warner Bros. also bid on the package
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Michelle Yeoh Action-Thriller ‘The Surgeon’ Acquired by Sony Pictures Out of TIFF
The studio will distribute the feature domestically and in Latin America, Italy, China and Hong Kong
