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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Craig Zobel to Direct ‘Something Is Killing the Children’ Film Adaptation at Blumhouse
Jason Blum will produce for Blumhouse with Shaun Sutton and Ryan Turek serving as executive producers
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Blumhouse Atomic Monster, Paramount Scoop Horror Movie ‘Molepeople’ for Summer 2027 Release
LaKeith Stanfield replaces Anthony Ramos to join Ben Mendelsohn in the Rob Savage feature
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Sony Pictures Names YouTube’s Fede Goldenberg Head of Screen Gems as Label Pivots to Digital Creators
Ashley Brucks, president of the label since 2023, will transition to a producing role
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Rebecca Ferguson-Greta Lee Rom-Com ‘Honeymoon/Funeral’ to Be Released by Black Bear
Carrie Coon also stars in the MRC project from Nahnatchka Khan, which launched at this year’s inaugural TIFF market
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What Happened to Row K? From Splashy Acquisitions to a $110,000 Opening
A year after its big TIFF 2025 debut, the indie distributor has released only two films as unpaid bills pile up
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Sterling K. Brown Joins Tom Hanks Baseball Comedy ‘The Comebacker’ at Sony
The Marielle Heller film opens in theaters on July 30, 2027
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Frank Mancuso Sr., Pioneering CEO of Paramount Pictures and MGM, Dies at 93
While heading Paramount through the 1980s he oversaw classics like “Top Gun,” “Fatal Attraction” and “Ghost”
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‘The Odyssey’ Will Return to Imax and 70mm Screens This Month
The epic starring Matt Damon has grossed $1.76 billion worldwide
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Michael Bay in Talks to Direct Next ‘Transformers’ Movie, Steven Spielberg to Oversee Franchise
The script by “It: Welcome to Derry” writer Jason Fuchs will kick off the next installment in the long-running Hasbro franchise
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David Zaslav Urges WB Staff to Move Forward as He Bids Farewell Ahead of Paramount Merger Closing
“I can’t wait to see what you do in the years ahead. I’m so grateful for all these years at Warner Bros. Discovery,” the CEO tells his employees
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CAA Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer Dasha Smith
She joins the agency after serving as Chief Administrative Officer for the NFL
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Next ‘Jurassic World’ Movie Eyes J.A. Bayona to Replace Gareth Edwards as Director
The “Rogue One” filmmaker previously departed the project over creative differences
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‘Battlefield’: Sony Pictures in Talks to Land Michael B. Jordan Video Game Movie | Exclusive
Warner Bros. Discovery, Amazon MGM Studios, Universal and Netflix have submitted bids to adapt the military-themed game into an event film
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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
