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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Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson’s Color Force Banner Signs Producing Deal With Sony Pictures
“We are thrilled to have this overall film deal with Color Force,” Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group presidents Josh Greenstein and Sanford Panitch say
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Zoë Kravitz in Talks to Join Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Caught Stealing’ With Austin Butler
Charlie Huston will write the script, adapting his book for Sony Pictures
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Shawn Levy’s ‘Star Wars’ Movie Sets ‘Adam Project’ Writer Jonathan Tropper
Details about the untitled feature are being kept under wraps
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Paramount in Talks for Robert Pattinson, Parker Finn Remake of ‘Possession’
Roy Lee is producing alongside Finn and Pattinson
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20th Century Studios Taps Sam Raimi to Produce and Direct Horror Thriller ‘Send Help’
Mark Swift and Damian Shannon wrote the script
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Comic-Con: Paramount Animation and Hasbro to Bring Chris Hemsworth and ‘Transformers One’ to Hall H
The animated feature’s cast, including Brian Tyree Henry and Keegan-Michael Key, will be in attendance
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Will Beall Reflects on DC Experience and Early ‘Justice League’ Draft: ‘I Had a Great Time’
“My version of it owed a lot to ‘Back to the Future II,’” Beall says
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How Will Beall Cracked the ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Script After 20 Year Development Hell
“Axel is a truly iconic character, one of not too many that are still left kicking around in American cinema,” Beall says
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Ron Howard and Brian Grazer Hire Bankers to Sell Imagine Entertainment
The producers had tried to sell in 2022 but the deal never happened
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Ryan Coogler to Adapt ‘A Vicious Circle’ With Cocreator Mattson Tomlin at Universal
Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler will produce through their Proximity Media banner
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‘The Apprentice’ Close to Deal for Pre-Election Release as Producers Pay Out Pro-Trump Investor | Exclusive
The film, about Donald Trump’s days as an upstart real estate developer, is eyeing a wide theatrical release
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Marvel Studios to Return to San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H
“Deadpool and Wolverine” opens that weekend
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Paramount Pictures Sets Amazon’s Andres Alvarez as EVP Head of Home Entertainment, Bob Buchi to Depart
President of Worldwide Home Entertainment Buchi leaves the company after 18 years, while Craig White will also be departing
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‘M3GAN’ Spin-Off ‘Soulm8te’ to Hit Theaters in 2026
The erotic thriller from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse expands the android-horror universe with director Kate Dolan
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Latino Audiences Are the Secret to ‘Godzilla x Kong,’ ‘Bad Boys 4’ and ‘Inside Out 2’ Box Office Boom
“The Latino audience is very, very important to the bottom line for movie theaters and for Hollywood,” Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore senior media analyst, tells TheWrap
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