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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‘Silver and Black,’ With Spider-Man Femme Fatales Black Cat and Silver Sable, Gets Release Date
Gina Prince-Bythewood is directing
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Ben Affleck Addresses Zack Snyder ‘Tragedy,’ Says ‘We Got Really Lucky’ Joss Whedon Took Over
Affleck goes on to describe “Justice League” as a “an interesting product of two directors”
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‘Rogue One’ Star Riz Ahmed in Early Talks to Join ‘Venom’ With Tom Hardy
Ahmed will play a familiar character in the Marvel Universe
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Watch Gal Gadot Sing After ‘Wonder Woman’ Crosses $400 Million Domestic (Video)
The film is now the biggest hit of the summer
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Porg Crazy: ‘Star Wars’ Fans Blow Gasket Over Adorable ‘Last Jedi’ Creature
Bird-like character is already giving BB-8 a run for his money
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‘Hellboy’: Milla Jovovich in Final Negotiations to Play Villain in Reboot
The film is expected to start production in September
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Chris Pratt’s ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ Lassoes Summer 2019 Release Date
Universal Pictures movie is set to hit theaters on June 28, 2019
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‘Lion King’ Rafiki Casting: John Kani, ‘Civil War’ Actor, to Play Wise Baboon (Exclusive)
Actor who played Black Panther’s father, King T’Chaka, in “Captain America: Civil War,” will voice royal adviser to Mufasa
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‘Aladdin’: Jafar Role May Go to ‘Mummy’ Actor Marwan Kenzari
Johnathan Freeman voiced Jafar in 1992 original animated film
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Chiwetel Ejiofor in Talks to Voice Scar in ‘Lion King’ Remake (Exclusive)
Jeremy Irons voiced the villainous lion in the original 1994 “Lion King”
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Broad Green Pictures Lays Off 15, Shuts Down Production Division
The independent studio behind “Wish Upon” and “99 Homes” had about 75 employees prior to the layoffs
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Dave Bautista Developing Valiant Comics’ ‘Eternal Warrior’ for Film
“We are currently working to get the script fan worthy and then we’ll be full on from there,” said the actor on Twitter
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Mark Wahlberg in Talks to Replace Ben Affleck in ‘Triple Frontier’
Affleck dropped out of the J.C. Chandor project in mid-July
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Michelle Pfeiffer Will Play Janet Van Dyne in Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’
Pfeiffer is swapping out Catwoman’s whip for a shrinking suit
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‘Flashpoint’: DC Sets Fresh Start for Ezra Miller’s ‘The Flash’ Movie
The film will be based on the 2011 comics storyline that rebooted the DC Universe
