{"id":254825,"date":"2026-07-31T16:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/x-men-reboot-movie-casts-first-actor-with-samara-weaving-set-as-emma-frost\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:40:36","slug":"x-men-reboot-movie-casts-first-actor-with-samara-weaving-set-as-emma-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/x-men-reboot-movie-casts-first-actor-with-samara-weaving-set-as-emma-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018X-Men\u2019 Reboot Movie Casts First Actor with Samara Weaving Set as Emma Frost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/samara-weaving\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Samara Weaving<\/strong><\/a> is the first actor to be attached to the upcoming <em><a href=\"\/tags\/x-men\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">X-Men<\/strong><\/a><\/em> movie!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marvel Studios is rebooting <em>X-Men<\/em> with <a href=\"\/tags\/jake-schreier\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Jake Schreier<\/strong><\/a> directing the movie after he was acclaimed for his work on the <em>Thunderbolts<\/em> film. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/x-men-samara-weaving-emma-frost-marvel-studios-1237013568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reports that <strong>Samara<\/strong> is going to be playing Emma Frost, a telepathic Mutant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/january-jones\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">January Jones<\/strong><\/a> previously played the role in <em>X-Men: First Class<\/em> and <em>X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/em>. While the character was going to make appearances in other X-Men movies, that never happened, but it appears she&#8217;s going to be a key part of the next installment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samara<\/strong>, who just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/27\/samara-weaving-gives-birth-welcomes-first-child-with-jimmy-warden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave birth to her first child<\/a>, has had a big year with the release of her movie <em>Ready or Not 2: Here I Come<\/em> and indie films <em>Over Your Dead Body<\/em> and <em>Carolina Caroline<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Deadline article notes that <strong>Samara<\/strong> was among the final actors who tested for the role in early July and her &#8220;audition was too hard to beat.&#8221; No other casting has been revealed as of now. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samara <\/strong>recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/08\/samara-weaving-reveals-a-cringe-worthy-audition-story-reading-fifty-shades-lines-with-her-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened up about a cringe-worthy audition story<\/a> that involved reading naughty lines with her parents. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/31\/x-men-reboot-movie-casts-first-actor-with-samara-weaving-set-as-emma-frost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;X-Men&#8217; Reboot Movie Casts First Actor with Samara Weaving Set as Emma Frost<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/31\/x-men-reboot-movie-casts-first-actor-with-samara-weaving-set-as-emma-frost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Samara Weaving is the first actor to be attached to the upcoming X-Men movie! Marvel Studios is rebooting X-Men with Jake Schreier directing the movie after he was acclaimed for his work on the Thunderbolts film. Deadline reports that Samara is going to be playing Emma Frost, a telepathic Mutant. 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