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Samara Weaving Cast as Emma Frost in Marvel X-Men Reboot

8/4/2026

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Marvel Studios reports Samara Weaving is cast as Emma Frost in the upcoming X-Men reboot.
Jake Schreier, who directed Marvel’s Thunderbolts, will direct the reboot.
Marvel President Kevin Feige has not confirmed the casting, though Weaving met with him and Schreier.
The film will be Marvel Studios’ first standalone X-Men movie since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019.

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Marvel Studios reports Samara Weaving is cast as Emma Frost in the upcoming X-Men reboot.
Jake Schreier, who directed Marvel’s Thunderbolts, will direct the reboot.
Marvel President Kevin Feige has not confirmed the casting, though Weaving met with him and Schreier.
The film will be Marvel Studios’ first standalone X-Men movie since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019.