Samara Weaving Cast as Emma Frost in MCU X-Men Film
The casting gives the MCU's Mutant Saga its first confirmed X-Men member, with Emma Frost joining a film directed by Jake Schreier that will anchor the new chapter after Avengers: Secret Wars.
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Deadline reports Samara Weaving will play Emma Frost in the new Marvel Cinematic Universe X-Men movie. The telepathic mutant, who can turn her body to diamond, first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #129 in 1980. Jake Schreier directs the film, which has no release date yet.
Samara Weaving is set to play Emma Frost in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's X-Men film, according to Deadline. The Australian actor, known for the Ready or Not series, takes over a role previously played by January Jones in 2011's X-Men: First Class.
Emma Frost debuted in The Uncanny X-Men #129 in 1980 as a telepath who can transform her body into diamond, moving from supervillain to central X-Men member. Marvel Studios has named the post-Avengers: Secret Wars chapter the Mutant Saga, with X-Men as its centerpiece. Jake Schreier, director of Thunderbolts*, is attached to helm. A release date has not been set.
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