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Entertainment: TV and Film Updates
Several updates in the entertainment industry include Dermot Mulroney leaving 'Chicago Fire,' David Jenkins stating that DC and HBO’s ‘Booster Gold’ won’t be moving forward, Samara Weaving joining Marvel's 'X-Men' reboot as Emma Frost, and Paramount Primal acquiring a high-concept thriller spec script.
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Variety
Samara Weaving will move from “Ready or Not” to the MCU. The Australian actress has been cast in Marvel’s reboot of “The X-Men.” Weaving will play Emma Frost, who in comics lore has moved from supervillain to superhero over the course of the mutant’s long, long ru
2026-07-31 16:57 UTC
Deadline
Paramount Primal has preemptively acquired the high-concept thriller spec Sweet Spot from Nic Curcio & Kirby Gladstein, the writing duo behind the upcoming indie horror film Play House, Deadline can confirm. Plot details are under wraps, and there are no other attachments to the p
2026-07-31 18:42 UTC
Variety
DC Studios and HBO’s “Booster Gold” TV series “won’t be moving forward,” writer David Jenkins said on Friday.c “My ‘Booster Gold’ won’t be moving forward,” Jenkins wrote on Threads. “Can’t improve on Mahershala’s lovely statement so I
2026-07-31 18:45 UTC
Variety
Dermot Mulroney is leaving “Chicago Fire” in Season 15, Variety has confirmed. The actor, who joined the NBC drama in Season 13 as Chief Dom Pascal, will wrap up his storyline early in the show’s upcoming season. Deadline broke the news. More to come…
2026-07-31 18:47 UTC