UPDATE: Marvel wants Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine for MCU appearance, Jackman says “the ship has sailed”

December 11, 2017 by Gary Collinson 15 Comments

While the chances of Marvel Studios ever getting its hands on the X-Men appeared to look very slim in the wake of Fox’s ongoing success with the franchise, it now appears to be a very real possibility, with Disney said to be closing in on a deal to purchase 20th Century Fox’s movie assets.

Of course, this opens up the door for Marvel Studios to bring the X-Men and the Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and if -and it’s a big if – Aint It Cool News is to be believed, Disney and Marvel are keen on having Hugh Jackman reprise his role as Wolverine.

Now, while the rumour is certainly sketchy (if I was a betting man, I’d say it was pure speculation), it would certainly be a huge box office draw to see Jackman’s Wolverine alongside the Avengers, and the actor has already said that opportunity could tempt him to come out of retirement. However, it would also essentially tie the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Fox’s X-Men continuity (and given how messy that is, it’s surely something Marvel would want to avoid), as well as leaving Marvel facing the prospect of having to recast Wolverine once Jackman’s Logan has already been established in the MCU.

UPDATE: Well, no sooner had we posted the rumour, than Collider posted the following comments from Jackman, who ruled out the possibility by stating that “the ship has sailed”:

“It’s interesting because for the whole 17 years I kept thinking that would be so great, like I would love to see, particularly, Iron Man and the Hulk and Wolverine together. And every time I saw an Avengers movie I could just see Wolverine in the middle of all of them like punching them all on the head. But it was like, “Oh well, that’s not gonna happen,” and it was interesting just when I first saw that headline — it was just the possibility of it and who knows what’s gonna happen, obviously — I was like, ‘Hang on!’ But I think, unfortunately, the ship has sailed for me, but for someone else I would like to see Wolverine in there.”

What are your thoughts on this rumour? Would you like to see Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine alongside Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, or would Marvel be better served rebooting the X-Men characters entirely. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…

Kevin Dowson

As much as I like Hugh Jackman and his portrayal of Wolverine, I do have to agree with him. It’s time to hand the reigns on to someone else. For me, Hugh gave a satisfying conclusion to his version of Wolverine in Logan, reprising him would undo it.
- Vos_L
  
  Totally agree…..and Marvel will most likely want to reboot the X-men (outside of Deadpool) and so Wolverine wouldn’t be a one-off appearance.
  - MrMovies
    
    Why do retards like you assume they won’t reboot Deadpool? How would it work to have Deadpool still exist?
- Mister Who
  
  I want to see someone who looks exactly like Wolverine from the comics this time, someone who is short and built like a tank
eliottsworld

It would be pretty amazing to see Jackman’s Wolverine with the Avengers after all these years, but I don’t think that there will ever be an easier time to transition to a new actor for Wolverine. I can scarcely think of a more daunting role to recast right now, but with the X-Men changing hands, it would have to be done anyways. Perhaps down the line Marvel will want to bring in another version of Old Man Logan and we could have him, but for now they would have to recast if they do in fact get the X-Men.
RunNGun

Money talks so Jackman may come around. If not, recasting isn’t necessary. X-23 can be the MCU Wolverine.
- Michael Ferro
  
  Storyline or continuity wise, that wouldn’t fit. Cause Logan was supposed to be set in the future.
  - RunNGun
    
    Marvel blew that up when they started with Scott Lang and Hope Pym instead.
Michael Ferro

Jackman/Wolverine alongside the Avengers. That only would have worked, if that would have been done BEFORE they put Civil War on the big screen, since Logan was a big part of that. What this really does, is getting Jackman in another Deadpool movie as Wolverine.
Cj Keller

Hugh was Logan/Wolverine but like Hugh himself said, “that ship has sailed” when it comes to his Wolverine/X-men joining the Avengers universe (or even a Battleworld universe). Wolverine/X-men has become too convoluted to try and merge with the Avengers universe. Basically it’s too much of a head ache to make it work. Don’t know who would play Logan in the MCU, but it can’t be Hugh. With that said, I would still love to see Hugh have a role in the MCU.
Nevik

recast and reboot x-men universe. brian singer 1st screwed it up (each movie, many ways) and now he has tainted it with yet another sexual misconduct accusation. Jackman did a great job, he saved that alternate x-men reality, but as he said “ship has sailed”
Jon Dunmore

Considering that LOGAN is set in the future, they could easily have Jackman as Wolverine in the present-day Avengers. It would not mess with his elegy. Jackman is reliable for pumping himself up to look young (to wit: look at his shape in LOGAN as his clone, X-24!), and who knows what amount of money it will take, but money talks. Also, it may be sensible to cast around for a new Wolvie, but who WOULDN’T want to see our favorite mutant alongside these other colorful pansies?
- Mister Who
  
  These colorful pansies are no pussies, they are much of a badass like Wolverine
Brad Brown

Wolverine can be in the MCU just not Hugh Jackman by his choice. There’s a lot of new actors that would love to be the new Wolverine so it won’t be a problem to recast the role. Yes it’s a good thing, it’ll put Wolverine in the MCU but for Jackman’s “his ship has sailed”.
Smitty Rollins

I think they should bring in the X-Men from the Apocalypse movie and build around that young new talent. Bring Hugh Jackman in as OLD MAN LOGAN if they every do an alternate universe thing like Secret Wars 2015.