With Chronicle director Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four gearing up to go into production, Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox will take the first step in merging its Marvel properties with the upcoming reboot, with the site revealing that X-Men veteran Hugh Jackman will appear in a brief cameo role in the film as the adamantium clawed Logan.
According to the report, Jackman – who will next be seen as Wolverine in May’s X-Men: Days of Future Past – has signed a new three film deal with Fox, which also includes 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and the recently announced sequel to The Wolverine, which is set to hit in 2017. This third solo movie will mark Jackman’s TENTH appearance as the fan favourite mutant, having been an ever-present in Fox’s X-Men franchise since the first film in 2000.
The Fantastic Four is set for release on June 19th 2015, with a cast that includes Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now, That Awkward Moment) as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, Kate Mara (American Horror Story, House of Cards) as Susan Storm / The Invisible Woman, Jamie Bell (Billy Elliott, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), and Michael B. Jordan (Chronicle, Fruitvale Station) as Johnny Storm / The Human Torch. It’s also been reported that Fox’s shortlist for the role of Doctor Doom consists of Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables), Domhnall Gleeson (Dredd), Toby Kebbell (Wrath of the Titans) and Sam Riley (Control), while Trank himself is said to be keen on either Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project) or Melissa McCarthy (The Heat).
Meanwhile, X-Men: Days of Future Past opens on May 23rd of this year, with Jackman joined by X-Men veterans Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Lucas Till (Havok), Halle Berry (Storm), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) and Daniel Cudmore (Colossus) alongside X-Men newcomers Evan Peters (American Horror Story) as Quicksilver, Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) as Warpath, Omar Sy (The Intouchables) as Bishop, Fan Binbing (Iron Man 3) as Blink, Adan Canto (The Following) as Sunspot, Evan Jonigkeit (The Following) as Toad, Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road) as William Stryker and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) as Bolivar Trask.
Originally published April 1, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
