X-MEN Rumor May Reveal MCU Reboot Team And Surprising Plans For Hugh Jackman's Wolverine - SPOILERS

Some new rumors relating to Marvel Studios' long-awaited X-Men reboot are doing the rounds, and fans might find themselves very surprised by Kevin Feige and co.'s plans...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 12, 2024 10:09 AM EST

Filed Under: X-Men

Kevin Feige assured fans that an X-Men reboot was in the works shortly after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox's assets back in 2019, and we've only recently begun to get some official updates on the project.

Michael Lesslie is set to pen the script, and while a director has yet to be announced, the studio is believed to have begun meeting with filmmakers and development is expected to kick into a higher gear in early 2025.

For now, all we have are rumors - but if these latest claims from Daniel Richtman prove to be accurate, fans might be very surprised by Marvel's plans for the mutant heroes and, more specifically, Wolverine.

Possible spoilers ahead.

According to the scooper, the MCU X-Men reboot will not feature Wolverine at all, and the team will be "similar" to the X-Men '97 animated series with some other characters added to the mix. Apparently, Logan will not be on the roster because Hugh Jackman will be stocking around for quite a while - possibly even post Avengers: Secret Wars.

Jackman staying on as the iconic clawed mutant is not that surprising after the massive success of Deadpool and Wolverine, but not including Logan in the rebooted team is a choice that might not sit very well with fans. Though comic book readers will likely see this as the right move (they've wanted more focus on the other characters for years), Wolvie is (clearly) still a huge draw for general audiences.

During a recent interview with Discussing Film, Feige was asked how it feels knowing that "we’re closer to seeing the X-Men and Avengers together on the big screen."

"It is extremely emotional, on a personal level, to have done a movie with Hugh after 25 years and me being a small part of that first X-Men movie. And knowing that, thanks to various corporate studio entity deals, we now have 1000s of characters back — characters I hadn’t frankly thought about in many years because we didn’t have the rights to them. Now that we do, it is great fun thinking [about who we can finally]. Our animated series X-Men ’97 was sort of the first taste of people reuniting with the X-Men mythology and that storyline. The response to that series just further excited us about how to bring the soap opera and the saga of the mutants to the MCU."

The Cosmic Circus' Alex Perez believes that the groundwork will be laid for an eventual Avengers vs. X-Men project in the upcoming reboot and Avengers movies, but we won't actually see both super-teams clash on screen for quite a while.

What do you make of these latest rumors? Do you think introducing the X-Men to the MCU without Wolverine is a smart move? Let us know in the comments section.

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vectorsigma - 9/12/2024, 10:06 AM

Poor X-men, cant have that full reboot. The MCU out of ideas and I blame the success of D&W for that.

NonPlayerC - 9/12/2024, 10:13 AM

@vectorsigma - yeah I’d prefer a new more comic accurate Wolverine but as long as they reboot everyone else I’ll be alright with it. Didn’t Deadpool pretty much bring that Logan into the marvel universe anyway? Kinda lost track what reality is which at this point

bobevanz - 9/12/2024, 10:32 AM

@vectorsigma - you actually believe this horse hocky?

Urubrodi - 9/12/2024, 10:42 AM

@vectorsigma - Omg man stop crying about Marvel at every article

lazlodaytona - 9/12/2024, 1:19 PM

@vectorsigma - #metoo

Not really though. Your statement is a bit ridiculous.... just wait and see how it all plays out my friend.

lazlodaytona - 9/12/2024, 1:27 PM

@NonPlayerC - What's a more comic accurate Wolverine? Let me guess; you think Hugh's too tall for the role. That's your only excuse probably. Hugh was built for the role, disciplines himself in proper diet and working out, and he's at an age that the real "Old Man Wolverine" could be possible.

Did you have an opinion about Heath Ledger getting cast as a Joker we've never seen before? Because, if you doubted him, you were 100% wrong.

Let Marvel and Hugh do their thing. It'll work out nicely.

lvcl - 9/12/2024, 2:56 PM

FOX's mutants already had their chance and it was a total failure.

MCU needs to play it safe with the X-Men so that people don't suffer a second disappointment with their movies, or they will lose their fans.

Captain America 4, Thunderbolts and the reboot they are making about the Fantastic Four are not going to surpass Deadpool & Wolverine at the box office, because it seems that they return to the failed formula of Eternals, Shang-Chi, Thor 4, Wakanda Forever, Dr. Strange 2, The Marvels.

As some comments say, they are more concerned with race and forced inclusion than with the plot of the film, but they only have to respect the original characters and stories from the comics to be successful.

NonPlayerC - 9/12/2024, 6:22 PM

@lazlodaytona - look there’s plenty of versions of Wolverine depending on which run your looking at so maybe I misspoke but don’t get snarky. I prefer a more animalistic always half hunched over. He’s a team player unless he’s trying to keep the others out of trouble not the reluctant hero. The only person he’s a dick to is cyclops most of the time, otherwise he’s making sarcastic one liners. And yeah, he should be short. You can ask opinions and most will engage you in a dialogue here so try not to assume others reasons for what they think. And no never had a problem with heath ledger, if anything I thought he’d be good from the start. He was actually and still is one of my favorite actors. Never said Hugh was bad either but just prefer a different take although the fox men movies jaded me pretty bad for anything from that era

vectorsigma - 9/12/2024, 8:35 PM

@bobevanz - nope, just took the chance to shade marvel on a marvel article. Lolz

Anyway, i do believe they will milk jackman as long as they could and getting a fresh xmen team will be a long wait

vectorsigma - 9/12/2024, 8:36 PM

@NonPlayerC - unfortunately marvel might use him still with the success of d&w.

vectorsigma - 9/12/2024, 8:38 PM

@Urubrodi - id stop if they make a movie or show that shows signs of renewed quality. And tbf, i am not off topic this time, lolz

vectorsigma - 9/12/2024, 8:39 PM

@lazlodaytona - yep, it will be a long waiting game for an xmen reboot. For now i think marvel will stick with what works rather than bring new faces which didnt work post endgame

Urubrodi - 9/13/2024, 4:38 AM

@vectorsigma - Well they did, they just were focusing on what everybody else wanted.

lazlodaytona - 9/13/2024, 9:17 AM

@NonPlayerC - dude, all kinds of people hated Ledger's casting from the start. It's the one time WB's marketing made the movie epic.
Same with Michael Keaton. Probably not 1% of the population liked that casting.

Yeah, Hugh has some differences from the original 'sources,' but it's a movie. Not every little thing is going to be perfect. I have mad respect for what he's done and obviously I'm not alone due to the last film breaking the bank.

NonPlayerC - 9/12/2024, 10:09 AM

Perfectly fine with not having Wolverine take all the screen time in an X-men movie

MaxPaint - 9/12/2024, 10:14 AM

@NonPlayerC - That's not going to happen as long as Hugh Jackman is Wolverine.

NonPlayerC - 9/12/2024, 10:17 AM

@MaxPaint - seems like this is saying he won’t be in the first new X-men movie

lazlodaytona - 9/12/2024, 1:35 PM

@NonPlayerC - he needs to have one more solo film that smoothly guides him into the Marvel Universe near the end of the film. Then, he still doesn't need to take up all the screentime in an X-Men film, but he deserves a 7 minute spot for a good battle against a major player.

V - 9/12/2024, 10:11 AM

The immortal Hugh Jackman can stay on as Wolverine, it would make sense. You could literally reintroduce him exactly like they did in the original X Men movie and it would make perfect sense. To me Logan shouldn't be part of the original team, he should walk in an epic way and flirt with Jean Grey and piss off Cyclops (who should be doing some epic X men leader stuff) but the team should be questioning if he should be added to the roster. When they ask him to join, he should tell 'em to F off.

McMurdo - 9/12/2024, 10:37 AM

@V - Hes almost 60 and you want him to flirt with the new Jean like some pervy grandpa?

lazlodaytona - 9/12/2024, 1:40 PM

@McMurdo - Hey, Jean will be in her twenties or thirties in a film so it's all fair game!

Fogs - 9/12/2024, 1:53 PM

@McMurdo - I get what you're saying but tbh when he was into her in the comics he was already in his 150, never thought of that, hahha

CerealKiller1 - 9/12/2024, 3:33 PM

@McMurdo - The character is 200 years old, he could flirt with an 80 year old and it would still be pervy

McMurdo - 9/12/2024, 10:20 PM

@CerealKiller1 - lol true but he looks old now is the point. He looked fairly young or middle aged in the comics

TheVisionary25 - 9/12/2024, 10:12 AM

God , I hope the rumor of Jackman continuing post SW as Logan isn’t true…

Come on Marvel , it’s ok to move on and have fresh new takes on characters with other actors!!.

I can understand not recasting already established characters like T’Challa or even Kang to an extent but the aftermath of Secret Wars gives you a perfect chance for a clean slate so why waste it?.

I love Jackman but he’s had his run so time for someone else to be given a shot…

Wes Chatham please!!.

In regards to Wolvie not being on the initial team , I’m cool with it since it gives other characters time to shine..

He could always be in the sequel or beyond.

NonPlayerC - 9/12/2024, 10:16 AM

@TheVisionary25 - he’d be a great Wolverine if he can be a bit more animalistic. Loved his sociopathic take in that show! They’re just clinging to high because they have bad sales on everything since what, endgame or spidey team.

TheVisionary25 - 9/12/2024, 10:25 AM

@NonPlayerC -

People like to say that but for the most part , their shows and movies are still well received

AC1 - 9/12/2024, 11:01 AM

@TheVisionary25 - I wouldn't mind him sticking around in a smaller role similar to how Old Man Logan ended up in the 616 universe for a while (not sure if he's still there or if he's been sent back to his own universe) but he shouldn't be the main MCU version of Logan, you know? Like have him go off and live a relatively peaceful life in the MCU after his heroics and pop up from time to time to lend a hand, act as a mentor, or join in the big epic team ups, kinda like how they used Leonard Nimoy's OG Spock in the Abrams movies and had him coexist alongside Zachary Quinto's Spock. That's assuming Secret Wars ends with the multiverse ending and a single universe taking its place; if there's still a multiverse after Secret Wars then they could just keep Jackman in the Fox-Men timeline with the door open for possible follow ups and the MCU could have their own Logan.

TheVisionary25 - 9/12/2024, 11:11 AM

@AC1 - agreed

Wouldn’t be my ideal scenario but I could live with that moreso then him being the MCU Logan.

soberchimera - 9/12/2024, 10:16 AM

Maybe do the original 5 then?

Apophis71 - 9/12/2024, 10:39 AM

@soberchimera - Do think having the first 5 (plus Prof X) would be a good move but if including all of them unlikely to only be those six and a repeat of the token single female member they did at first with the Avengers. They also would be unlikely to want all members white thus only the first five increases the chances one would be race swapped which I don't personaly have an issue with but we know ample would take issue with...

...I know some will bang on about forced inclusion and such like but Xmen has built in history and reasons for the choice of characters to be more diverse thus should probably have 3 female members and at least two character (male or female) who are not white.

TLDR Keeping with the first 5 is fine, add two more females from iterations of the team upto the 80's at least one of whom isn't white and have at least one male character not white with a team of upto 8 members. Which you go with of the 26 that were members in their first 25yrs of comic history is open to debate however but the team needs to start with at least 30% females even if not going with 50/50 and at least 25% of members not white if set in modern times due to current RL demographic mix where only 30% of Americans are white men.

AC1 - 9/12/2024, 11:10 AM

@Apophis71 - I'd say Comic OG 5 plus Storm would be a good starting lineup (alongside Prof X) - expands the team and improves on diversity but does so by including one of the most important and popular characters in the comics. Then save characters like Gambit, Rogue and Wolverine for the sequel.

Apophis71 - 9/12/2024, 11:57 AM

@AC1 - Storm would be near top of list for additions for me but in terms of females I also would love to see Kitty Pryde added early on and also, as keen to see the Braddocks added to the MCU, a version of Psylocke too.

The Xmen only realy gained a lot of traction and sales when the team was expanded beyond the first five either way and that isn't putting them down in any way.

It went out of print due to that in 1970 after a failed attempt to boost lagging sales with the additions of Mimic, Changeling, Polaris and then finaly HavoK for a while before returning with the giant size team lineup in 75' onward.

As such makes a lot of sense to look at all those who were members in the late 70's through 80's even if setting it as canon for the MCU it started with the original five and kept them on the team but expanded it to a larger one even if not all are active in every mission.

In fact I would argue a way to make Cyclops are stronger looking leader with the focus he deserves is if he is the one ALWAYS on the team and pick who goes on missions from a bench of maybe even upto a couple dozen characters. It would also mean if wanted they could have a story where the main team goes off on a mission and the 'reserves' face a threat at the base at some point which could be interesting with those others already introduced in the first film.

As a side note, due to issues with Psylocke I'd go with the original white Betsy but have her alongside Kwannon (ie the character she body swapped with for almost 30yrs in print before more recently returning to their own bodies). As to if they ever do the body swap storyline or not is another question but seems a good idea to me that both versions of the character are there from the get go either way.

Apophis71 - 9/12/2024, 12:01 PM

@AC1 - Oh, and Rogue should start out being raised by Mystique and Destiny thus part of the brotherhood this time around, skipping straight to being a member of the Xmen again would be wrong considering the reason she ended up getting help from the Prof leading to eventualy switching sides is already in the MCU (ie Carol Danvers).

AC1 - 9/12/2024, 12:46 PM

@Apophis71 - Agreed with pretty much everything you said there. As for the issues around Psylocke's race and the problems around the whole "body swapping" thing, I've wondered whether a solution would simply be for Psylocke to have been adopted by the Braddock family - simplifies the complicated race stuff while keeping almost everything that's recognisable about Psylocke still in tact without changing anything about her brother. Could even be a simple way of explaining her being a mutant and him not being one.

abd00bie - 9/12/2024, 2:53 PM

@Apophis71 - lmao okay it's been 24 years since we have wanted a super powered Rogue, how much longer do we need to wait?

ObserverIO - 9/12/2024, 3:01 PM

@abd00bie - Hopefully Doomsday will have a moment where Anna Paquin's Rogue takes down Brie Larson's Captain Marvel and takes her powers permanently.

ObserverIO - 9/12/2024, 3:03 PM

@AC1 - If they did Giant Size X-Men we could have the OG team get rescued by the new team and everybody';s happy.

Apophis71 - 9/12/2024, 3:14 PM

@abd00bie - She can be in the first Xmen film, just should start out as part of Magneto's team as an antihero/villain, not the Prof's group of heroes.

I mean it seems most the time most want her to put Captain Marvel in a coma which wouldn't make much sense if both are supposed to be heroes. If they did do that to give Rogue all the additional powers she is oft known for it tends to make more sense she starts out as Mystiques adopted daughter leading to her eventualy going to Charles for help with the side effects then a more interesting redemption arc rather than a hero with regrets for almost killing another hero...

...however we HAVE NOT had to wait at all for a Super powered Rogue, we just had Xmen 97's and was there from day one with the prior Xmen films even if in those Fox films they did her dirty in many ways and exactly why they should avoid doing the same again by going a more source accurate route with her.

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