X-Men The Official MCU X-Men News and Discussion Thread

[psylockolussus]

Ideally, Jackman’s story ends in Secret Wars and the MCU is a complete brand new cast.

But if Jackman’s Logan survives the collapse of the multiverse, then let he & Deadpool start the Exiles with Laura & other “forgotten” superhero franchises / actors.

If he must be in the MCU proper, then Jackman can serve as a mentor / drill sergeant at the X-Mansion like X-Men: Evolution. Laura can be there too, or better yet she’s hanging with Cable (that could be cool) or replaces Wolfsbane in an X-Factor film with Havok, Polaris, Forge, and Strong Guy

That sounds like a mess, using the Exiles brand for Fox Deadpool/Wolverine to play around.

If Fox was brave enough to make 3 X-Men movies without the Wolverine in the main cast (discounting the 2 cameo roles), Marvel Studios surely could too, especially if they want to establish the new X-Men cast to stand on their own.

Having Hugh Jackman in the X-Men reboot in some capacity, sounds like a lack of faith in the new cast.

 

[BobJM]

Yeah, again, my preference is he not be there at all. A Deadpool/Wolverine project doesn’t need to be Exiles; I just figured that’s a good way to keep them separate from the MCU X-Men and its new Wolverine.

I like Jackman mentoring young X-Men; that should have been him in Apocalypse & Dark Phoenix. It could work in the MCU, but I’m also hoping the cast isn’t teenagers. They should be mid 20s/early 30s to match with Peter Parker. And they should be the ones mentoring young students.

So it’s just cleaner if it’s a brand new actor as Wolverine. Call me crazy— I like when he’s on the team. You can list all the other X-Men you want, but he’s a fan favorite. Plenty of Justice League characters to go around, but we like seeing Batman on the team.

Plus, Kevin Feige might just be saying Jackman’s going to be around for a while because he doesn’t want to spoil Secret Wars…

 

[psylockolussus]

Yeah, again, my preference is he not be there at all. A Deadpool/Wolverine project doesn’t need to be Exiles; I just figured that’s a good way to keep them separate from the MCU X-Men and its new Wolverine.

I like Jackman mentoring young X-Men; that should have been him in Apocalypse & Dark Phoenix. It could work in the MCU, but I’m also hoping the cast isn’t teenagers. They should be mid 20s/early 30s to match with Peter Parker. And they should be the ones mentoring young students.

So it’s just cleaner if it’s a brand new actor as Wolverine. Call me crazy— I like when he’s on the team. You can list all the other X-Men you want, but he’s a fan favorite. Plenty of Justice League characters to go around, but we like seeing Batman on the team.

Plus, Kevin Feige might just be saying Jackman’s going to be around for a while because he doesn’t want to spoil Secret Wars…

A X-Men movie without the Wolverine could work. The reason why Dark Phoenix flopped and Apocalypse underperformed obviously was connected to the lack of the Ot cast/Wolverine, but if the creatives knew what they were doing with the characters that were in the movie and delivered a solid movie, the box office results could have been so much better.

I just don't think how Marvel Studios' X-Men could fail without the Wolverine, when they delivered so many movies based on lesser known Marvel characters, if the end product is well crafted and marketed well. This isn't Foxverse which just threw whatever names they saw in the comics and plaster their work as a X-Men movie.

You are comparing apples to oranges, when bringing up the Justice League of all ips. We only had 1 Justice League movie unlike X-Men with 7. The Justice League movie wasn't even good, and still flopped with big names like Superman and Batman.