Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) was maybe being facetious when he claimed that Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine would be around “till he’s 90,” but a new X-Men rumor could turn a joke into reality.
Marvel Studios brought Jackman back for one last ride in Deadpool & Wolverine in 2021, which already felt gratuitous given his anti-hero’s noble end in Logan. It helped that Deadpool mocked the actor’s return, cheekily poking at Marvel and Disney’s insatiable thirst for nostalgia. That Deadpool & Wolverine was positioned as the final final goodbye to the latter — and to all the characters in Fox’s X-Men universe — also made Jackman’s return feel a little less shameless. After all, Marvel is gearing up for an X-Men reboot; studio president Kevin Feige has shared plenty about the upcoming overhaul, which will come after Avengers: Secret Wars and reset Marvel’s multiverse.
