“‘Til he’s 90!”
There isn’t too much known about where the Marvel Cinematic Universe will go after the next Avengers films. While the X-Men are certainly a priority for Marvel Studios, a new rumor suggests that one of the biggest stars to ever play a mutant is somehow poised to return.
According to industry insider Daniel RPK, Marvel wants to continue working with Hugh Jackman. In a post published on his Patreon earlier today, he shared “the idea is to have Hugh Jackman in more Marvel projects even after Secret Wars.”
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Interestingly enough, Jackman has not been confirmed to be starring in either of the upcoming Avengers films, especially Secret Wars. However, Ryan Reynolds is expected to return as Deadpool in Doomsday. so it only makes sense Jackman’s Wolverine would follow suit.
Unfortunately, RPK did not have any more concrete info about what projects fans could see Jackman in. But, as we pointed out before, with the studio wanting to focus more on the mutants in the next saga, it makes sense to have Wolverine return. The question is whether or he will pass the torch to a younger variant.
While unintentional, the desire to have Jackman continue to reprise his role makes Deadpool’s meta joke about the studio owning him until he turns 90 even funnier.
Now, because this info has yet to be confirmed my the studio or any other major trade, we have to run it as a rumor. But considering RPK’s track record, we are inclined to believe it’s true.
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SOURCE: Daniel RPK
