Will Hugh Jackman return as Wolverine in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'?
The pieces are falling into place, forming what may eventually become an all-out reunion for Bryan Singer and the casts of both the聽X-Men trilogy and its prequel,听X-Men: First Class. We鈥檝e known the potential of returning appearances of familiar characters since ,听X-Men: Days of Future Past, based on the title of the famous time-travel story arc from Marvel Comics, but it wasn鈥檛 until yesterday did we learn it鈥檚 actually happening.
Bryan Singer 鈥� taking over the director鈥檚 seat from Matthew Vaughn who may or may not be directing聽Star Wars Episode 7 鈥� happily confirmed that聽 will be back for the and as we suspected, they will likely be joined by franchise star Hugh Jackman.
According to聽, Jackman is currently in negotiations with Fox to return for what will be his sixth portrayal of the adamantium-laced feral mutant (the seventh being a cameo in聽X-Men: First Class). This would further solidify his status as the actor who holds the record for playing the same superhero character in the most films.
闯补肠办尘补苍听loves playing Wolverine and previously went on record saying he鈥檚 not in it for the money. He鈥檚 even producing聽The Wolverine, which tells the tale of Logan鈥檚 travels to Japan 鈥� a story that Jackman wanted to be a part of ever since he joined聽X-Men. Three years ago, when聽X-Men Origins: Wolverine debuted, he jokingly said
鈥淚 always say, 鈥榦h, I鈥檓 never doing another one,鈥� until I see the script. It has to be something. But in the superhero world, those kind of movies, 鈥榃olverine鈥� is by far the most interesting鈥� So I鈥檒l do eleven more and that鈥檚 it!鈥�
Of course, it was easy then for me to say yesterday, after the and McKellen casting announcements, that Jackman would sign up as well. And he will.
This raises two interesting questions:
- With headliners from the聽X-Men trilogy coming aboard, will that make it easier to bring back the others? Do they want to for this story?
- How will this affect聽The Wolverine?
You can count on Twentieth Century Fox and Mark Millar 鈥� their newly hired creative consultant on their Marvel movies 鈥� to find a way to work something into The Wolverine to bridge the gap between it and what鈥檚 coming up next. There鈥檚 absolutely no way they wouldn鈥檛 take advantage of this opportunity. , and聽The Wolverine聽- which interestingly 鈥� is step one of their plans, no matter how Jackman and director James Mangold aim for it to be. Perhaps this lends more credence to the rumors that will cameo in聽The Wolverine and that she鈥檒l return for Days of Future Past.
Bryan Singer will direct聽X-Men: Days of Future Past聽with returning stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Patrick Stewart and聽Ian McKellen,听who could be joined by the return of Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, James Marsden, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore. Stay tuned!
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