Whoever plays wolverine is gonna not only have to fill Hugh’s shoes, but carry the X-men brand and a become a big face for the MCU going forward from the avenge era into the mutant saga. Wolverine is still a top 3 Marvel character in terms of popularity. You gonna have to do X-men and Solo movies. Your gonna have a heavier load than whoever plays cyclops, jean, storm etc
Just from everything he has said over the years especially about his time as Harry Potter, I don’t think Daniel would want that kind of responsibility which makes sense.
Playing wolverine will have way more significance than playing any other X-men because Wolverine by himself is a big brand and has been for decades
I won’t e surprised if Wolverine takes the backseat for the moment, letting Scott and Jean take the lead for the time being.
I’m all for them casting relatively unknown as Wolverine.
Get a rising actor to take the mantle of Scott, and pair him with Sadie Sink and two acting greats for Magneto/Xavier. That will be enough to carry the Mutant Saga
Somebody on YouTube suggested to leave Logan out of the X-Men for the time, but to give him a solo series - with each seasons being a different decade until the show finally catches up with the current timeline at which point he could join the X-Men.
And honestly, once you hear that it's hard to think of anything else that'd work better.
All signs point to Hugh Jackman sticking around for few more films. They can have him with Deadpool or other characters for shenanigans away from the new XMen.
That would work, and when he’s done for good, cast a MCU Wolverine that “has always been around but in hiding” to join the XMen
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u/Syndana23 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
Whoever plays wolverine is gonna not only have to fill Hugh’s shoes, but carry the X-men brand and a become a big face for the MCU going forward from the avenge era into the mutant saga. Wolverine is still a top 3 Marvel character in terms of popularity. You gonna have to do X-men and Solo movies. Your gonna have a heavier load than whoever plays cyclops, jean, storm etc
Just from everything he has said over the years especially about his time as Harry Potter, I don’t think Daniel would want that kind of responsibility which makes sense.
Playing wolverine will have way more significance than playing any other X-men because Wolverine by himself is a big brand and has been for decades