Hugh Jackman Reportedly Met With Kevin Feige About A "Big Role" For Wolverine In AVENGERS: SECRET WARS

Hugh Jackman Reportedly Met With Kevin Feige About A "Big Role" For Wolverine In AVENGERS: SECRET WARS

Hugh Jackman will reprise the role of Logan/Wolverine for Deadpool 3, but it sounds like Marvel Studios may have bigger plans for the fan-favorite mutant in the MCU going forward...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 12, 2023 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Secret Wars

After (supposedly) hanging up the claws for good after Logan, Hugh Jackman broke the internet when he announced that he'd be reprising the role of Wolverine for a team-up with Ryan Reynolds' Merc with a Mouth in Deadpool 3.

At the time, fans wondered if this was going to be a one-off, or if Jackman would be staying on as the MCU's version of the ionic mutant, and we may now have our answer.

According to scooper Daniel Richtman (via Patreon), Jackman met with Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike to discuss his future as the character, and it sounds like the Aussie actor might be lining up a "big role" in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Previous reports have indicated that Secret Wars is going to be a seriously stacked event, with multiple Variants of pretty much every major hero (and villain?) from all across the Multiverse getting in on the action, so Wolvie's involvement really wouldn't be a major surprise - but a significant role for Jackman is something we weren't expecting.

Does this mean that Jackman's version of Wolverine will remain in the MCU, with a new team of X-Men built around him? It's way too early to call, but it would give the studio some breathing room and allow for the introduction of new characters while retaining an important - and very popular - link to the past.

How would you feel about Jackman's Logan sticking around after Deadpool 3? Would you prefer if another actor was given the opportunity to bring Ol' Canucklehead to life? Drop us a comment down below.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/12/2023, 7:19 AM
Of course he did because Feige’s living out his dream and giving us this

FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/12/2023, 7:22 AM
Feige said idgaf if you don’t like all these multiverse shenanigans

AC1
AC1 - 8/12/2023, 8:46 AM
@PlusUltra - Oh this absolutely needs to happen, ten-year-old-me's mind would be blown to smithereens!!!
ReverseFlasher
ReverseFlasher - 8/12/2023, 9:02 AM
OT: Ninja Turtles domestic (aka not including international) box office projected to surpass its budget this weekend, making it there in 10 days.

https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office-barbie-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-1235460243/amp/
ReverseFlasher
ReverseFlasher - 8/12/2023, 9:07 AM
@PlusUltra - the gif and the avatar lining up perfect on this one lol
iceballsreborn
iceballsreborn - 8/12/2023, 9:08 AM
@AC1 - really jackman? hes so old. and has been in so many movies/ stories. Logan was the end. deadpool is cheap. secret wars would be the worst.

get a new wolverine. keep maguire. hes older wiser.. jackman is just old.

also, im biased. i never really liked his caraceture wolverine. all the screaming to the air. no. no no. no.
AC1
AC1 - 8/12/2023, 4:27 PM
@iceballsreborn - I don't want Hugh to be the permanent MCU Wolverine just like I wouldn't want Tobey to be the permanent MCU Spider-Man but I love the idea of the multiverse saga being a way of giving these old school versions of the characters and the actors who played them a unique bit of recognition within the MCU.
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:21 AM
Ugh. I want a comic accurate Wolverine badly. I don’t hate Jackman but tall and pretty is not what Wolverine is about
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/12/2023, 7:45 AM
@SDCA27 - rom holland is few inches taller than Peter in comics, same with actors and actress play there characters some by foot smaller and taller nothing comic accurate about them.,

We did get comic accurate lizard people hate that look same with Thor costume in love and thunder that was comic accurate kinda to his 90 look fans have said
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:53 AM
@dragon316 - yeah Thor’s armor in lobe and thunder was super like ‘94. Like when todd m was doing Spider-Man. I love that era
DTor91
DTor91 - 8/12/2023, 8:25 AM
@dragon316 - Holland is two inches shorter than Peter’s height lol.
AC1
AC1 - 8/12/2023, 8:56 AM
@SDCA27 - I hope the MCU version is a bit more in line with the comics when he's eventually introduced but I'm more than happy for the multiverse to be used as a way of giving us a bit more Hugh as long as it isn't overdone.
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 8/12/2023, 12:56 PM
@SDCA27 - He’s going to fill the Old Man Logan variant role from the 2015 Secret Wars comic event. I feel confident of that.
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 8/12/2023, 7:29 AM
Sucks that Cap (Rogers) is gone. Would loved to see Cap & Wolverine share the screen
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:30 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - I mean they could technically to a soft reboot after secret wars and recast some characters.
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 8/12/2023, 7:31 AM
@SDCA27 -

They should eventually if not after Secret Wars.
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:31 AM
Chris Evans was outstanding though. IMO the most comic accurate Avengers character
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:32 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - yeah marvel is starting to look like a retirement community. I totally get why James Gunn wants to cast younger for DC
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:35 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - I’d like to see an asshole Tony Stark for instance.. in the books back in the day he was not a fun dude lol
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/12/2023, 7:46 AM
@SDCA27 - his costume was modernized no pirate boots and gloves look like captain America with spandex fit modern real world time
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/12/2023, 7:56 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - They’ll pluck Cap and Tony out of time for Secret Wars. They won’t pass up the opportunity of having them share the screen with Jackman and Maguire.
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 8:02 AM
@dragon316 - yeah I mean the only costume so far that I think has been pretty perfect is Deadpool. I mean how many Batman movies have we had and they’re still afraid to really go for it.
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 8:04 AM
@SDCA27 - speaking of Batman im really hoping that the DCU goes full Jim Lee
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 8:05 AM
@PlusUltra - yeah there’s no way they don’t both show up in Secret Wars. Agreed.
iceballsreborn
iceballsreborn - 8/12/2023, 9:10 AM
@SDCA27 - erm you did, Iron man 2 onwards. hes a complete dick and pretty much causes all their problems.
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 9:25 AM
@iceballsreborn - lol good point
Fogs
Fogs - 8/12/2023, 10:51 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - oh don't worry. Him and RDJ will be back for this one.

Probably with swapped hair colors for us to be sure they're variants, though.
IKidYouNotMan
IKidYouNotMan - 8/12/2023, 2:40 PM
@TheBlueMorpho - If they can’t get Evans back for a full time appearance I’d be happy with a WW2 flashback

S8R8M
S8R8M - 8/12/2023, 7:39 AM
So will the avengers become like the xmen movies and be mainly about Wolverine?
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:44 AM
@S8R8M - I mean even though we’ve had Wolverine jammed down our throats for years now he’s never really been done right. He’s also the only xmen member that really had his own solid comic run
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/12/2023, 7:48 AM
@S8R8M - that’s how it was in eighties and nineties wolverine in almost every marvel comics and cover until Deadpool finally took off popularity
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 7:57 AM
@dragon316 - exactly. I mean for the time he was super edgy. Lol yeah and then Deadpool comes along and he’s like hold my beer.. but that like firet 20 issues of that Wolverine run when he’s going by Patch and living in Madripor is one of my favorite runs of all time.
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 8:00 AM
And really Deadpool happened because they needed a character who wouldn’t get butchered by Logan. He didn’t grow a personality unruly he’d been around for a minute
SDCA27
SDCA27 - 8/12/2023, 8:06 AM
@SDCA27 - … until he’d been around for a minute
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