X-MEN: Marvel Studios' Reboot Reportedly WON'T Include Wolverine In Initial Team Lineup

X-MEN: Marvel Studios' Reboot Reportedly WON'T Include Wolverine In Initial Team Lineup X-MEN: Marvel Studios' Reboot Reportedly WON'T Include Wolverine In Initial Team Lineup

Following the news that Marvel Studios has begun meeting with writers to discuss X-Men, rumour has it the initial team lineup won't feature Wolverine, a shock considering his role in the previous movies...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 01, 2023 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men

Marvel Studios has finally started meeting with writers to discuss its upcoming X-Men reboot, though a decision isn't expected to be made until early next year. 

Kevin Feige and company aren't thought to be in any rush to reintroduce these characters, no great surprise considering 20th Century Fox all but killed the franchise with flops like Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants. Plus, there's one mutant now expected to be at the forefront of the Multiverse Saga. 

Deadpool 3 will reportedly leave Hugh Jackman's Wolverine stranded on Earth-616, making the character a key part of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. However, the new Wolverine - who may also appear in that threequel - reportedly won't be part of the initial X-Men lineup. 

The original X-Men movies were often criticised for making everyone other than Wolverine feel like a supporting character. It appears Marvel Studios wants to establish other mutants before throwing Logan into the mix, a bold move given his popularity. 

It's worth pointing out that this lines up with the comic books where Wolverine didn't join the team until 1975 (they were introduced in 1963). We also wouldn't be surprised if the hero gets his own Disney+ TV series or movie that tells his story before he crosses paths with Professor X. 

Does this mean the reboot will kick off with the Original 5? (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Angel Beast, and Iceman) We can only hope as that's something fans have waited a very long time to see on screen. 

The new X-Men movie isn't expected to be released until after Avengers: Secret Wars, with that movie launching a new MCU where mutants exist. However, we're still not sure what that means for a character like Ms. Marvel who has already been confirmed to be one of them. 

Stay tuned for updates on X-Men (they've got to call it The Uncanny X-Men, right?) as we have them. 

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DrReedRichards - 10/1/2023, 8:16 AM
Good to know.

As neat as Vaughn's was, I need the MCU's first line-up to be the actual first Class of the original five.
harryba11zack - 10/1/2023, 8:32 AM
@DrReedRichards - like f4, I doubt we'll ever get the actual first Class of the original five in todays Current year
ObserverIO - 10/1/2023, 8:50 AM
@harryba11zack - You mean they might cast a person with a different skin tone or eye color or hair or someone who is not made of of paper with four color inks on it?

Because other than that I choose to believe it is possible.
harryba11zack - 10/1/2023, 8:52 AM
@ObserverIO -
CorndogBurglar - 10/1/2023, 8:58 AM
@ObserverIO - I don't think that's what he's saying at all. I won't speak for him, but I can tell you that I'm a giant fan of X-Men and I've always found the original 5 to be dull.

Claremont's new X-Men lineup are easily the most recognizable X-Men characters, so it would be weird to not include some of them, or most of them.

It doesn't have to be a race or gender thing. The O5 are just no where near the best incarnation of the team. If you make a movie of just them then you run the risk of the general audience wondering where Storm and Wolverine are, for example.
ObserverIO - 10/1/2023, 8:17 AM
Then it should be the original five.
UrbanTheEmcee - 10/1/2023, 8:18 AM
I'm not against this. Especially if they can build Scott up big time. Fill that Steve Rogers void in the MCU.
FireandBlood - 10/1/2023, 8:39 AM
@UrbanTheEmcee - This
AmazingFILMporg - 10/1/2023, 9:34 AM
@UrbanTheEmcee -


I've been saying the same thing!


Wolverine can be his tony stark🥲
sully - 10/1/2023, 3:46 PM
@UrbanTheEmcee - I hope Marvel doesn't sleep on the opportunity to give Scott amazing visuals with his energy beams. Combine Caps agility with Iron Man-type energy burst shots and you'll have something special. I definitely want Cyclops to be a formidable hero like Steve was.
MosquitoFarmer - 10/1/2023, 8:20 AM
Makes sense, no complaints. Many other characters deserve to be fleshed out as much as they spent the franchise so largely devoted to him thus far on film. And if we are getting a couple more glorious performances from Jackman, no one will need the new one just yet.
ClintThaHamster - 10/1/2023, 8:23 AM
I'll be very surprised if they recast Logan. They'll bring back Jackman for DP3 and Secret Wars, and then X-23 will be Wolverine in the MCU from there. Dafne Keen, ideally. I really don't think they'll spend a lot of time going back over the ground that the Fox-Men covered so recently.
MosquitoFarmer - 10/1/2023, 8:39 AM
@ClintThaHamster - The long-rumored plan is to reboot the whole multi/universe after Secret Wars. Starting relatively fresh is the idea. And doing Wolverine right is something they are certainly well aware that people want, as beloved as Jackman is. Certainly won't be X-23.
CorndogBurglar - 10/1/2023, 8:41 AM
@ClintThaHamster - Wolverine is one of Marvel's top 4 characters. I don't think there's any way in hell they don't include Logan in the MCU. And not Hugh Jackman. A new actor.

And Wolverine is in everything. He's an X-Man. He's an Avenger. He's got a million solo stories Fox never touched on. He's got the entire Alpha Flight connection. Hulk vs Wolverine.

With as much as Fox used Wolverine, they only scratched the surface of what he can be used in that would nit be re-treading anything at all.
batmanink - 10/1/2023, 9:10 AM
@CorndogBurglar - if and when the MCU does a “full reboot” in service of the x-men, I would kill for them to do hulk right in the process. He needs more time as a loner savage beast. The animated hulk vs wolverine or the ultimate hulk vs wolverine are perfect stories (though ragnarok sort of stole some of the cool hulk imagery from ultimate HvW), and a hulk vs wolverine in the depths of the Canadian forests done in a way so that we haven’t yet met these versions of hulk and wolverine and it’s in a horror style (particularly if Wendi go is included) is a perfect Halloween special in a Prey style of two savage hunters hunting each other, and wouldn’t it be great if they did that as a Halloween special and then did a post credits stinger that tied it into my favorite idea: wolverine anthology series using the concept of him running princess bar in madripoor, with hulk as Joe Fixit working the door and they are kind of an odd couple pair of friends, but from this premise we see flashback stories of wolverine’s other adventures. A weapon x story, an alpha flight story, a vs hulk story are all top priorities, and at the end of the series or of a season… in walks dafne keen ready to reconnect with her “dad” from across the multiverse or whatever and she can take the clawed berserker role in the MCU x-men after that until hulk and Wilbur return for a PROPER old man Logan movie (LOVED Logan, but I mean really stick to the absolutely bonkers comics this time).
90caliber - 10/1/2023, 12:04 PM
@ClintThaHamster - Well, Jackman is looking kind of old for someone who isn't supposed to be aging.
videovac - 10/2/2023, 4:55 AM
"They'll bring back Jackman for DP3 and Secret Wars, and then X-23 will be Wolverine in the MCU from there." - @ClintThaHamster

No wonder you didn't get up-voted, not even once.
videovac - 10/2/2023, 4:56 AM
"Certainly won't be X-23." - @MosquitoFarmer

It better [frick]in' NOT be X-23...
videovac - 10/2/2023, 5:01 AM
"He's got a million solo stories Fox never touched on." "With as much as Fox used Wolverine, they only scratched the surface of what he can be used in that would nit be re-treading anything at all." - @CorndogBurglar

Based on that Deadpool 3 footage so far, they still ain't do shit wit' him, hahahahahaha.
ClintThaHamster - 10/2/2023, 8:03 AM
@videovac - Oh, [frick], I thought we were just having fun talking about comic book movies. Didn't realize that this was VERY SERIOUS. My bad.
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