Matthew Vaughn, director of the ‘Kingsman’ series, has suggested he would love a chance to return to the X-Men franchise so he could reboot Wolverine. Vaughn, who is no stranger to recasting younger versions of iconic X-Men characters, helmed 2011’s ‘X-Men: First Class’, reinvigorating interest in the franchise after 2006’s ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ left a sour taste in the mouths of many devout fans. Casting James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence as younger versions of Professor Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Mystique, Vaughn’s ‘X-Men’ film was lauded by many a fresh new chapter in the beloved Marvel series.
While Vaughn had a chance to reinvent some of the biggest names in the X-Men roster throughout his tenure, the one character he did not get a chance to work with in any great detail was that of the adamantium claw wielding berserker, ‘Wolverine’. Played by Australian actor Hugh Jackman since the original 2000 film, despite returning in a much larger capacity for 2014’s ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’, Jackman’s ‘Wolverine’ only had a brief cameo appearance in Vaughn’s film. As undoubtedly the most recognizable character from the entire franchise, Jackman’s ‘Wolverine’ was also the only ‘X-Men’ member to get not just one, but three of his own solo spinoff films.
At a recent promotional event for Vaughan’s upcoming ‘Kingsman’ prequel ‘The King’s Man’, Comicbook.com reports that Vaughan was asked which ‘X-Men’ character he would pick for a team if given the opportunity to direct a reboot. Without hesitation, Vaughan singled in on ‘Wolverine’ as the character he’d most like to reboot.
With the rights to the ‘X-Men’ reverting to Marvel Studios after 2019’s Fox/Disney merger, Marvel fans have been eagerly awaiting any news as to when they might expect Marvel’s mutant superteam to make their MCU debut.
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