Until He's 90! Hugh Jackman Rumored To Be Staying On As The MCU's Wolverine Beyond AVENGERS: SECRET WARS

This isn't the first time we've heard that Hugh Jackman isn't quite done as Wolverine, but a new rumor claims that the Aussie actor could be sticking around as the MCU's Logan for quite a while...

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 14, 2025 07:10 PM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Secret Wars

Hugh Jackman officially retired (or so we thought) as Wolverine after James Mangold's Logan, but the actor was convinced to don the claws and mutton chops again for a team-up with Ryan Reynolds' Merc With a Mouth in Marvel Studios' Deadpool and Wolverine.

Fans initially assumed that the R-rated adventure would be Jackman's actual swansong as the fan-favorite mutant hero, but rumors persist that he will be back for Avengers: Doomsday and/or Avengers: Secret Wars, and we have also heard that he might be a part of Reynolds' untitled X-project (possibly a new take on X-Force).

Marvel Studios is in the process of rebooting the X-Men for a new movie from Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier, but we'd be very surprised if a new take on Wolverine was part of the team. According to Daniel Richtman, the studio is planning to keep Jackman around for "more projects even after Secret Wars."

Wade Wilson's joke that Disney intends to have Jackman play Logan "until he's 90" may not have been that much of an exaggeration.

Does this mean Jackman's Wolverine will ultimately join the new X-Men roster as the MCU's Mutant Saga progresses? It's difficult to say, but introducing a new, younger version of a character like Logan - especially when they've become synonymous with one particular actor over the past 25 years - is going to be a tricky prospect for Marvel/Disney, so we wouldn't be surprised if Jackman (and possibly some of the other OG 20th Century Fox cast that are set to return for Doomsday) stick around in mentor-like roles.

What do you make of this rumor? Would you be happy to see Jackman continue to play Wolverine for the next few years?

Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars were recently hit with significant delays, with Doomsday now set to arrive in theaters on December 18, 2026, and Secret Wars positioned for December 17, 2027.

Both movies will be directed by the Russo brothers, who also make their MCU return after helming Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

"Being able to create stories and explore characters within the Marvel Universe fulfilled a life-long dream of ours, and we discovered a powerful connection with audiences in each film that we made. We’re thrilled to collaborate once again with Kevin, Lou and the entire Marvel team to bring this epic adventure in storytelling to new and surprising places for both the fans and ourselves”, said The Russos in a statement after the SDCC panel.

You can check out the full (for now) Doomsday cast list below.

#AvengersDoomsday. Now in production. pic.twitter.com/G84UVU8HOc
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 26, 2025

• Paul Rudd as Ant-Man

• Simu Liu as Shang-Chi

• Tom Hiddleston as Loki

• Lewis Pullman as Sentry

• Florence Pugh as Yelena

• Danny Ramirez as Falcon

• Ian McKellen as Magneto

• Sebastian Stan as Bucky

• Winston Duke as M’Baku

• Chris Hemsworth as Thor

• Kelsey Grammer as Beast

• James Marsden as Cyclops

• Channing Tatum as Gambit

• Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent

• Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm

• Rebecca Romijn as Mystique

• Patrick Stewart as Professor X

• Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler

• Letitia Wright as Black Panther

• Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor

• Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards

• Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost

• Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm

• David Harbour as Red Guardian

• Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doom

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing

• Anthony Mackie as Captain America

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mountainman - 10/14/2025, 7:03 PM

I don’t like this idea, but it’s far better than making Laura the MCU “Wolverine”.

lvcl - 10/14/2025, 7:28 PM

@mountainman -

Always the same character like Johnny...

BackwardGalaxy - 10/14/2025, 8:00 PM

@mountainman - if they keep the costume, he doesn't have to get in shape. He could farm out the action to a stunt double in a mask.

Bucky74 - 10/14/2025, 8:33 PM

@mountainman - I have to be honest, and, I know it’s not popular, but the older and more grizzled Jackman gets, the more he looks like comic Wolverine, so I’m down. And no, Laure should never be Wolverine. X 23 is a cool enough character.

mountainman - 10/14/2025, 9:03 PM

@Bucky74 - I theory I’m not opposed to him as Wolverine vs a recast, but I really want a full reboot (at least in continuity if not actors) post Secret Wars. It’s too messy to do anything else and all the stink of the mistakes in recent years will still linger without it.

UltimaRex - 10/14/2025, 7:03 PM

Someone else needs a go.

harryba11zack - 10/14/2025, 7:04 PM

ElJefe - 10/14/2025, 7:06 PM

He’s an older white male so I have no doubt these comments are gonna be juuuust ducky.

OriginalGusto1 - 10/14/2025, 8:49 PM

@ElJefe - white devils!!!!!!!!!

OriginalGusto1 - 10/14/2025, 8:50 PM

mother[frick]ers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nomis929 - 10/14/2025, 10:09 PM

@OriginalGusto1 -

MuadDib - 10/14/2025, 7:10 PM

How disappointing. I know many look on him as Wolverine fondly, and there was a time when I felt the same way only bc he’s all we had. But since the rise of the MCU, and since the day Disney acquired Fox, I’ve been waiting for the day when the true X-Men would one day grace the screen. And now we’re being robbed of a proper X-Men since they going to keep some of the FoX-Men on even past Secret Wars? Beyond lame. Kinda pathetic. If Cyclops stays behind we may never get another Scott Summers. With Wolverine staying behind, that means they’ll shift focus to X23 bc Disney is all about setting up strong female characters and drawing in the younger audience. Which FoX-Man do you want carrying over and preventing the introduction of a new version? I’m a hard pass in all of them, Ryan’s DP too. Let Secret Wars be a true clean slate. Instead we’ll get some survivors from Fox, some of the original MCU, you’ll get F4 from their dimension, and we’ll have some mashup.

KennKathleen - 10/14/2025, 9:39 PM

@MuadDib - give me your chief cast for new Logan.

Apophis71 - 10/14/2025, 7:14 PM

Old news and means little as my guess would be they keep DP otherverse so he doesn't mess up continuity with his jokes, more free to parody, and that is where Hugh will stay joined by Channing.

However still doesn't exclude them recasting closer to source a NEW Logan for 616 at some point, just unlikely to rush into that within phase 7 least certainly not the first MCU Xmen film.

PC04 - 10/14/2025, 7:17 PM

Damn, I thought I was going to be the next Wolverine.

DocSpock - 10/14/2025, 7:18 PM

I think this is great for the next 8-9 years or so. It's not my body getting beat up like that.

I like Jackman's philosophy that he recently shared regarding this role. "I'm getting old, and no one else gives me this ridiculous amount of money anymore."

It's like he's Ghandi or something.

MarkCassidy - 10/14/2025, 7:21 PM

I love Jackman in the role and wouldn't mind another couple of appearances, but pretty soon it's gonna be a bit ridiculous for a guy pushing in his 60s to still be playing a character that's barely supposed to age.

MarioT1000 - 10/14/2025, 7:36 PM

@MarkCassidy - he only needs to physically do it until they set the AI precedents to get him paid for his likeness using that, keeping him young on the screen and paid in real life.

LenSpiderman - 10/14/2025, 9:52 PM

@MarkCassidy - I thought it might be a good idea to have Jackman play patch at the princess bar, and he could sort of host or frame an anthology series where we flash back to Wolverine adventures with either a single younger actor playing the role or multiple actors playing the role depending on the story. Get ruffalo out of the starting lineup also and make him Joe fixit, the bouncer at the bar for some hulk/logan banter.

WEAPONXOXOXO - 10/14/2025, 7:24 PM

if they're smart they'll do OLD MAN LOGAN. But like the phukkin comic book not just in name.

Joker666 - 10/14/2025, 10:49 PM

@WEAPONXOXOXO - I’ve been saying this for years! I really don’t want to see Hugh as Wolverine in the MCU. But I would love him in an alternate reality Old Man Logan series. Hell, bring back Jeremy Renner as old Hawkeye!

JackDeth - 10/14/2025, 7:34 PM

I'm really looking forward to putting all the FOX nonsense behind us. I've been waiting for the MCU to reboot the X-MEN ever since Marvel regained the rights. I was fine with the send-off in DP3, but only a little annoyed that we're giving them yet another send-off in DOOMSDAY/SECRET WARS, but damn it, I REALLY don't want to see the FOX actors again after that. I want X-MEN created by fans, for fans and I never felt that from FOX.

Nolanite - 10/14/2025, 7:35 PM

As Hugh Jackman's stunt double, I am excited to see what you guys think about my performance in Doomsday and Secret Wars.

Don't worry guys, I tried to do the shittiest job ever!

I'll post some spoilers about Doomsday soon enough!

Nolanite out

SethBullock - 10/14/2025, 7:38 PM

Marvel Studios should have fully rebooted the X-Men with new actors years ago, and leave the Fox-Men in the Deadpool corner or for multiversal nostalgia cameos.

With Spidey, they introduced a new Peter played by Holland, then used Tobey and Andrew as multiversal cameos years later, that made sense even if I didn't like NWH, but this would be like bringing Tobey's Spidey back first and keep him in the MCU for years as the main Spider-Man, it's huge mistake.

Apophis71 - 10/14/2025, 9:02 PM

@SethBullock - If they could have they should have but by all accounts were unable to for five years after the deal was signed in 2019 due to clauses in the contracts so earliest to start pre-prod would have been last year. That all could have been BS from scoopers but I'd rather they took 6yrs to work out how to do a recast Xmen film WELL than rush one out within a couple years amidst COVID, Strikes and the era of the quantity over quality mandate.

LibraMatter - 10/14/2025, 7:43 PM

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Kind of overstaying his welcome if Hugh stays past the next one or two movies. Get some new younger actors as the new X-Men already for the MCU! Im an older guy and think we need new actors in the parts. The older Fox-Men had their time. Even if it didn't quite be as a good as we wanted, let a new group do better and more comic book accurate costumes. This news, if true, sucks. I like X-23 but I hope they have a new Logan moving forward.

HashTagSwagg - 10/14/2025, 7:48 PM

As much as I'd like him to stay on, I just don't buy it.

BillyBatson1000 - 10/14/2025, 7:50 PM

Alimony is a BITCH.

But jeez Hugh, do I visit my problems on you?

ModHaterSLADE - 10/14/2025, 7:50 PM

If they can give him actually good stories, I'm all for it. I really wanna see a good adaptation of Old Man Logan.

slickrickdesigns - 10/14/2025, 7:51 PM

I would think they’ll just officially old man Logan him. Probably end up in a Deadpool XForce team while the new mutants get an introduction film with no Wolverine. Maybe introduce a new Wolverine after the first new X-men film.

Jackraow21 - 10/14/2025, 7:57 PM

I’m good with this. With costuming and digital touch ups having gotten so good (and getting better every day), no reason he can’t continue for another decade in the role in my view.

Wahhvacado - 10/14/2025, 7:57 PM

I'd prefer a recast. Hopefully he gets a good send off in Secret Wars

hue66 - 10/14/2025, 8:04 PM

The multiverse is the opportunity to reboot this character. If he stays on post Secret Wars how are they going to change the actor later on if the multiverse is over? The only way I can see this is if they do a futuristic story where he is still alive as Old man Logan. But a rebooted actor could still play Old man Logan and aged up so still no need for Jackman.

Apophis71 - 10/14/2025, 9:08 PM

@hue66 - The end of a multiverse saga doesn't mean the end of their being a multiverse, just means the end of incursions, thus the simple answer is intro THE new 616 recast version and have DP&W2 remain on his alt timeline as a seperated franchise lampooning the MCU (and everything else under the sun) just as DP did with the Xmen where it always felt otherverse even whilst trying to imply it was canon to the FoxMen universe.

LenSpiderman - 10/14/2025, 10:09 PM

@Apophis71 - I’d love for them to keep multiple universes running simultaneously, but I’d also like to have characters cross over that may exist in other timelines. Like I want F4 to go back to their retro timeline, but then they would need to have their version of spidey, or strange, or Namor. And Deadpool and the Fox men and she hulk should remain in the universe where people can break the fourth wall. And I think a good X-men movie early on would be to have the fox men mingle with the new cast in a version of astonishing X-men, as a final final FINAL run for the Fox men in any other universe other than their own.

TheVisionary25 - 10/14/2025, 8:12 PM

I feel like I have heard this rumor multiple times in various forms post DP & W with nothing new being added to it so are scoopers just regurgitating now?.

Anyway , I would prefer Hugh be in SW but that is his final appearance in the role for good with us getting a clean slate for all mutants after that film…

However, if this happens then the only way I would accept it is if we got Hugh in a supporting role as the “old man” version of his character while we get a “younger” actor as the MCU take who will be the main iteration moving forward like it was in the comics at one point!!.

Kadara - 10/14/2025, 8:19 PM

I would like for them to make Cyclops the main guy. He was my favorite in the newly restored X-Men

"How many damn it? How many??!"

MouthyMerc - 10/14/2025, 8:31 PM

No we’re good. We want a new Wolverine.

TheOtherOn - 10/14/2025, 8:47 PM

Or... Until Disney/Marvel keeps milking the Sheeple who are dumb and stupid enough to keep spending their hard earned money on mediocracy. 🥱 😴

Matchesz - 10/14/2025, 8:59 PM

Deadpool 3 had some good scenes you can watch on youtube but I wish the fights had more weight to them, maybe instead of a bunch of nobody variants, there were 5 main side bad guys that could match up to and rival each hero, like they should have done more with the Wolverine/Sabretooth scene. Theylove giving the audience blue balls for some reason.

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