Why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Isn’t in ‘Dark Phoenix’ - Rolling Stone

Why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Isn’t in ‘Dark Phoenix’ Rolling Stone

Beginning with the original X-Men movie, back in the pre-superhero-industrial-complex year of 2000, every non-Deadpool entry in the franchise has had one thing in common: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Dark Phoenix, due in theaters on June 7th, is the exception, and it’s not just because Jackman bid farewell to the character in James Mangold’s superb 2017 film Logan. Jackman could still have fit into the timeline, Kinberg notes, in keeping with his small role in 2016’s X-Men Apocalypse. But there was another issue: In the original Dark Phoenix saga in the comic books — and even in the botched ...