Hugh Jackman Says MCU Could Already Make an AI Version of Wolverine

Hugh Jackman is not on the call sheet for Avengers: Doomsday, even though a bunch of the original X-Men are showing up. But if you think that means he is done with Wolverine for good, hold that thought.

Jackman popped up on The Graham Norton Show and, as you might expect, Norton immediately poked the bear about his return in 2024's smash Deadpool & Wolverine and whether he is going to go back for more. Jackman played coy with a playful maybe, and then dropped the line that matters:

"I am never saying 'never' ever again."

To be fair, he really did mean it when he said he was finished after 2017's Logan. That movie literally killed off his Wolverine. But this is Marvel; death is more of a suggestion. Thanks to timelines and multiverse shenanigans, he came back in the third Deadpool movie as a different version of the character.

Norton also tossed out a very modern solution: if Jackman ever decides the training regimen is a bit much, the studio could just CGI his face on someone else. Jackman did not flinch. He laughed, basically said 100%, and pointed out he has done this ten times already, so Marvel has plenty of his face and body in the archive. He even joked they could probably cobble together a Graham Norton appearance from past visits while he hid in the dressing room.

Quick refresher on how long he has been at this: Jackman first popped the claws in Fox's X-Men back in 2000. That run makes him one of the longest-serving Marvel actors. Weirdly, his actual MCU debut only happened last year with Deadpool & Wolverine. And as of now, he is not officially attached to any upcoming Marvel project.

Which brings us back to Avengers: Doomsday. The movie is already in post-production. If Jackman were going to cameo, he would likely have shot it by now, unless Marvel plans to squeeze it in during reshoots. Either way, there is another obvious place fans are eyeing for a Wolverine return: Avengers: Secret Wars.

• 2000: Jackman debuts as Wolverine in Fox's X-Men
• 2017: Logan kills off his version of the character
• 2024: He re-enters the fray in Deadpool & Wolverine as a timeline-variant
• 2026-12-18: Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters as part of Marvel Phase 6 (with several OG X-Men back, but not Jackman)

The headline here is simple: Jackman is not in Doomsday, but he is not shutting the door on Wolverine anymore. The door is cracked open, and Marvel loves a cracked door.