10 Radical Ideas To Reboot Wolverine On Film

10. Not Everything With An X On It Has To Be Complicated

Let’s get this one out of the way. The easiest way to bring Wolverine back is to recast him. No weird and wonderful sci-fi explanation as to why he looks different, no convoluted storyline to resurrect him after his sticky end in Logan. Just make a movie set before 2029, and hire someone new to play him.

Diehard Jackholes (that’s what Hugh Jackman fanatics call themselves, right?) will no doubt be up in arms over it, insisting that no one else can possibly play a five-foot-three Canadian but a six-foot-two Australian veteran of musical theatre. However, let’s not forget that, eighteen years ago, it was the same subset of nerd society who said the exact opposite.

Hugh Jackman is a wonderful actor who has been instrumental in making Wolverine a household name. Sean Connery did the same thing for James Bond back in the early sixties, as did Michael Keaton for Batman in the early nineties. All three men had to move on at some point, and so should everyone else.

Of course, the real problem is that choosing the wrong person can set you back years and millions of dollars and leave you back where you started. You can ask George Lazenby and Val Kilmer about that, if you like.