In what can be considered both good news and bad, the X-Men franchise will be under Disney after the release of Dark Phoenix.That means the X-Men will be part of Marvel Studios under Kevin Feige. The bad news comes from Lauren Shuler Donner, who has produced all the films since 2000’s X-Men, who has confirmed that there will be a search for a new Wolverine.
Donner confirmed that all future X-Men decisions would be up to Disney and Feige.
“That would be between Fox and Disney,”
“Obviously, Kevin and I started the first one. He worked for me. He’s got a great story sense. He’s got a great ability to weave each world and weave those worlds together. I trust him and I trust that he will take care of the X-Men.”
“Yes,” she said. “I don’t know what Kevin’s thinking honestly. I don’t even think Kevin knows. I think Kevin’s still dealing with this wealth of characters and trying to make sense of them.”
“Yes, because Hugh, just the physicality of it all, just to bulk up,” she said. “This man worked so hard to bulk up, would get up at four in the morning to bulk and eat protein meals every two hours because his natural state, they used to call him Worm when he was a kid. So his natural state is a very skinny guy. Once you reach a certain age, the body just won’t go anymore. I think he was wise to say, ‘I’m at that point. I can’t do it.’ Now, that doesn’t mean he can’t come back as older Wolverine. You never know. Future Wolverine, you never know.”
No word on when the search for the new Logan will begin.
