Wolverine Reportedly Confirmed to Appear in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE?
The possible inclusion of Wolverine in X-Men: Apocalypse is something we’ve talked about on the site a few times in the past. His involvement is something that I think most of us fans were expecting because he’s shown up in every other freakin’ ensemble X-Men movie. The most recent big clue that Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine would show up in the film came about a week ago when Bryan Singer said that he didn’t fit in the story “as a central character.” It’s that moment that I believed Wolverine would show up in the film, but it would be more of a cameo.
Now ElMayimbe has confirmed it in a recent scoop on Heroic Insider. He says that 20th Century Fox will be premiering a new trailer for the film at CinemaCon this Thursday, and that trailer will reportedly feature Wolverine. The report goes on to say that Wolverine wasn’t originally in the film, but was added during reshoots.
We don’t know exactly what Wolverine's part in the film will be, but Singer previously teased where the character could pop up. He explained:
"The quartet have been kidnapped by army twonk William Stryker following a cataclysmic event at the X-Mansion, and wake up in a holding cell. On a balcony above them, Stryker taunts his prisoners, demanding to know the whereabouts of Magneto."
The facility that Stryker takes the mutants to is Weapon X, which is where Wolverine got his famous adamantium skeleton and claws. I imagine he’s hanging around in there somewhere.
It’ll be interesting to see how Wolverine will briefly play into the story. X-Men: Apocalypse drops in theaters on May 27th, 2016.