Hugh Jackman Set For X-Men Return

The latest X-Men adventure, Days Of Future Past, is shaping up to be somewhat of a school reunion. Provided the institution in question is Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Because, hot on the heels of word that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will be back for the new movie comes the news that Hugh Jackman is also in talks to bring Wolverine to the screen once more. Of course, unlike Stewart and McKellen, Jackman has never really left the X-universe, since he had X-Men Origins: Wolverine and popped up for a memorably sweary cameo in First Class. And with the other two returning, a Jackman presence seemed that much more likely. We're guessing he'll have a little bit more to do in the new movie, which Bryan Singer will direct from a Simon Kinberg script. It'll be based on the titular run of the Marvel created by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin that is partially set in an alternate future where mutants are hunted and killed, with the survivors rounded out by Sentinels and kept in concentration camp. Our heroes must stop a key event in order to keep the future from coming true. Of course, no one yet knows how much of the storyline will be translated to the big screen, but with James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult and Jennifer Lawrence all back as the younger versions of Xavier, Magneto, Mystique and Beast, we can expect some time-warping to have them meet the X-Men of our present day. Now we have to wonder who will be next? Could Halle Berry Crop up as Storm? Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler? Anna Paquin's Rogue? While Days Of Future Past isn't set to arrive until July 18, 2014, you won't have to wait that long for your next hit of mutant madness – The Wolverine will be with us on July 25 next year.