Why did the MCU boss advise Hugh Jackman to stay away from Deadpool and Wolverine?

“Do not come back”

Deadpool and Wolverine is probably the most anticipated film by Maison des Idées fans. But despite the hype that the film generates, the project almost never saw the light of day because of the boss of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige. It is on the occasion of a interview with Empire that the latter returned to the next projects of the superheroic cinematographic universe. The latter then confides, at first, to having opposed the return of Hugh Jackman in his role as a mutant.

Let me give you some advice Hugh. Do not come back. You already had the best ending in history in Logan, we shouldn't go back to that. – Kevin Feige to Hugh Jackman (Empire)

He explains this request by the desire to preserve the outcome experienced by the character of Wolverine in Loganadaptation of the comics Old Man Logan, which featured the aging mutant. Kevin Feige even reveals having initially rejected Ryan Reynolds' proposal for a third Deadpool filmpreferring to look for a more effective way to insert the character into the MCU, explaining that:

The truth is, I didn't even know how to incorporate Deadpool yet. I was thinking a lot about how to bring the mutants and the X-Men into the MCU, but I thought it had to be done in ways other than a “hit” movie. But Ryan is an idea machine. He presented this idea to me, but he also presented 25 other avenues of thought.

He then explains that the idea continued to run through his head, so much so that he finally called Ryan Reynolds to give it the green light.

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Homo Superior

Deadpool and Wolverine will have the heavy task of definitively integrate mutants into the MCUor at least to prepare us for it for good, after their first official appearances via the characters of Kamala Khan, Namor and Charles Xavier, respectively in Ms. Marvel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever And Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In addition to the two heroes starring in the next film, 11 other mutants are already visible in the latest trailer. Thus, we were given to see Cassandra Nova, antagonist of the feature film and twin sister of Professor X, originally accidentally killed In utero by the latter's powers, before surviving in the astral plane. His origins will undoubtedly be different in the filmbut she still seems to retain her telekinetic powers.

Pyro, with his incandescent powers, also makes his return, as does Sabretooth, who was seen in various set photos. Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Shatterstar are also present in the latest trailer, when Yukio, Lady Deathstrike, Azazel, Callisto and The Toad are visible for short scenes. All the mutants in the Fox franchise are likely to return for a cameo or more, and there are rumors about the presence of Mystique, Magneto and Cyclops in the next feature filmexpected in theaters on July 24.