Deadpool & Wolverine sees Hugh Jackman return in the Wolverine role, but this variant of the iconic mutant joins the MCU sporting a few major differences. Deadpool & Wolverine became a financial and critical success shortly after its release, with the movie now grossing over $1 billion in its box office results. A big part of this success can naturally be attributed to the return of Hugh Jackman, who once again appears as Wolverine in a Marvel movie – though this time now for a Marvel Cinematic Universe release.

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine received a definitive conclusion to his 17-year movie run in Fox’s X-Men franchise. He reset the X-Men movie timeline after changing the past in order to rewrite the Sentinel invasion out of existence in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but he couldn’t avoid the mutants’ extinction in Logan. Soon after, Wolverine succumbed to an attack by his clone following the deterioration of his healing factor due to adamantium poisoning. Yet, Hugh Jackman appears once more as Logan in Deadpool & Wolverine, naturally raising questions about how this is possible, and if he is indeed the same Wolverine.

Is Wolverine In Deadpool 3 The Same One In Logan?

Deadpool & Wolverine‘s main Wolverine isn’t the same as the one Hugh Jackman portrays in Logan. The story of the movie sees Deadpool journey to try and recruit another Wolverine variant to help him save his world after discovering the death of his world’s Wolverine in Logan is set to lead to the end of the Fox universe. Wade Wilson meets a range of Wolverine variants – all played by Hugh Jackman bar one Henry Cavill iteration – and eventually teams up with “the Worst Wolverine” after the pair end up stuck in the Void together.

This works to effectively replace the original Wolverine – or at least allow Jackman to appear once more in the role – without changing his death, which is further cemented by the plot of Deadpool & Wolverine. The new Wolverine looking like his on-screen predecessor allows for emotional scenes that could only be pulled off with the character being played by Hugh Jackman to still work, such as the character coming face to face with Dafne Keen’s Laura some time after she experiences the events of Logan. The decision also opens the potential for Jackman’s Wolverine to appear in future MCU movies.

Wolverine Appearance
In-Universe “Present Day”

X-Men: Days of Future Past
2023

Logan
2029

Marvel Cinematic Universe
2026

How Deadpool & Wolverine’s Logan Is Different To The Original

While the main Wolverine that stars in the Fox X-Men movies and the Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine look very similar, and have some similar attributes, they have quite different stories – with their resemblance simply being down to the fact that almost every Wolverine variant seen in the film is played by Hugh Jackman. Deadpool & Wolverine‘s main Wolverine obtains the “worst Wolverine” nickname Mr. Paradox gives him via his backstory, which sees him be absent when the X-Men are killed, drinking at a bar while his teammates are slaughtered.

Wolverine remains deeply guilty about this throughout the movie, wearing the yellow and blue suit the X-Men gave him in memory of his deceased allies, who constantly asked him to wear it and be part of the team. This is fairly different to the original Fox movie Wolverine, who is offered a black leather suit to match his fellow X-Men in the 2000 release and only semi-begrudgingly agrees. It’s also worth note that the variant Wolverine describes having gone berserk for some years after the death of the X-Men, which is another key difference here.

While Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Logan has an outwardly grumpy but inwardly kind approach that is similar to much of what was seen from the original movie Wolverine – and indeed, Jackman uses many of the same mannerisms between the two versions of the character – their overall lives appear quite different, as the original Fox movie Logan seemingly has a more active role with the X-Men before their deaths in different circumstances. This sets up the Deadpool & Wolverine version of the character to feel different comparatively, and also to give him his own distinctive storyline and redemption arc of sorts.