Matthew Vaughn is telling all with regards to his plan for an X-Men trilogy that Fox Studios did not pick up and it mentions Tom Hardy playing Wolverine.
Mathew Vaughn was the mind behind X-Men: First Class, which has widely been regarded as the best film to ever come to the X-Men franchise. His plan for the mutants was simple. X-Men: First Class was meant to come first and would be followed by two more movies. One movie would be set in the ’70s and the last of the trilogy would be Days of Future Past.
Vaughn revealed to Coming Soon that he envisioned Tom Hardy as a young Wolverine but his vision was destroyed when Fox Execs decided not to produce the second film set in the 70s but go straight to 'Days of Future Past' right after 'First Class'. This decision by Execs is what prompted Matthew Vaughn to leave the X-Men franchise.
Matthew Vaughn on why he lefty X-Men franchise:
That’s one of the reasons I didn’t continue, because they didn’t listen to me. My plan was “First Class,” then second film was new young Wolverine in the 70’s to continue those characters, my version of the X-Men. So you’d really get to know all of them, and my finale was gonna be “Days of Future Past.” That was gonna be my number three where you bring them all… because what’s bigger than bringing in McKellen and Michael and Stewart and James and bringing them all together? When I finished the “Days of Future Past” script with it ready to go I looked at it and said, “I really think it would be fun to cast Tom Hardy or someone as the young Wolverine and then bring it all together at the end.” Fox read “Days of Future Past” and went “Oh, this is too good! We’re doing it now!” And I said, “Well what do you do next? Trust me you’ve got nowhere to go.” Then they did “Apocalypse” and it’s like… If you flip that ’round even it would have been better. Hollywood doesn’t understand pacing. Their executives are driving 100 miles-per-hour looking in the rear-view mirror and not understanding why they crash.
Matthew Vaughn commenting on Tom Hardy as Wolverine back in 2017:
After doing First Class, I really felt that I was playing in a sandpit that wasn’t my sandpit. It was Bryan Singer’s. Bryan wanted to direct First Class, and then we worked on the Days of Future Past screenplay.
When we finished [Days of Future Past], I remember saying to Simon Kinberg and Emma Watts; guys, this feels like it should be a third of the trilogy. It’s such a big concept. Why don’t we do another, one set in the ’70s, because of Young Wolverine, and then the third one is Days of Future Past, where you’re seeing the Young Wolverine with, let’s say it’s Tom Hardy and Hugh Jackman and all the other characters were together. For me, that’s the end of a trilogy. How do you beat that?
And I got told no, and when I’m in my sandpit, I don’t like hearing no if I think it’s a good idea. I adore Bryan, and I thought, you know what, I’m going to hand the baton to him. Bryan was nice enough to give me the baton to run with. And I ran with it, and didn’t fall over, and I handed it back.
We know that Tom Hardy may never get to play Wolverine since he is currently starring in Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff universe as venom. Currently, with Marvel Studios in the market for a new Wolverine and with Tom Hardy decidedly unavailable it will be interesting to see who the MCU will select to play this iconic and coveted role.
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