Patrick Stewart hints at Wolverine team-up with Hugh Jackman and confirms Ian McKellen for X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men character Professor Xavier could be joining forces with Wolverine

Patrick Stewart has hinted at a Wolverine movie that pairs Professor Xavier with Hugh Jackman's character

He might have ruled both himself and Ian McKellen out of the next X-Men film just last month, but now, Patrick Stewart has changed his story and teased a Wolverine role to boot.

The English actor confirmed that while it is “very unlikely” that he will be returning for X-Men: Apocalypse which is preparing to start shooting in Montreal, McKellen is “certainly going to be in it” as Magneto.

Even more excitingly, Stewart added that he could be joining an upcoming X-Men spin-off that would pair him with Wolverine star Hugh Jackman.

“We have been talking about a Wolverine movie, which would team Hugh Jackman and myself together,” he told The Oregonian.

“Wolverine and Professor Xavier. That would be a very different sort of X-Men from the four movies that I’ve already done.”

The next X-Men instalment is due for release on 27 May next year, featuring three new cast members: Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner will play Jean Grey, The Tree of Life’s Tye Sheridan will star as Cyclops and House of Anubis’ Alexandra Ship has been cast as Storm.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Oscar Isaac will play the title villain Apocalypse, alongside returning cast members James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult.

The as-yet-untitled sequel to 2013’s The Wolverine is expected on 3 March 2017.