All-New Marvel Cast Explosion Network

4 years after telling Logan’s origin story, Hugh Jackman returns in a film that sees him facing his potential mortality in Japan, taking inspiration from one of the most highly regarded Wolverine comics. Listen as Ashley, Ciaran and Dylan discuss the film, talk about how this fits into X-Men cannon and wonder how much of a friendship did Logan have with that bear.

After the high of X-Men 2 and Bryan Singer leaving to direct Superman, Brett Ratner took over directing duties and delivered a film that disappointed many. Listen as Ashley, Ciaran and Dylan discuss the film, talk about how they tried to tackle the Phoenix and the Mutant Cure and question if a bridge is heavier than a cargo ship.

Held up as one of the best comic book adaptations, does X-Men 2 (or X2) still hold up in 2024? Listen as Ashley, Ciaran and Dylan discuss the film, talk about the new mutants introduced like Nightcrawler and question why the film had to end that way.

Here we are at the first release in the X-Men cinematic franchise and the first appearance of Hugh Jackamn as Logan. Listen as Ashley, Ciaran and Dylan discuss the film, talk about how Rogue is used in the movie and question if it could have worked with comics-accurate costumes.

Here we are revisiting the first of Hugh Jackman’s solo Wolverine films which looked to answer how Wolverine came to be an adamantium-filled amnesiac. Listen as Ashley, Ciaran and Dylan discuss the film, reminisce on the leaked pre-VFX version of the movie and try to work out why they did this to Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool.

To kick this Mutant Rewatch off we go back to the beginning…kind off. The fifth entry in the franchise is a prequel set in the 1960s and sees Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet for the first time before they become Professor X and Magneto. Listen as Ashley, Ciaran and Dylan discuss the film, judge what elements do and don’t work with the future continuity and compare James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender’s performances to Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen’s.