After almost two decades, Marvel has answered fans' long-running prayers as the X-Men franchise is set to crossover into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Deadpool and Wolverine . The highly anticipated threequel to Ryan Reynolds' R-rated Deadpool brings his real-life best friend and on-screen rival, Hugh Jackman out of retirement as Logan aka the Wolverine. Even though Jackman famously left the three-clawed mutant behind him in 2018’s Logan, Wolverine is back, thanks to the infinite possibilities of time travel and Marvel’s multiverse.
Yet, with over 45 MCU projects to date and 14 X-Men films to wade through before this highly-anticipated frenemies bromance takes to the big screen, it can be difficult to know where to start with this interconnected universe. Though you might get away with skipping certain films of characters with speculated cameos, such as Elektra, there’s some much-needed context for a lot of the events that are anticipated to happen within this film. For anyone new to the Marvel timeline or the X-Men franchise, we’ve curated a handy guide of essential viewing if you want to understand all the references, cameos and those all-important Easter Eggs.
This is completely spoiler-free for the final movie too, so don’t worry about that! If you’re after more MCU too, check out our guides to all of the upcoming Marvel movies and shows and how to watch the Marvel movies in order . X-Men Release date: 2000 X-Men was the film that kick-started the 14-film f.
