They have to pivot to achieve longevity. There are tons of storylines they can still take the Avengers on, and individual characters through, but the storylines that'll be worthy of a $1 billion box office receipt or more are fading. Introduce the Xmen origin and focus on that whole side of things, with cameos from the Avengers before the individual actors hang it up. If they're going to introduce the Xmen eventually, I think that if they do introduce Wolverine in Infinity War Part 2, they'll just get the recasted Wolverine, not Jackman, so they can have continuity. They're probably already doing secret preliminary casting for who'll make up the Xmen team.
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