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Remember that, when the first X-Men movie came out, they didn't know the superhero genre would take off like it did. In the first cast, they had to include Wolverine and Storm (the two most popular), Cyclops and Jean (the two integral to the plot), and Rogue (whose can't-touch-you power best symbolize mutant isolation), so right off the bat they couldn't follow the original team lineup. After that, they've been trying to fix the timeline, but then it got worse for them when Brian Singer bailed to make that awful Superman movie, and they churned out two awful movies, killing two of their most pivotal characters in the process. Whoopsie.
Since then, they've been trying their best to repair the canon, and they're getting better - The Wolverine was the closest they've been yet to remaining faithful to the actual story. As for a reboot, it will take Stewart, McKellan, and (most importantly) the un-recastable Hugh Jackman to retire or die before they do that - and seeing as Jackman appears to be intent on playing Wolverine well into his old age, I wouldn't hold your breath.
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