The petition, titled "Have Danny DeVito play the rebooted Wolverine in the MCU", set a goal of 25,000 signatures. As of Thursday (local time) 19,208 people have signed the petition since its creation two weeks ago, with the number of supporters rapidly increasing.
The DeVito fan behind the petition to Marvel, a user known as 'Ring Arius', said: "[Danny DeVito is] the only man able to take the throne after Hugh Jackman.
"We believe that if Wolverine is to make an appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that the only man able to pull it off is Danny DeVito."
