Hugh Jackman Says WOLVERINE 3 Will Explore the Relationship Between Charles Xavier and Logan



Director James Mangold is back at the helm, after directing THE WOLVERINE, for WOLVERINE 3. Lots of rumors, teases and hints imply actor Hugh Jackman's last turn as Logan will have a basis from the 'Old Man Logan' comic book story arc, but nothing has been officially confirmed.

What has been confirmed is that Sir Patrick Stewart will return to the X-Men movie universe and reprise his role as Charles Xavier / Professor X in WOLVERINE 3 — it hasn't been said yet but this too could be Stewart's final appearance in his role. Jackman sat down with Collider and teased Xavier's role in the next Wolverine movie.

“I’ll be really honest with you, the actual script in its full form we’re up to about Page 60. Obviously there’s a treatment, so it’s not fully done yet, we’re not fully there. Patrick does figure in it that’s for sure. I think it’s a really important relationship but I want to see signs of that quasi-father/son sort of relationship that has not been seen before, and sides of particularly Professor X that have not been seen before. So we have some really, really cool ideas.”

Then Jackman said he has to sign off on the script before it goes into production.

“I’m saying ‘but’ and I’m sounding a little cagey because this is the last time I’m playing him, and I have just made the commitment to myself, really, and told everyone that until that script is perfect, until it is that perfect way to sign out, I’m not gonna start shooting. So that’s why I don’t wanna say ‘Yes’ for sure, because until Page 115, 120, whatever it is…”

Quite frankly with this being his last time donning the adamantium claws... Jackman has earned this right to make sure the script and story is exactly to his liking before it goes into production, which in tentatively scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2016.

WOLVERINE 3 (still not officially titled but it could/should be WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN) releases in theaters on March 3, 2017.