Earlier today, The Wolverine director James Mangold responded to a tweet asking when Wolverine 3 will begin production. Based on the already announced release date for 2017, it's not a huge surprise when Mangold said they'll begin in early 2016.
Already reported for the next Wolverine film, is that it will bring back Patrick Stewart as Professor X. Nothing else has been revealed about the movie, including plot. Hugh Jackman is also slated to be in next year's X-Men: Apocalypse, as well as being rumored for cameos in the Deadpool and Gambit movies.
So, who else is wondering when Fox will stop using Wolverine as a crutch? He's been the main character of 4 X-Men movies as well as 2 solo Wolverine movies. If Fox really wants to expand their X-Men cinematic universe to rival Marvel's Avengers, shouldn't they expand their focus beyond Hugh Jackman?
Sure, we are getting Deadpool and Gambit movies, but it took A LOT of fan support and outcry to get those. And maybe those films will be big enough hits to convince Fox to broaden their focus. But nothing is certain when it comes to Hollywood. Perhaps with films starring Ryan Reynolds ( Deadpool ) and Channing Tatum ( Gambit ) Fox can be convinced to take more chances.
Fox holds the rights to a plethora of fascinating characters. They just need to get some creative talent and some smart casting to make some cinematic magic. Let's not forget, before 2008 Iron Man was hardly a household name. And we all know how that has changed.
- Lando McFly
Same thing happend in the comics. Wolverine became too over saturated on too many teams so they had to "kill him off". Luckily, they've stuck to their guns for the past 3.5 months, but it's inevitable that he'll return at some point. In comics, the dead don't stay dead.
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