Then
the Wolverine solo film was a bit of a critical flop and they had trouble developing a Magneto origin story.
The first
Wolverine solo film was released in 2009, with Gavin Hood's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a film that was panned by both fans and critics.
Both X-Men: Apocalypse and Deadpool were filmed (after numerous years of development woes for Deadpool), while Hugh Jackman confirmed the next
Wolverine solo film will be his last outing as the character.
According to the Hollywood Reporter Thursday evening, 20th Century Fox has announced release dates for the sequel to June 19, 2015's Josh Trank - directed Fantastic Four reboot and another untitled
Wolverine solo film directed by The Wolverine's James Mangold.
Not exact matches
With Hugh Jackman's reign as
Wolverine likely coming to a close with this final
film in his
solo efforts, Fox has found their big villain for the epic conclusion to what is -LSB-...]
Logan director James Mangold has continued his social media push for the upcoming X-Men
solo sequel by sharing a new image of Hugh Jackman's
Wolverine, along with a couple of storyboards from the
film, which appear to be from the same sequence; check them out here... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Logan Set in -LSB-...]
Taylor Kitsch - who played Gambit in «X-Men Origins:
Wolverine» - reveals that he didn't have the option to return for the upcoming
solo film.
As Logan draws closer and closer to its release date, the cast and crew of the
Wolverine solo movie are out doing the press rounds, and speaking to We Got This Covered, Logan director James Mangold spoke about the possibility of further developing the future X-Men world by doing a
film centered the young mutant X-23.
Its composer, the talented Cliff Martinez, has signed on to score James Mangold's untitled third
solo Wolverine film.
When SFX Magazine pushed Jackman on the topic of him staying around as
Wolverine, the Australian actor said that the next
solo Wolverine film, his possible ninth time as the character on
film, would be his last.
Jackman has been very open in recent months about wanting to stay with the series and playing the character as long as he can, and with his rumored appearance in Deadpool as well, as well as the aforementioned third
solo film on the way, it seems we have quite a few
films left with Jackman's
Wolverine.
Logan's last
solo -
film, The
Wolverine, began
filming 12 months before its projected release date, a time that's fast approaching if Fox plans to hit that date.