Wolverine 3 (March 3, 2017)
This threequel – Hugh Jackman’s ninth and final turn as the regenerative renegade mutant after 17 years – has come together rather quietly with a cast of, quiet honestly, low-budget people. That’s not to diminish their acting abilities, but it is pretty far from a star-studded car. Perhaps it’s a conscious decision that will allow the light to shine solely on Jackman. What differentiates this entry is the filmmakers are specifically making it R-rated. The plot is under-wraps but is said to be “Western in tone,” set in the future and based very loosely on the comic series Old Man Logan.
Also returning is Patrick Stewart, playing Professor X for the sixth time. Boyd Holbrook is the main villain, described as “head of security for a global enterprise” which is boringly vague. British actors Richard E. Grant and Stephen Merchant play a “mad scientist” and the comic relief respectively, with the latter rumored for Kevin Sydney aka Morph. Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal and Elizabeth Rodriguez also have undisclosed roles. Liev Schrieber, who played Logan’s half-brother/nemesis Sabretooth in Origins, and Laura Kinney aka X23, – a female Wolverine clone – are both rumored to appear as well.
James Mangold previously delivered the competently-made and intermittently-stylish sequel The Wolverine. Compared to the first film, the infamously terrible X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it was a major step up by being, you know, good but yet it still feels like we’re waiting for a definitive Wolverine film. With Wolverine’s Weapon X origin properly retold in the new continuity via his cameo in this week’s X-Men: Apocalypse (set in 1983), the slate is clean to give Jackman the finale he deserves. Production is currently underway in New Orleans.
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