It’s now officially confirmed that Hugh Jackman will be leaving the role of Wolverine.
Jackman appeared on the Dr. Oz show where he was asked about playing Logan in The Wolverine sequel as being his last.
“It is my last time. It just felt like it was the right time to do it. And let’s be honest, 17 years. I never thought in a million years it would last, so I’m so grateful to the fans for the opportunity of playing it. I kind of have in my head what we’re going to do in this last one. It just feels like this is the perfect way to go out.”
Jennifer Lawrence also said she was done with the X-Men movies; both Nicolas Hoult and Michael Fassbender all but stated they are done with X-Men as well in recent interviews.
It’s being speculated Fox is going to reboot their X-Men franchise following X-Men: Apocalypse.
The Wolverine 2 lands March 3, 2017 which will also see James Mangold return to direct.
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