‘Wolverine 3′ Script Now Being Written by Michael Green

Hugh Jackman will be starring in at least one more Wolverine solo movie (tentatively referred to as Wolverine 3), before he’s done playing Logan in the X-Men movie franchise. The new film is slated for release in 2017 and shall reunite Jackman with his The Wolverine director James Mangold – but beyond that, details are scarce right now.

David James Kelly, who penned a script for Fox’s Daredevil movie reboot that never happened, was previously reported to be working on the Wolverine 3 script (under Mangold’s guidance) – possibly borrowing plot elements from the “Old Man Logan” comic book storyline for his screenplay. Patrick Stewart has also indicated that the film might build on the conclusion to X-Men: Days of Future Past, given the… unusual relationship that Stewart’s Professor X and Logan now have after the movie’s timeline-altering events (as only Charles knows Logan still remembers the original timeline).

The Wrap is reporting that Michael Green has now taken over Wolverine 3 screenwriting duties, with Mangold still actively overseeing the script development process. Green has been quite busy of late; he worked on the screenplays for Blade Runner 2 (which begins shooting next year) and Prometheus 2 (potentially Ridley Scott’s next project), in addition to collaborating with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller on the American Gods TV series adaptation (expected to premiere on Starz in 2016).

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