It’s official! Old, bald Charles is coming back.Wolverine 3has started shooting, and we already know that the story takes place in the future and will be held within the Western genre. Now, a rumor we often heard leading into the start of production has been confirmed.Patrick Stewartis returning asProfessor Xin this final chapter of the Logan saga. Though, we’re not quite sure how he will be utilized in the plot just yet.
Wolverine 3will mark the finalX-Menfilm for starHugh Jackman. And the actor plans on going out in a big way. We’ve heard plenty of rumors that the storyline is based on the iconic Old Man Logan story arc. While that has not been confirmed, the movie will beRated R, allowing forJackman’s seasoned mutant to go on full-blown berserker rage, and for the first time, fans will really get to see what those Adamantium claws are capable of doing. It wasColliderwho caught up with producer Hutch Parker, and got him to confirm the presence of the olderCharles Xavier. Says the producer about the actor’s participation in this anticipated sequel.
“I am [involved in Wolverine 3], in fact I’m on loan from them right now… I will confirm that Patrick Stewart is part of the film.”
Patrick Stewartlet the cat slip out of the bag back whenX-Men: Apocalypsewas still in production. And he seemed quite excited about returning to the character at the time. He was last seen playing Professor X inX-Men: Days of Future Past, where he shared the character withJames McAvoy. According to the actor, this will be a much different Charles than we’ve seen before. Mostly because the man had his life greatly altered by the time travel seen inDays of Future Past. The plan is to have afather son relationshipplay out between Charles and Logan. Producer Parker goes onto say this about howWolverine 3is quite a departure from the previous films in the X-Men franchise.
“I’m not going to tease much, we’re really trying to do something - look you asked your earlier question, it’s the right one, which is ‘How do you follow these movies up?’ And [director] Jim Mangold and Hugh were really intent on trying to do something unique and different with this. That’s what we’re setting out to do. I’m not going to tip how, but I’m hoping that you guys will really love it, I think it’s really, really special.”
X-Men: Apocalypsefeatures an extendedWolverinecameo withHugh Jackmanonce again playing the character. DirectorBryan Singerhas confirmed that this version of the Marvel mutant is actually Weapon X, and he’s fully functioning as a weapon of mass destruction. The movie will also set up the first meeting between Logan and Jean Grey. It is believed thatX-Men 7, which is set in the 1990s and partially takes place in space, will tell the Dark Phoenix saga, a story from the Marvel comics that was touched upon inX-Men 3: Last Stand, but never really done justice. It isn’t clear when we’ll learn 3’s storyline. But with production taking place as we speak, we can expect to see some leaked set photos any day now.
