Bryan Singer Has Pitched X-23 to Fox to Be the New Wolverine
It was previously rumored that X-23 might join Logan in director James Mangold’s Wolverine 3. With Hugh Jackman hanging up his claws after this movie, it would make sense to see a Wolverine replacement, and if that happened, Marvel's new female Wolverine, Laura Kinney, who was previously known as X-23, would be the perfect choice.
Well, it turns out that Bryan Singer actually already pitched the new female Wolverine to Fox. In a recent interview Fandango, Singer was asked if there was any truth to the rumor of bringing X-23 into Wolverine 3, and this is what he said:
"I have discussed that with the studio. I actually initially pitched the X-Force and the female."
He went on to explain that his involvement with the film is only at an idea level. There’s no word on if Fox is moving forward with the female Wolverine idea, but I’m pretty sure that’s how things are going to play out. It’d be ridiculous if they didn’t take that route and introduce X-23 into Wolverine 3, which could lead to her taking on the mantle of Wolverine.
If you’re not familiar with X-23, she is the product of a top-secret program set up to replicate Weapon X, which is the group that gave Wolverine his adamantium skeleton. X-23 was created in the attempt to clone Wolverine. The first 22 attempts of this cloning process failed, but the 23rd attempt was a success and X-23 was born and that's how she got her code name.
X-23 was later given the name of Laura Kinney, and she has all of the superhero abilities that Wolverine has including super strength, healing factor, quick reflexes, and agility. One of the main differences — other than gender — is that X-23 has two retractable claws that spring out from her hands instead of three. She also has an extra set that comes out of her feet.
As I said before, she is a character that has been involved with both the X-Men and X-Force, so she could pop in and out of both those film properties.