Patrick Stewart Confirms Professor X Will Have Significant Role in WOLVERINE 3
Earlier this year, Patrick Stweart talked about the possibility of joining Hugh Jackman in Wolverine 3. In an interview he said, "What I'm very excited about is that we have been talking about a Wolverine movie, which would team Hugh Jackman and myself together. Wolverine and Professor Xavier. That would be a very different sort of X-Men from the four movies that I've already done."
The movie will most likely be based on the Old Man Logan comic book storyline, and in a recent interview with Collider, Stewart was asked about Professor X's involvement and the Old Man Logan story arc. This is what Stewart had to say about it:
I think what you say is true. There is a project in development. I understand that Professor Xavier will be making more than an appearance, however, and that intrigues me. And the idea of an old Wolverine – I’m really looking forward to Hugh Jackman getting old. You know, damn him. He looks so great! So I’m hoping to see him covered in prosthetics, you know? And then he’ll make me look better if that’s the case.
So this solidifies Stewart's involvement with the third Wolverine film, which will be Jackman's last time playing the character. Old Man Logan was written by Mark Millar with art by Steve McNiven. For those of you not familiar with the comic, here's a brief synopsis:
Nobody knows what happened on the night the heroes fell. All we know is that they disappeared and evil triumphed and the bad guys have been calling the shots ever since. What happened to Wolverine is the biggest mystery of all. For 50 years, no one has heard hide nor hair from him...and in his place stands anold man called Logan. A man concerned only about his family. A man pushed to the brink by the HULK GANG. A man forced to help an old friend--the blind archer, HAWKEYE--drive three thousand miles to secure his family's safety. Get ready for the ride of your life, Logan.
Professor X doesn't have a big role in the Old Man Logan storyline in the comic, so things are obviously going to be changed up a bit for the movie, which is fine. It wouldn't be the first time a comic book story was retooled for a feature film!
James Mangold (The Wolverine) is coming back to direct the movie, and it will be released in theaters on March 3rd, 2017.