Hugh Jackman Says There Are “Really Cool Ideas” for ‘The Wolverine’ Sequel

Posted on Thursday, November 14th, 2013 by Germain Lussier

With its patient take on the popular character, James Mangold‘s The Wolverine was a slightly surprising hit. Most people expected it to be successful but, by the end of its run, it’ll end up being the 2nd highest grossing X-Men movie of all-time. So, of course, 20th Century Fox signed up the film’s director James Mangold, and star Hugh Jackman, to come back for a sequel.

The film is still a long ways off – there’s not even a script yet – but in a new interview Jackman said he recently spoke to Mangold and the ideas he has are “really cool.”

Jackman spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the sequel, and said the following:

I was on the phone with Jim Mangold last night. There are some really cool ideas that I’m dying to tell you, but that would be giving away a secret that is not even [fully] formed yet.

After The Wolverine, much was made that Jackman didn’t have a contract to play the character moving ahead. The actor said that hasn’t been an issue in the past.

I started with a two-picture deal on the first two [X-Men films], and from that point on, it’s been movie by movie — not just me, but Fox and Jim and everyone. I do want to do it with Jim and with [producer] Lauren Shuler-Donner because we had such a great experience. I’m really proud of The Wolverine.

Still, at 45 years old, the character has become a physical strain on the actor and he said the following about wanting to come back:

I don’t want to dive into another one until we have a compelling reason to do another one. I love the character, he’s kind of like a best friend to me, and I don’t ever want to take [him] or the fans for granted. … I think we’ve got a great opportunity to make something really cool, but it has to be great. That’s what we’re all working toward.

It’ll be difficult to predict a storyline for The Wolverine 2 until we see Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, where the character plays a pretty huge role. What do you think?