‘Wolverine 3’: ‘Narcos’ Star Boyd Holbrook In Talks For Villain Role
By Angie Han/April 8, 2016 4:36 pm EST
Also starring in the film will be Patrick Stewart, who reprises his role from the earlier X-Men films as Charles Xavier a.k.a. Professor X. Liev Schreiber, who played Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine has additionally hinted at a possible return, but has not officially been confirmed to appear. James Mangold, who directed 2013’s The Wolverine, returns to direct the character’s third and final solo film. David James Kelly wrote the script.
Holbrook stars in Netflix’s Narcos as DEA agent Steve Murphy, and has also had roles in History’s Hatfields & McCoys and Showtime’s The Big C. On the movie side, he’s had roles in Gone Girl, The Skeleton Twins, and Jane Got a Gun, and will soon be seen in The Free World and Terrence Malick’s Weightless (provided he didn’t get cut, as tends to happen to actors in Malick movies).
Wolverine 3, which will get a title change before hitting theaters, will be based on Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s “Old Man Logan” arc from the comics. The original story unfolds in a dystopian future ruled by supervillains. The former Wolverine has long since retired to a quiet life his family, but gets sucked back into superhero drama when he agrees to help an old friend deliver a package.
