Rumor: ‘Wolverine 3’ To Introduce X-23?
By Angie Han/April 20, 2016 3:30 pm EST
But while Wolverine 3 marks an end for Jackman’s version of the character, it’ll be a brand-new beginning for another mutant. Rumor has it Wolverine 3 will mark the big-screen debut of X-23, a popular comic book character who’s got more than a few things in common with the cantankerous Canadian himself.
X-23, also called Laura Kinney, first appeared in the animated series X-Men: Evolution before making her way to the comics. The result of a Weapon X experiment to clone Wolverine, she has the same accelerated healing factor and adamantium skeleton. She was raised in captivity to be a killing machine, but was eventually able to break free of Weapon X and try to reclaim her life. She’s been affiliated with X-Force and the X-Men, and now headlines her own comic book title as the “All-New” Wolverine.
There’s no word yet on who might play X-23, but if this rumor pans out she should make for an exciting addition to the X-Men universe, especially since the original Wolverine on his way out. And if the character proves a hit, the possibilities seem endless. Although Wolverine 3 takes place in the future, she could theoretically appear in other movies set at other points along the series’ timeline — thanks to that healing factor, she, like Wolverine, ages more slowly than a normal human or mutant.
Wolverine 3 will be based on Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s “Old Man Logan” comic book arc, which unfolds in a dystopian future ruled by supervillains. The former Wolverine has long since retired, but gets sucked back into superhero drama when he agrees to accompany an old friend on a journey. Boyd Holbrook will play the villain, believed to be an original character as opposed to one from the existing onscreen franchise or the comics. James Mangold is directing from a script by David James Kelly.Wolverine 3 is scheduled to arrive March 3, 2017.
