THE WOLVERINE Sequel Will Explore The Father/Son Relationship Between 'Xavier' & 'Logan'

THE WOLVERINE Sequel Will Explore The Father/Son Relationship Between 'Xavier' & 'Logan'

We already knew that Patrick Stewart would be making an appearance as Charles Xavier in the follow up to James Mangold's The Wolverine, but from the sounds of things he's going to have a much bigger role.

By MarkCassidy - Sep 24, 2015 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Logan
Source: Collider


Collider has managed to get some very interesting updates from Hugh Jackman relating to his final time the claws and muttonchops as everyone's favourite mutant berserker, Wolverine.

It was previously all but confirmed that Charles Xavier would factor into the plot of James Mangold's The Wolverine sequel, but according to Jackman the "quasi-father/son relationship" between the two long-time friends will be explored, and we'll be seeing something "very different" from Sir Patrick Stewart's take on the wheelchair-bound Professor.

The Aussie actor also says that, although he's very happy with how things are coming along, he doesn't want to fully commit to shooting the movie until everything he envisions for his last turn as Logan is just right.

“I’ll be really honest with you, the actual script in its full form we’re up to about Page 60. Obviously there’s a treatment, so it’s not fully done yet, we’re not fully there. Patrick does figure in it that’s for sure. I think it’s a really important relationship but I want to see signs of that quasi-father/son sort of relationship that has not been seen before, and sides of particularly Professor X that have not been seen before. So we have some really, really cool ideas.”


There's still persistent rumors that this will be a loose adaptation of Mark Millar's Old Man Logan, but - aside from Jackman's taken-out-of-context SDCC quotes - nobody involved has offered any confirmation of that yet. Could Xavier take over Hawkeye's role in that story, perhaps? let us know what you think of all of this in the usual place.

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Desr0w
Desr0w - 9/24/2015, 1:59 PM
I'm down with that, pretty excited about The Wolverine now.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 9/24/2015, 2:04 PM
Speaking of fathers, Ben McKenzie knocked up Morena Baccarin, the lucky bastard.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/24/2015, 2:16 PM
I already know that this news won't sit well with many hardcore X-Men fans because the "Father/Son" role of Professor X and Cyclops is more girthier and weightier than the mentor relationship that Wolverine and Prof. X share.




gambgel
gambgel - 9/24/2015, 2:37 PM
It was the perfect oportunity to explore more from Cyclops or Rogue, but no....

more Charles and Logan as the last 15 years, yessssss.

:|
MuphrysLaw
MuphrysLaw - 9/24/2015, 2:37 PM
So how does the timeline work on this? Does this take place in the version of the future existing after DOFP?
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 9/24/2015, 2:38 PM
Because that's always been a thing...
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/24/2015, 2:39 PM
I think this sounds awesome personally. I can't wait to see how they finish his story
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/24/2015, 2:39 PM
Because Singer [frick]ed up the Cyclops Xavier relationship....thats the TRUE father son relationship. The depth of their bond is so significant in the comics.



Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 9/24/2015, 2:40 PM
The father/son relationship should give the screenwriters plenty of opportunities to show Logan weeping or sobbing.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 9/24/2015, 2:42 PM
I'm fine with this, although it will be interesting to explore this if the rumors are true that this will take inspiration from Old Man Logan.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/24/2015, 2:45 PM
I always thought Wolverine 3 should've been Logan truly looking to clean up his past affairs, with Yukio, as he alluded to at the end of THE WOLVERINE. He should look into weapon x and discover vast secrets...maybe X23 is a new breed of weapon. Throw Omega Red in there, allude to he and Logan's past.


sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/24/2015, 2:47 PM
That sucks that we may not get this for Xavier & Cyclops.
Floke
Floke - 9/24/2015, 2:49 PM
Wouldnt Logan be more like a grandpa for Charles?
Havenless
Havenless - 9/24/2015, 2:49 PM
What the hell...wolverine is significantly older than Xavier.
Floke
Floke - 9/24/2015, 2:53 PM
"We'll be seing something "very different" from Sir Patrick Stewart's take"

He will baldly go where no one has gone before?
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 9/24/2015, 2:54 PM
I've lost interest in the X-men movies generally, but for Hugh Jackman I'll give this one the benefit of the doubt. I really really hope that Hugh and the crew give us a badass Wolverine. Wolverine shouldn't be invincible, what makes him a badass is he doesn't know when he's beat. Also please keep Simon "the hack" Kinberg as far away as humanly possible.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/24/2015, 2:58 PM
Even though this film has many question marks surrounding the many different directions that they could've went with this being the last flick I think that we should all consider that this does NOT necessarily mean that Cyclops will remain out of the picture. With X-Men: Apocalypse underway we're being brought to an entirely new cast of the same iconic characters that we've had for a while. Only way I see Cyclops getting "true" justice and less drama is if there's a different writer/director at the helm of the character. Cyclops needs more action and more teamwork tactic skills similar to the way he was portrayed within the first X-Men film (which actually wasn't that bad) they've got the movie magic to really give us some glorified battles now, but that's IF they understand the instruments they're orchestrating here.
ScarletWarlock
ScarletWarlock - 9/24/2015, 3:00 PM
This does not sound exciting at all. They're seriously just coasting off the first X-men movie all those years ago, and that tells me they're creatively stifled. Oh, and also lazy, I hope the movie is good but The Wolverine was one of the biggest comic book movie disappointments for me personally in a long time.
XelCorp
XelCorp - 9/24/2015, 3:01 PM
Wolverine and Charles' "Father-Son" relationship over the true father-son relationship "Scott-Charles"? Yep.. Fox-men fanboys will eat this shit right up
JamesMann
JamesMann - 9/24/2015, 3:01 PM
Ah Cyclops, I hate you so much and I'm happy you don't get much acknowledgement in the films.
RoyRodgersMcFreely
RoyRodgersMcFreely - 9/24/2015, 3:02 PM
That's like matador being a father figure to gusto
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/24/2015, 3:04 PM







sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/24/2015, 3:09 PM
As a huge X-men fan I never felt like they had a father/son relationship. it was more like brothers than anything to me.
Meteor
Meteor - 9/24/2015, 3:18 PM
I'm okay with it. Actually if Wolverine has to say goodbye to someone (well Jean aside) it's Xavier. I really want that film to be good!
RoyRodgersMcFreely
RoyRodgersMcFreely - 9/24/2015, 3:18 PM
Truth be told at least Mangold made wolverine a little more badass, so hopefully this film will see him berserk out. If not there's always hope for Tom hardy
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