Gearing up for the Digital, Blu-ray and DVD release of The Wolverine in the coming weeks, Hugh Jackman recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about rumblings from earlier this month that he and director James Mangold were in negotiations to return for another sequel. “I was on the phone with Jim Mangold last night,” Jackman said. “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.”
While Hugh Jackmen is set to appear in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past film next year, Jackman reassures that he certainly has not ruled out reprising the Wolverine role for an eighth time, but he'd have to renegotiate his contract with Fox. “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,” he says. “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,” he added. “I kind of am enjoying him more than ever… Being older helps playing Wolverine. He’s 200 or 300 years old — no one really knows — and he’s sort of world-weary. The actual working out gets harder and harder, I’ll admit.”
While Jackman is seemingly game for The Wolverine sequel, he admits from a creative standpoint that everything must be right before whipping out the claws again. “I don’t want to dive into another one until we have a compelling reason to do another one,” says Jackman. “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.” What do you think?