20th Century Fox is wasting little time in fleshing out its plans for its Marvel properties. Earlier today the studio announced releaes dates for a Wolverine sequel, The Fantastic Four 2 and an-as-yet-unrevealed Marvel title, with the three films joining the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fantastic Four and X-Men: Apocalypse. And now Deadline is reporting that David James Kelly – a screenwriter on Fox’s failed Daredevil reboot – has signed on to pen the follow-up to last year’s The Wolverine.
The third solo outing for the fan favourite mutant will see The Wolverine helmer James Mangold returning to the director’s chair, and is set to hit cinemas on March 3rd 2017. At this point, it’s unknown whether Hugh Jackman will reprise his signature role, but let’s face it – chances are this will mark his ninth outing as Logan, assuming that a) he appears in X-Men: Apocalypse, and b) he doesn’t pop up in a cameo on Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four (which, if he did, would provide Fox the perfect opportunity to go with Weapon X as a title)…
Originally published March 22, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
