Wolverine 3 gets a new title and could he be holding X-23’s hand?

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant and Richard E. Grant are all set to star in Wolverine 3 which now has an official name.

Jackman tweeted the poster, but I have now been sent it and as you can see, the film is called Logan. I like that a lot.

We can also see that he is holding the hand of a child. Behind the scenes images of the film have shown Logan with a young girl so it stands to reason this is her hand. Speculation is rife that she is X-23, a female clone of Wolverine. As Hugh Jackman has said this will be his last outing as Wolverine, introducing his clone could ensure we have a female Wolverine in the future. That’s what has happened in the comics (see below), so it would make sense if they did do that.

Then in a few years time, Jackman comes out of Wolverine retirement and returns as Old Man Logan, which is also what happened in the comics. Don’t quote me on that, but I could see it happening. There have also been rumours that this new film is based on the Old Man Logan storyline, but we will have to wait and see.

James Mangold directs Logan which is due out in March 2017.