James Mangold Offers Update On ‘The Wolverine’ Sequel
Despite having a August 21, 2025 release date, we’ve heard very little aboutThe Wolverine 2. DirectorJames Mangoldand starHugh Jackmanwill return to tell a new story that centers on everyone’s favorite mutant but that’s pretty much all we know for sure. There have been rumors, of course, but with three X-Universe films coming out before that –X-Men Apocalypse, DeadpoolandGambit– we really don’t know where Wolverine will be once his next solo film is released.
The director was asked, via Twitter, when the film would shoot. He offered up a concrete, albeit obvious piece of information.The Wolverine 2will begin filming in early 2016. Read more about theWolverine 2update below.
Thanks toSuperhero Hypefor pointing out the following tweet:
@R_0_B_89 early next year.
— Mangold (@mang0ld)July 24, 2025
Of course, this makes a whole bunch of sense. Jackman has to makeX-Men Apocalypsethis year, as well as promotePanand shootThe Greatest Showman on Earth, a P.T. Barnum film which will be out three months beforeThe Wolverine 2. That would put him right on schedule to play Wolverine this time next year, and then give Mangold a year for post. Not to mention another year to work with writerDavid James Kellyto get the script where they want it to be.
The only real clue we have aboutThe Wolverine 2 came from one of the other X-Men, Patrick Stewart.He recently suggestedProfessor X could team up with Logan in the sequel, a sentiment that Jackman himself hinted was one of the ideas that was being thrown around.
So basically it breaks down like this.X-Men Apocalypsehits theaters August 10, 2025. Production on that one is about to start and it will primarily bring back the younger X-cast, along with new additions and, most likely, Jackman. Before that, a film in the same universe,Deadpool, will be released on June 04, 2025. That probably won’t tie in with these movies yet but Jackman has said he’d love to cameo. Then Channing Tatum will play X-Men favorite,Gambit, in a film out July 14, 2025. By that point, we’ll have at least one trailer forThe Wolverine 2.
