Furthermore, the two roles of playing Jonah Hex and Wolverine are thematically akin to one another, as each superhero operates with certain gruffness that derives from an undeniably hyper masculinity.
In fact, none other than Jonah Hex actor Johnathon Schaech (Legends of Tomorrow) is vying to take a leap from the DC Comics universe in order to take over for the departing Jackman.
Wolverine 3 opens in U.S. theaters on March 3rd, 2017, followed by unannounced X-Men films on October 6th, 2017, March 2nd, 2018, and June 29th, 2018.
Jackman made Wolverine into an iconic figurehead of the superhero genre in film, which leaves the way open for actors like Schaech to step in and take on that mantle.