Fear The Walking Dead’s Elizabeth Rodriguez In Talks For The Wolverine Sequel

Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine is set to get an infusion of Fear.

Fear The Walking Dead‘s Elizabeth Rodriguez is reportedly ready to take on a role in the film, according to TheWrap. It’s described as a “small but key” role.

Besides Jackman, the film will also star Stephen Merchant, Eriq LaSalle, and Sir Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier. Richard E. Grant will reportedly play a “mad scientist-type” villain, while Liev Schrieber has spoken with Hugh Jackman about bringing Sabretooth back for one last hurrah.

A number of recent rumors — including the introduction of the character of X-23 — have pointed in a very specific direction for comci book fans.

The film being R-rated, set in the future, and having the tone of a western all fall in line with rumors that the movie will be based on Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s 2008-2009 “Old Man Logan” story, which involved Wolverine travelling cross-country in a dystopian future where the supervillains had won.

The Fox/X-Men brand is riding high, with Deadpool having been one of the biggest movies of the year at the domestic box office. The next film, X-Men: Apocalypse, will hit theaters soon, and The Wolverine Sequel will start filming in New Orleans soon for a release next year.

Check out when next Wolverine movie and other movies are coming out inComicBook.com’s Movie Release Schedule.

X-Men: Apocalypse is the ninth film in the X-Men franchise, and the fourth to be directed by Bryan Singer. The film features a screenplay by Simon Kinberg, and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Olivia Munn, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Lucas Till, Josh Helman, Lana Condor and Ben Hardy.