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 [...]

By Russ Burlingame

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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.

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