5) Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Hugh Jackman literally is Wolverine, so the news that he plans to leave the franchise after Wolverine 3 hit fans hard. Little is known about the upcoming sequel yet, but rumours suggest that Jackman’s final appearance as Ol’ Canucklehead will be set in a era not yet seen in the movies, leading many to believe that we may finally be seeing an adaptation of the limited series Old Man Logan.
Unsurprisingly, Old Man Logan features an older version of Wolverine, one who lives in a future where the United States has been conquered and divided up between the world’s most prominent super villains. As the series progresses, we learn that on the night everything went to hell, Wolverine slaughtered his fellow teammates after being tricked into believing that they were villains attacking the X-Mansion. Scenes like this beg for a R rated adaptation, where Logan can finally lose control and eviscerate his enemies in one of the Canadian’s signature berserker rages.
Fox have done a great job with Wolverine so far – X-Men Origins: Wolverine didn’t happen, just don’t talk about it anymore and it’ll go away – but Logan’s always been constrained by the PG-13 rating of his movies. The man uses giant knives that spring out of his hands for christ’s sake! We should be seeing blood and guts every time we hear his claws go ‘snikt! Honestly though, it’s hard to think of a more popular hero better suited to starring in a R-rated movie, aside from Deadpool of course.