The sequel to the movie "The Wolverine" or has recently been confirmed a March 3, 2017 release date. Director James Mangold has hesitated on naming a specific storyline pending the events of "X-Men: Apocalypse." However, the helmsman of "3:10 To Yuma" has a clear vision for the movie.

Mangold spoke to the Wall Street Journal and he mentioned that he does not want the solo movie to tread the same ground as the X-Men movies.

"I would just say it is always going to be about his relationships to other characters. We are very much trying to work with existing text. There are other great Wolverine stories out there but suffice it to say there are great texts about his connections to others, villains, characters from the lore and from the comics that we can bring out and have another great and meaningful adventure."

As opposed to the X-Men movies, there won't be any grandeur or earth-saving in the untitled third installment of solo Wolverine movies. As opposed to popular perception, saving the world is not all that challenging.

"The simple thing is when the world is in danger. I think it is a cheat that a lot of movies do to create stakes, about how the world will blow up or a stadium or a planet or a region will blow up if x and y doesn't happen by this time. Much more than the genre being tired, when every movies is about the destruction of the universe or the globe, it makes it hard to tell a meaningful story when the scale gets so huge, it dwarfs the characters."

Perhaps one final loose end for the character is his iconic costume. The yellow and blue costume is a staple in the comic books. It was hinted in a deleted scene, but not yet used in the movie.

"A lot of fans keep asking about when he's going to wear his uniform. It's a struggle for us in relation to question, because Logan's personality as developed onscreen and in comics is one in which he hates publicity. The filmmakers, even on X-Men, have struggled with an outfit. Finding the rationale for a uniform when the character disdains self promotion, why he would put on some outfit that promotes himself as some kind of hero? It's like Dirty Harry didn't walk around with special outfit. There's a difficult line to walk. He's not a show off, he's the last one to put on a team jersey. The flesh and blood character is very loyal to that iconoclastic rebel who doesn't seem to be the first to don spandex. It isn't something I've talked about much. Some fans may be frustrated, but we're trying to be true to his character. Who knows whether that will change, I cannot verify and will not deny."