Moonstruck Jackman ready to sink claws into third Wolverine movie Jackman: the Wolverine character is like a 'best fiend'. Hugh Jackman has confirmed he's doing another Wolverine film if he and filmmakers can come up with a "compelling reason" to make a third movie. The 45-year old had previously said he was getting "too old" to continue putting his body through the hectic workout routine required to turn him into the famous Marvel comics hero. Yet after the success of the most recent film The Wolverine - which has grossed more than $US414 million ($443 millin) so far - Jackman has been in talks with the film's director James Mangold about making another. The 2013 follow-up to 2009 instalment X-Men Origins: Wolverine grossed $US139.6 million on its worldwide opening weekend. Jackman told Entertainment Weekly there are "some really cool ideas" about where they could take the story. Watch the official trailer exclusive for The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman I love the character, he's kind of like a best friend to me, and I don't ever want to take [him] or the fans for granted. ... I think we've got a great opportunity to make something really cool, but it has to be great. That's what we're all working toward. Jackman, who is worried his body is getting too old for it, in a scene from The Wolverine. Jackman's contract with Fox to play the adamantine claw-wielding hero is officially up now that he has completed work on X-Men: Days Of Future Past - which is out next year and features the return of the entire X-Men cast. The studio have been rumoured to be renegotiating Jackman's contract as he's the "only choice" to play the character. A reported $100M for four more films - including stand alone Wolverine films and instalments in the X-Men series - is said to be on the table.