'X-Men Apocalypse' release date, cast & news update: Hugh Jackman wants Tom Hardy to be his Wolverine successor

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Hugh Jackman's career as the face of X-Men's Wolverine is coming to a close—but not after "X-Men Apocalypse" and a third installment of a standalone Wolverine film—and he's already shedding light on who he thinks should be his successor for the adamantium.

Talking to MTV recently, Jackman said, "I haven't really given it a lot of thought. I've been asked that question a lot, and I'm always like, 'I don’t wanna make it too easy on the studio to replace me,' you know? I've still got one more to do. I'm sure they're already talking about it, and there's some actor [they've told] 'shh, keep it quiet but we want you next.'"

People reports that the 46-year-old Australian actor also said, "I think Tom Hardy would be a great Wolverine."

Jackman spoke of the much-awaited third installment of the standalone Wolverine film, in which he is set to play the adamantium-clawed Logan for the very last time. Collider reports that according to Jackman, the script is already being developed, and that the film will have a father-son theme to it, featuring Patrick Stewart's Professor X.

“I’ll be really honest with you, the actual script in its full form we’re up to about Page 60. Obviously there’s a treatment, so it’s not fully done yet, we’re not fully there," said Jackman.

"Patrick [Stewart] does figure in it that’s for sure," the actor said. "I think it’s a really important relationship but I want to see signs of that quasi-father/son sort of relationship that has not been seen before, and sides of particularly Professor X that have not been seen before. So we have some really, really cool ideas."

Jackman also added that he's a little bit of a perfectionist this time, since it will be his final performance as the Wolverine. He said, "This is the last time I’m playing him, and I have just made the commitment to myself, really, and told everyone that until that script is perfect, until it is that perfect way to sign out, I’m not gonna start shooting."

Nonetheless, Jackman admitted that he is already preparing for his final vow, saying, "I’m starting the training, I’m starting the eating and mentally really preparing for it. It’s not just me, the studio as well—I’m trying to do something with this that’s a little special, a little different. I’ve got a very, very strong idea of what that is. I really have known for quite a long time how I want to finish this sort of odyssey that I’ve been on, this amazing journey. And I won’t let it fall anywhere in between. I won’t fall short of it."