Hugh Jackman unveils name and poster of new Wolverine movie

The Aussie heartthrob has wrapped the movie – which marks his ninth, and last, outing as the X-Men character – but had been keeping its name quiet.

Hugh Jackman ( Lee Jin-man/AP/PA)

He has now spilled the beans on Twitter, revealing that the movie is named after his character.

Hugh also tweeted the first poster for the movie.

LOGAN pic.twitter.com/IeIvcvFyTE

— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) October 5, 2016

Director James Mangold has also spilled some details, including what appears to be a release date of March 3, 2017.

3-3-17 pic.twitter.com/43M6utakTQ

— Mangold (@mang0ld) October 5, 2016

He also shared a page from the screenplay.

Page two of our screenplay. pic.twitter.com/5X93NtWuVS

— Mangold (@mang0ld) October 5, 2016

Hugh first played the mutant with claws in 2000’s X-Men.

On Twitter, fans of the franchise seem to like the straightforward title.

@WolverSteve @mang0ld @RealHughJackman @XMenMoviesUK The title is so Simple and Perfect!!! I love it 😁🙌👍👌

— ʀᴏʙ ᴀɴᴛʜᴏɴʏ ʏᴇᴀᴅᴏɴ (@R_0_B_89) October 5, 2016

Wolverine 3 poster and title, I am so pumped for this movie pic.twitter.com/qkUnfEPJol

— FC (@FCKrol) October 5, 2016

Absolutely love the title and poster of the new Wolverine movie. Mangold gets this character like James Cameron got The Terminator.

— 💀Ult-spook-tron👻🎃 (@UltronTheRobot) October 5, 2016

Roll on March 2017!