2016 is quite an important year for comic book movie lovers, with no less than 7 superhero flicks scheduled for release. Most importantly, three of these movies belong to Fox (who had no luck this year with the rebooted Fantastic Four). Thus there will be Deadpool's first (true) silver screen appearance, the mutant extravaganza X-Men: Apocalypse, as well as the first solo flick for Gambit.

But if we look a bit further, we'll see that 2017 can be even greater for the same studio, with the revitalized Wolverine franchise marking its third entry. And thanks to Hugh Jackman, we know that it will be an Old Man Logan adaptation. Can this work, with the studio not owning the most of the characters from the comic book?

Old Man Logan "“ a Fox adaptation?!?

After the debacle called Fantastic Four, and keeping in mind that the studio doesn't own any of the major characters from the Old Man Logan storyline (except for, of course, Wolverine himself), it is easy to see why the fans aren't too keen on seeing this arc brought to life just yet.

Old Man Logan presents what happens if the supervillains actually take over the world, with the completely obliterated. After X-Men: Apocalypse, this would be a very fine entry in the Mutant Cinematic Universe.

However, Hulk, Hawkeye, Red Skull, and all the others are owned only by Marvel. And Fox can do nothing about it. So the fans may say (and may be right) that studio will trash this beloved storyline too (just like it happened with the Dark Phoenix Saga.

And when we know that Michael Green (who also wrote Green Lantern) will pen the script, we can see how things can go terribly wrong with Fox's Old Man Logan adaptation.

Unless James Mangold finds a way, this project is doomed.

Check out the next page for one of the ways!