"James Mangold really wanted to make an "adult comic book movie."

"We have adult Westerns and adult science-fiction movies, but somehow comic book movies -- even by their nature and titles -- seem like they're for 12-year-olds," he recently told Moviefone at a press event for his latest film, which will reportedly be Hugh Jackman's last time going snkit as Wolverine.

Mangold got want he wanted with "Hugh Jackman reprises the titular role for the film, which has long been teased to adapt parts of the "Old Man Logan" storyline from the comics. "Clearly we drew a lot of inspiration, not only from 'Old Man Logan,' but other sources," Mangold revealed.

The director, who also co-wrote "Logan," described Mark Millar's original take as Clint Eastwood in the Western "Unforgiven."

"I think the idea that I wanted to explore further was the idea of being in kind of twilight, of being over it, of losing faith," he added. The filmmaker told Moviefone that he sees a longer shelf-life for X-23 beyond "Logan," so perhaps there's room to explore her story further in the future.

"Logan" hits theaters March 3.