The Wolverine (2013) - It's Not A Prequel

Empire Online brings us word from the director, James Mangold, who said that the next film takes place AFTER the original X-Men trilogy.

Most of those interesting things will remain the preserve of the magazine, so pick up the new issue if you want to learn all of Logan's secrets, but we will say this: one thing that had been presumed about The Wolverine is that it would be another X-Men prequel. Not so. 

"Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all," reveals Mangold. "Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so there’s a tremendous sense of isolation for him."