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Logan was going to open with the death of the X-Men

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Although Logan contained enough clues for audiences to get a pretty good idea of what happened during the ‘Westchester Incident’, but director James Mangold has revealed to IGN that he originally planned to make it much more explicit by opening the film with the death of the X-Men. “I literally had written an opening which […]

James Mangold talks Logan’s “happy ending”, Hugh Jackman was reluctant to introduce X-24

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Warning. Major Logan spoilers follow… With this year’s Logan, director James Mangold and star Hugh Jackman delivered a rather fantastic end to Jackman’s 17-year stint as the fan favourite mutant superhero Wolverine, culminating in an emotional climax where Logan makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his clone/daughter Laura and her young mutant friends from his […]

Logan director James Mangold teases Dafne Keen’s return as X-23

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When it was released in March, James Mangold’s Logan received near unanimous praise for Hugh Jackman’s final outing as the clawed mutant and former X-Man Wolverine. However, the film’s big takeaway, and breakout star, was Dafne Keen’s performance as Laura/X-23. The young clone quickly became a fan-favourite character thanks to Keen, and there’s been a lot […]

Liev Schreiber almost returned as Sabretooth for Logan

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Early on in the development process for this year’s Logan, Hugh Jackman’s swansong as everybody’s favorite claw-wielding mutant, a much different version of the movie existed compared to the one audiences saw in theaters roughly two months ago. In particular, early ideas for the film featured the inclusion of Wolverine’s half-brother and fellow mutant, Sabretooth. In […]

Logan director James Mangold blasts tentpole movies

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As Logan continues to ride the wave of critical and commercial success (it has now passed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office), director James Mangold had some brutally honest choice words for the less refreshing and not so ambitious tentpole releases. Speaking to KCRW (via CinemaBlend) about franchise fatigue, Mangold sounded off, […]

Logan director expresses his excitement for The Batman

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James Mangold, director of recent Wolverine hit Logan, has expressed his excitement for The Batman and his friend Matt Reeves. With Mangold’s R-rated Wolverine flick Logan now behind us – the last dance of star Hugh Jackman – our attention is starting to turn back to future projects, which of course includes the much troubled DC solo […]

Fox didn’t realise that X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan both planned to use Caliban

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Although 20th Century Fox attempted to fix much of the continuity issues in the X-Men franchise with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the last two instalments – X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan – threw another spanner in the works by featuring two different versions of the character of Caliban. Fans have wondered if this was supposed […]

Logan deleted scenes, X-Force update, R-rated DC movies, Wonder Woman teaser, live-action Little Mermaid and more – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up the big news from yesterday… LOGAN DELETED SCENES Doing the interview rounds for Logan, director James Mangold has been discussing a couple of deleted scenes from the X-Men spinoff – one of which namedropped Jean Grey, and the other featuring the ‘Westchester Incident’, which leads to the death of several members of the […]

Logan director discusses deleted scenes, including the Westchester incident

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Director James Mangold have been discussing details of two deleted scenes from 20th Century Fox’s Logan. Spoilers follow. You have been warned… During the marketing campaign for Logan, an image asked ‘Where Are All The Mutants?’, and while that question wasn’t answered specifically in the movie, it was heavily suggested that Professor Xavier had caused […]