With just a few weeks left untilLoganhits theaters nationwide, 20th Century Fox has unveiled a new clip featuring the young mutantX-23(Dafne Keen). This clip is archived footage of Laura’s surgeries, where the adamantium claws were infused within her skeletal system, as she displays her mutant healing powers, presumably for the first time. It isn’t specified where exactly this is taking place, but it certainly does shed some intriguing light on X-23’s backstory. We also have a new IMAX poster, plus some insight about how worried the studio was aboutLogan’s darker tone.
Varietycaught up with 20th Century Fox film chairmanStacey Sniderat the Recode Media conference Tuesday in Laguna Niguel, California, where she said that the much darker tone ofLoganwas troublesome to the studio. The studio executive compared the story told inLoganto a Western, which her colleagues weren’t too thrilled about. Here’s what she had to say about how the studio grappled with thisR-rated superhero movie.
“Inside, there was real consternation about the intensity of the tone of the film. It’s more of an elegy about life and death. The paradigm for it was aWestern, and my colleagues were up in arms. It’s not a wise-cracking cigar-chomping mutton-sporting Wolverine, and the debate internally became, isn’t that freakin' boring? Isn’t it exciting to imagine Wolverine as a real guy and he’s world-weary and he doesn’t want to fight anymore until a little girl needs him?”
The film was officially handed an R rating last month, forbrutal violence and nudity, and we saw in the script page revealed by directorJames Magnoldin October, that they were presumably always shooting for that R rating. After the success ofDeadpool, most studios were more open to R-rated fare, althoughLogancertainly does seem much darker thanDeadpool, or any otherX-Menmovie to come before it, for that matter. Still, since this isHugh Jackman’s last time portraying Wolverine, it will be interesting to see how fans respond to such a tonal shift.
We got another glimpse of this dark tone in aLogan clipthat debuted last week, which showsHugh Jackman’s title character at his depressing new job as a limo driver, as he takes a number of different groups through the streets of El Paso, Texas. This story is set in the near future, where a wearyLogancares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.Hugh Jackmanleads a cast that includesBoyd Holbrookas the villainousDonald Pierce, along withRichard E. Grantas Dr. Xander Rice,Stephen Merchantas Caliban andEriq La Salle. Take a look at the new clip and poster forLogan, as we get ready for the March 3 release date.
