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Logan (movie)

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Logan
Directed byJames Mangold
Written byScott Frank
James Mangold
Michael Green
Produced bySimon Kinberg
Lauren Shuler Donner
StarringHugh Jackman
Patrick Stewart
Dafne Keen
Boyd Holbrook
Stephen Merchant
Richard E. Grant
CinematographyJohn Mathieson
Edited byMichael McCusker
Dirk Westervelt
Music byMarco Beltrami
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release dates
March 3rd, 2017
Running time
136 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$97 million[1]

Logan is a 2017 superhero drama thriller action movie based upon the fictional character known as Wolverine.

The movie was directed by James Mangold. It deals with a story set in an alternate universe's future where an aging Wolverine coping with an old and senile Charles Xavier.

In an alternate future, half of mutant kind have been murdered by a corporation called Transigen. No mutant children have been born for years.

An aged Logan uses his second name "James" and his surname "Howlett" as a cover to traverse a changed, hostile world. A now senile (and dangerous) Professor Xavier requires expensive medication to prevent him from becoming a weapon of mass destruction, and Logan also needs money for a boat for them to live safely on the ocean. Accompanied by mutant albino Caliban, they are fugitives from the law.

Actor Character
Hugh Jackman Logan / X-24
Patrick Stewart Charles Xavier
Dafne Keen X-23/ Laura
Boyd Holbrook Donald Pierce
Stephen Merchant Caliban
Richard E. Grant Dr. Zander Rice

Reactions and box office

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The movie was one of the biggest hits of 2017. It earned more than $616 million worldwide. The movie got nominated Best Adapted Screenplay.[2]

  • This is a future that could be happen if humans would never accepted as X-Men: Days of Future Past showed that they has accepted them.

References

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  1. "BoxOfficeMojo - Logan". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. "Heroic Hollywood - Oscars 2018: 'Logan' Nominated For Best Adapted Screenplay". Retrieved 2018-04-05.[permanent dead link]

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