Tag: Logan
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One Of The Wildest Transformers Episodes Was Written By Wolverine’s Creator
The late Len Wein was one of the most prolific comic book writers of his day. Like many of his contemporaries (especially Marv Wolfman and Gerry Conway), he bounced back and forth between the “Big Two” comic companies, Marvel and DC. Wein left his mark at both, co-creating characters like Swamp Thing and Lucius Fox…
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The Deadpool 3 Story Ideas Logan’s Director Discussed With Ryan Reynolds
After years and years of wishing it would be so, a great many Marvel fans are finally going to get the proper team-up between Deadpool and Wolverine they’ve wanted for in “Deadpool 3.” Indeed, both Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will be reprising their roles as Wade Wilson and Wolverine, respectively, uniting for the first…
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Shawn Levy Didn’t Want To Give Deadpool 3 The Marvel Green Screen Treatment
“Deadpool 3” marks a number of noteworthy “firsts” for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The, uh, first and perhaps most significant is that it’s designed to be R-rated, an unprecedented move for a franchise that once conquered the box office through the power of the four-quadrant movie. It’s also the first film to fully integrate characters…
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Why James Mangold Couldn’t Give Indiana Jones The Same Morbid Outcome As Logan
When James Mangold took the adventuring archaeologist reins from Steven Spielberg on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” fans were wary for a couple of reasons. One was the simple fact that, aside from ABC’s “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,” Spielberg was the series’ sole director. As the “Jaws” sequels and the “Jurassic World”…
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There’s A Common Thread Between Indiana Jones And Logan
Nothing lasts forever, not even in the movies. Heroes, one way or another, die. Sometimes they’re put out to pasture because people stop buying tickets to thrill to their exploits. And sometimes, they have, as Spock sagely noted in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” outlived their usefulness.When that latter moment arrives for a once-beloved…
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How Fox Stopped The Wolverine From Being The First R-Rated X-Men Film
How did we get from the hot mess that is director Gavin Hood’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” to the soulful elegy that is director James Mangold’s “Logan?” The answer is Mangold’s second entry in the “Wolverine” trilogy, “The Wolverine.” Loosely based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s limited 1982 comic book arc about Wolvie’s adventures in…
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Boyd Holbrook Was Extremely Hesitant About Joining Indiana Jones 5 For One Reason
Boyd Holbrook plays a lot of bad guys. He’s currently the villain Clement Mansell on “Justified: City Primeval.” He played henchman Pierce in “Logan.” And most recently, he portrayed Klaber, a Nazi-sympathizing heavy in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” There’s just something about the actor that enables him to play nefarious, wicked characters…
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Does Indiana Jones Die in ‘The Dial of Destiny?
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has hinged much of its marketing on promising viewers that it’s the end of the entire Indiana Jones franchise. This is not an installment offering up a rebirth of the saga, but rather a capper…
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The Russo Bros. Asked Steven Soderbergh to ‘Say Nice Things’ to Kevin Feige to Land ‘Winter Soldier’
Steven Soderbergh is to thank for the Russo Brothers’ lucky break.The “Logan Lucky” director worked his magic to help longtime friends Joe and Anthony Russo direct their first Marvel movie, “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” in 2014.“The Russos are friends of mine,” Soderbergh told Rolling Stone. “Who knew when I first met them that this was…
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The Greatest Showman: The True Stories Behind The Musical’s Characters
Hugh Jackman was on fire in 2017. The Sydney-born actor was riding high after the successes of his latest Marvel action films, X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan, and getting attention as a talented singer, courtesy of his Oscar-nominated performance in 2012’s Les Misérables. At the same time, movie musicals were enjoying a renaissance. 2008’s film adaptation…