OLD MAN LOGAN! Okay, I'm really excited for this movie. I love Spider-Man, but Wolverine is a close second, and "Old Man Logan" is easily my favorite Wolverine series. Did I mention I was excited? I can't express that enough. This film set to release early next year is strongly based on "Old Man Logan" a 12 issue mini-series put out by Marvel just a few years ago. Part Mad Max, part Metal Gear Solid 4, Old Man Logan takes place in the future. About 50 years from today. Whenever today is. The world is in a post-apocalyptic state. On a fateful night 50 years ago villains managed to rise up and defeat all super heroes in one blow. Nobody really knows what happened, but the world is void of heroes and villains like Mr. Sinister, Red Skull and a former Avenger/now bad guy rule everything. After the fall of the heroes, Wolverine went into hiding and became a farmer keeping who he once was a secret to everyone, including his own family. Until one day he is reunited with an old friend who talks him into taking a job that ends up being far more than Logan bargained for. If you have not read "Old Man Logan" you really should. It is without a doubt one of the best series Marvel has put out. I imagine the movie will be much more tame considering in the comic Logan fights bears, dinosaurs and zombies on his journey.
I don't know exactly what "Logan" will be about, but it's evident that it documents the fall of the mutants, the rise of the reavers and an introduction to Wolverine's female clone known only as X-23, who later takes the mantle of Wolverine in her own series "All New Wolverine". With Johnny Cash providing the perfect score, the trailer with Logan who appears to be the caretaker for a very old and frail Charles Xavier. He houses Charles in an old oil container that from the inside looks like the ghost of Cerebro. It becomes clear the world is not a happy place. Logan and Charles live in the middle of the desert far from any comforts of a first world life. The trailer could have ended there and if my excitement were fire it would have been thoroughly doused in gasoline. from there it only gets better!
Something to be aware of, it has been confirmed that this film will likely receive an "R" rating. Sorry kids. For Wolverine fans, you will finally be getting a movie that accurately depicts the violent and gritty atmosphere of Wolverine.
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