One thing that the end of ‘Logan’ made clear is that it was called to be the film that closed the stage of Hugh Jackman bringing Wolverine to life. Years later it has become clear that this is not the case, since the actor will return to this emblematic character in the highly anticipated ‘Deadpool 3’. However, at the time a sequel to ‘Logan’ was announced that everything indicates that we will never see.
The truth is that the very outcome of ‘Logan’ left the door open to continue telling the story of Laura (also known as X-23), the young mutant played by Daphne Keen. Own james mangold announced in 2017 that he was writing a script about X-23, noting that the success of ‘Wonder Woman’ had made things easier in Hollywood for the release of female-led superhero movies.
disney is to blame
In fact, the project was launched much earlier, as Keen confirmed in 2020 that “Fox people told me there could be another movie, but this was a lot, when we were shooting ‘Logan’, and they have never contacted me again“Of course, she herself was aware that she would only be notified when everything was practically ready to start shooting, but that never happened, why?
The answer is simple: Disney’s purchase of Fox led to this second study paralyzing all the projects of the X-Men universe that were underway. During the promotional campaign for the stupendous ‘Le Mans ’66’, Mangold showed pessimistic about the future of ‘Laura’which was the tentative title of the film, even stating that he believed that the film would never be made, since Disney was going to prioritize seeing what it did with the mutants within the Marvel universe.
Many ‘Logan’ fans have taken advantage of Jackman’s signing for ‘Deadpool 3’ to remember that if he comes back, so could Laura. Y there are more reasons to be hopeful about itWell, Keen herself pointed out in December 2020 that she was hopeful about a possible return in ‘Deadpool 3’:
I’m trying not to get my hopes up that it doesn’t happen, but I really hope it does, because I love playing Laura. She holds a very special place in my heart and she is an amazing character.
With everything, his return does not seem a very likely optionWell, the only thing we get clear from the explanation of Jackman and Ryan Reynolds about the return of Wolverine is that they were not going to change anything about ‘Logan’, so the safest thing is that ‘Deadpool 3’ is located chronologically before, basically making Laura’s return unfeasible.
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