LOGAN ( Spoiler Alert)

[jo]

It looks like the trailer is also in theaters now --

Saw the teaser on the big screen before DS, it was still awesome.

DS is presumably Doctor Strange.


Jo

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Patrick Stewart posted this photo on June 21 on Twitter, when they were filming somewhere in Louisiana. I had wondered why he looked so old and what he was doing in a cornfield --






When I was watching the trailer for the umpteenth time, I noticed that the scene where Logan was driving the car fast and Prof X was seated at the back, that it seemed they were passing by a huge cornfield! In the scene, Prof X really looked old and very fragile. I wonder if a huge action scene happens in the cornfield maze because the location managers were exhilarated to find the cornfield on their scouting mission.

PS: I just found out he and Ian Mckellen were interviewed by my favorite journalist Christiane Amanpour on CNN on October 18 - too bad I missed it.

Jo

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Another pictorial retrospective of the saga of Wolverine --

[JH4HJ]

Oct 27, 2016 21:10:54 GMT -5 jo said:

PS: I just found out he [Patrick Stewart] and Ian McKellen were interviewed by my favorite journalist Christiane Amanpour on CNN on October 18 - too bad I missed it.

I can't embed the video - you can view it here.

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Thanks, Valerie - I enjoyed listening to them, these knights of the theatre

There is something that Patrick said about what it meant to be " in the moment" which reminded me of something similar that Hugh said in an interview. I recall Hugh saying that it is not the applause which means that much to an actor but it is that very instant when the audience becomes part of the play because he is connecting with the actor. It is that particularly charged moment of connection. I think Hugh might have talked about this in the Times Talks conversation, with reference to THE RIVER.

A pity that there is no role for old Magneto in LOGAN. Patrick, Ian, and Hugh added the impressive gravitas that sent the XMEN movie franchise on its way in 2000!


Jo

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Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman 27m
27 minutes ago

It's not even March 3rd and already they're coming for my job!

[jo]

The ultimate reboot

TwinMomMel ‏@beechbum_mel 39m
39 minutes ago

Happy Halloween @vancityreynolds and @realhughjackman from my twins Logan and Wade!

[jo]

Another career retrospective as Wolverine

Shawn ‏@mrnookster 3h
3 hours ago

@realhughjackman has really transformed himself in each @xmenmovies #MadeForThatPart #Wolverine

Rated R






*XMen
*Xmen 3
*Origins:Wolverine
*The Wolverine
*Days of Future Past
*Apocalypse

[jo]

I've seen a few articles and even video tributes that seem to imply that this is the end of the road for Hugh Jackman, actor!

A door closes, another one opens!

Maybe many are not aware that Hugh Jackman is a very versatile actor ( some even write that he is probably the most versatile around)... and that what he has chosen to do at this point is to explore the other options which his acting and performing gifts can also bring to the table! He is a film actor and a stage performer both... and he has chosen diverse genres for both performing platforms! He will likely be still sought for other action-oriented movies. He will probably be more focused on other dramatic roles. Occasionally, we might see him in musicals...or even comedic roles. His main asset is that Hugh Jackman is a classic leading man type -- the type who can continue to handle excellent roles into their middle age...and beyond! How old was Gregory Peck when he became Atticus Finch? Or even take a turn in a vanity project such as a Shakespearean play or a Shakespearean-inspired project ( Kiss Me Kate, anyone?)?

It is fascinating that Hugh is leaving the genre of superhero movies ...when other equally mature actors are just establishing themselves in such franchises. He did pave the way with the first XMen movie  ... now he is paving the way again with his departure from the genre in order to explore other options that his talent and versatility allow!

But I still look forward to seeing him in heroic roles, but not just out of the comicbooks

Jo

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Happy Halloween !!

Jen Filip ‏@j_flip85 4m
4 minutes ago

#Wolverine pumpkin from last year! @xmenmovies @realhughjackman @marvel

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Film School Rejects ( we rarely see their features now) analyzes the implications of the tone and direction of how the movie LOGAN might shape up, based on the trailer...and like most trailer analyses ponders on Hugh Jackman's contribution to the franchise and the genre.

filmschoolrejects.com/trailer-logan-wolverine-ac23ef8b57ff#.vq1fbv9ok

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Mew image from wponx --

http://instagram.com/p/BMOwJ7hjyl_

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Hey, Logan doesn't look so old here -- he looks fearsome! As Wolverine should be!!

Mangold ‏@mang0ld 3h
3 hours ago

Taken w/ Leica S 007 Vario Elmar 45mm, ISO 100 1/25 ƒ13 -- JM

[jo]

New storyboard (posted by Mangold) --






That looks like the scene that was acted out by Logan, in the earlier photo. It is the same motel name (Liberty). Why is the name of the motel particularly important?




And a second one also from Gabriel Hardman, also uploaded by Mangold --

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And a close-up --

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The photo has led to some gushing over " the unfairly handsome" Jackman with some sites --

www.slashfilm.com/new-logan-images/

New ‘Logan’ Image and Storyboards: Wolverine Makes This Mutant Dystopia Look Good
Posted on Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 by Jacob Hall


While a certain segment of comic book fans have spent the past decade-plus complaining that the cinematic Wolverine was a tall and strapping Australian man and not a stout weirdo, it’s very possible that the superhero movie boom would never have taken off without Hugh Jackman. The man is inherently likable on camera, managing to lend both humor and gravity to potentially ridiculous situations. And yes, he is also unfairly handsome.

The latest image from Logan, Jackman’s swan song as his most popular character, is a reminder that Jackman can make this whole “anti-mutant dystopia that is a depressing enough to demand a Johnny Cash song in the trailer” thing look real good.

Like most of the images released from Logan, this new picture was taken by director James Mangold, who initially shared it on Twitter. Also like most of the previous images, there’s a little more artistry at work here than in your average set photo, as if Mangold was assembling a black-and-white coffee table book chronicling the making of the film. Unlike the previous image, which featured Jackman looked battered and bruised and generally in a bad place, this one lets him clean up a bit. Even when the look screams “I am an aging superhero who can’t be bothered to wear a tie with my jacket,” Jackman makes it look snazzy.

In my big breakdown of the first trailer, I dwelled on Logan’s suit, noting that he was wearing it in a scene where he seemingly attends a funeral from afar. It seems like the only way to get the Wolverine out of that white sleeveless shirt is to kill off a friend.

Mangold also shared two storyboards drawn by artist Gabriel Hardman. If you like what you see here, I highly recommend you seek out Invisible Republic, the science fiction comic he co-writes and illustrates for Image Comics. It’s essentially a combination of Breaking Bad and Blade Runner, with a few dashes of Che. It’s really good! Anyway, his first image finds Logan (in that same suit) watching a motel in the pouring rain…

The second is a more dynamic action shot, a low angle capturing Logan as he pops his claws (while also wearing that same suit)…

Logan is set to open on March 3, 2017. After the bloated and tired X-Men: Apocalypse, it looks like the small and character-driven X-Men movie we need right now.

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An article from another site notes that in the storyboard, Logan seems to be watching some action happening before the motel entrance ( showing an ambulance and police cars).

But two other sites ( SuperheroHype and ComingSoon.net) also note the "stylish- looking Logan"

And ScreenCrush shares these notes --

, but only recently has Jackman himself entered the picture — literally. Mangold’s latest tweets reveal a new photo of the actor as the older Logan, somehow more gruff than ever before, yet looking quite slick in a suit. The photo could easily be a fashion ad in GQ

LOL - I don't think it was the intention of James Mangold to present an image of Logan ( aka Hugh Jackman) as a particularly handsome character when he shared it.

But it is not the media's fault for noticing that Hugh Jackman carries a suit well-enough to be mistaken for a male model for GQ


Back to the serious intent of the photo and the storyboard images --

The "leaked" set photos showed Logan similarly dressed in a suit -- but they suggested a more ominous impression. Hmm...

Jo

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Andrew Wheeler ‏@wheeler 10m
10 minutes ago

Andrew Wheeler Retweeted Comics Alliance

What If... Old Man Hugh Jackman is the most attractive Hugh Jackman?

[mamaleh]

And to think HJ was turned down to be a model.

Ellen

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The film project has drawn many artistic responses --

Alexander Walker ‏@awillustration 35m
35 minutes ago

Finally finished the poster concept for #Logan. @realhughjackman @sirpatstew this is for you guys!

[jo]

Evolution?? Nah, still the same manly Jackman

[jo]

Someone uploaded the series of trailers from 2000 to 2014 --





In one of the video reactions to the LOGAN trailer, one reviewer made this observation : " This new tone shown on the LOGAN trailer is an EVOLUTION!"

A new evolution for the genre ... which the franchise redefined from the moribund comicbook movies of the decade before the very first XMen movie appeared. In itself, the first XMen movie gave us a more serious look at comicbook characters and new plots which had depth and related to social issues of the day ( i.e., non-acceptance)

Ironic that it was in this first movie that we see Prof X meeting Logan/Wolverine for the first time...and now almost 17 years later, that bond will be one of the key subjects of the next XMen movie, albeit a spinoff. Prof X is seriously ailing and Logan is physically-weakened and maybe dispirited ... hence the dark tone suggested by the LOGAN trailer.

It is somewhat nostalgic to watch those trailers covering all those years -- but it is also a good reminder of how the filmmakers have kept to the general tone from the very first movie.

Watch the trailers, but not while cutting onions


Jo

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Now this image posted on wponx is a real teaser

http://instagram.com/p/BMOwJ7hjyl_

Ominous clouds ( that portend an event) coming?

The quiet landscape soon to explode?

Is this near where Logan and the Professor are keeping a low profile?



Jo

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We Hurt After Watching This Musical Journey Through the Life of Wolverine

The choice to use Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt” for the Logan trailer certainly sent a message. This is going to be a very different superhero movie than what we’re used to. But what happens if you take that song, and the mournful mood it generates, and stretch it back into the previous films?

Darth Blender on YouTube has the answer. The team edited footage from every X-Men movie except Logan to their own version of Johnny Cash’s cover (which was originally a Nine Inch Nails song). The result is a somber, but solid look back at the life of Logan, aka Wolverine as played by Hugh Jackman.

Source here

[jo]

Another cryptic image from the wponx site --

http://instagram.com/p/BMWeiMAjHCf

[jo]

Another retrospective -- since that cage fight...till when he is Logan once again!





Hope Hugh gets to see these tributes which are coming along now.


Jo