LOGAN : Publicity and Promotion

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Appearance on the Graham Norton show in the UK confirmed --

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X-cellent!

Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart are heading to The Graham Norton Show:

buff.ly/2k3n0Mw 
@grahnort

From the link --

By Joe Anderton
8 February 2017

We're getting pretty damn hyped for Logan. The grim n' gritty trailers are making this look like one of the (if not the) strongest films in the X-Men franchise - a series that we have a lot of love for, despite its ups and downs over the years.

Another thing we love is The Graham Norton Show, and not just because we dream of the day we get to tell our stories in the Big Red Chair, so imagine our excitement when the BBC announced a Logan special of the chat show.


We're making our excuses to leave the pub earlier.
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and Sir Patrick Stewart (Professor Charles Xavier) will be joining Graham for some chat, some mild plot spoilers, and hopefully plenty of stories of antics on the sets of the long-running superhero series.


We don't know who else will be on the episode yet, either as a guest or providing music, but we do know that this episode will be shown on Friday, February 24, so set your Sky+ or your TiVo (or whatever it is that you do).
If you need to get up to speed on what the third solo Wolverine movie is about then we've got an 'everything you need to know' page, as well as a ton of exclusive content about the film from our recent Logan week.
Logan opens in UK cinemas on March 1.

It is likely that there will also be a London premiere of LOGAN with Hugh and Patrick.

[jo]

Another (digital) magazine cover ( a property and lifestyle magazine) -- great photo inside!

www.digitalmag.co.uk/Churchill_Mathesons_February_2017online/index.html#/28/




The link will bring readers to the cover story, just wait for it to turn up.

[jo]

New clip from LOGAN. He identifies himself as James Howlett...and while driving his rental limo... he records a purchase offer on a Sunseeker boat?



The clip is in black and white and because of that...it looks such a cool scene introducing us to what has happened to him after many years as a loner and a former XMen team member?


More details from Comicbook.com --

comicbook.com/marvel/2017/02/09/new-logan-viral-video-shows-how-wolverine-has-been-spending-reti/

[jo]

More info on the China release of LOGAN --

The line-up for foreign films in China for March is already starting to take shape with Legendary Entertainment’s Kong: Skull Island and Logan, the latest movie in the X-Men universe, each securing theatrical release slots this week.

Logan (金刚狼3：殊死一战) will hit screens first on Friday, March 17, followed by Kong: Skull Island (金刚：骷髅岛), which is set for release a week later, on Friday, March 24. They follow The Lego Batman Movie and A Dog’s Purpose, which both come out on March 3.

As reported earlier, Beauty and the Beast secured a day-and-date release with North America on March 17.
The release of the R-rated Logan is an important coup for 20th Century Fox, which failed last year to secure a slot for Deadpool due to its violence, nudity and graphic language. Not all R-rated films are blocked, however, as the recent success of Hacksaw Ridge attests.

The mid-March release date for the James Mangold-directed film puts it at around two weeks after it opens in North America. Star Hugh Jackman, is no stranger to China — 17 of his previous films have screened in the country, including the two previous Wolverine movies.

[jo]

Analyzing the intriguing clip of James Howlett trying to bargain for a boat!

movieweb.com/logan-wolverine-3-video-clip-sunseeker-boat/



And this is why there is such excitement ( Seven claws excitement level!) over this clip --

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Even THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER is intrigued by the SUNSEEKER clip --

www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/logan-clip-shows-wolverine-unexpected-role-bored-sleepy-chauffeur-973933

[jo]

The clip is selling the movie even better than what the trailers have already done!

From FilmSchoolRejects --

H. Perry HortonFollow
Video Content Editor for Film School Rejects/One Perfect Shot, Novelist. Tweets @hperryhorton
Feb 9

Short of the Day

‘Sunseeker’ Presents Another Side of ‘Logan’
A most unusual look at a superhero movie.


Okay, so technically today’s short isn’t really a short, it’s a one-minute trailer for James Mangold’s Logan, the “final” Wolverine movie starring Hugh Jackman. As we’ve already seen in previous trailers, Mangold has taken a decidedly non-super approach to this superhero movie, which looks every bit as stark, dark, gritty and grounded in reality as Sicario, or No Country for Old Men, or Hell or High Water. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: take away the claws and Logan looks like it plays like a dystopic western noir, no powers needed.
Certainly the film’s narrative lends itself to the above assessment, but also the way Mangold has shot it makes it feel elevated above the usual fodder of the genre. The camera lingers in places like a vulture waiting for something to die, the terrain is given character, and the action sequences seem to closer resemble something like a crime thriller — close-quartered, raw, brutal, frenetic — than the choreographed, effects-laden set pieces of the X-Men movies.


And then there came this: Sunseeker, a one-minute, black-and-white, grainy teaser featuring Logan as his alter-ego James Howlett driving an assortment of dipshits around in his limo, that feels like a young Godard directing the opening sequence of Taxi Driver. The only dialogue is a voiceover voice mail “James” is leaving for someone selling the titular boat, expressing blasé interest in purchasing it, and that’s it. The word “Logan” is never spoken or shown, and in fact given the quality of film stock, it’s kinda tough to tell that’s Hugh Jackman you’re looking at. Show this to someone who hasn’t seen the Logan trailers and I guarantee there’s no way they would connect the two, and even if they have there’s nothing to give the connection away, other than the alias.


So what then is the point, you might be wondering? Character. Character character character, which is what Wolverine in particular has always been about, both in the comics and onscreen. His powers are cool, and of course the claws are iconic, but what has made Wolverine the biggest superhero since Batman is his persona, the image he has carved for himself as a wounded warrior lured by darkness but fighting for the light, the hero whose flaws are his strengths. Logan is set in 2029, far removed from the times of the other X-movies; Sunseeker serves to fill in the mental and emotional gap in Logan’s (the man) story, and it succeeds in showing us in one minute the toll years have taken on him.


There aren’t any credits but one can only assume Mangold himself shot this (though if anyone reading this knows I’m wrong please correct me), and maybe it’s just me, but I’m more excited for Logan having now seen Sunseeker than I was after the other trailers, by which admittedly I was pretty flipping excited. We always knew Mangold and Jackman would be bringing their A-game for Wolverine’s swan song, but I don’t think any of us thought that in addition to a fitting finale Logan would also be one of the year’s best films. And granted, I haven’t see it yet, but all signs are pointing to just that, this sign in particular. Watch and share.

[jo]

Another TV spot --

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Another one --

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This could turn out to be one of the busiest premiere tour for Hugh Jackman!

He is expected in Berlin, Sao Paulo, presumably London ( given that he has been announced for the Graham Norton show), and now Taipei! Wasn't he there for PAN at the time of the Chinese New Year then?

http://instagram.com/p/BQVWUt9DrXt

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The exciting MEET-AND-GREET Wolverine contests will have its fabulous weekend ( interview with Hugh and advance LOGAN screening) this weekend (Feb 11 & 12).

One excited winner is CAIT, a wife and Mom, but also a Wolverine Girl, won the contest sponsored by CinemaBlend. She travels from Anchorage, Alaska to NYC for the event.

Cait
@supercaity



Sam's wife (6yrs)/Abby's momma (6yrs). Med.RET USN MA2. Kentucky born/bred. Photo, sew, read, write, paint, movies, game, hunt, fish, camp, gym, hike, #mpc2017
Anchorage, Alaska

Her twitter account posts include tweets about her forthcoming trip --

twitter.com/SuperCaity

Cait ‏@supercaity 10h
10 hours ago

Start spreading the news...I'm leaving today.... #newyorknewyork
I'm going to throw up....

Cait ‏@supercaity 44m
44 minutes ago

@sean_OConnell @cinemablend @realhughjackman
Both sides happily married so that takes the pressure off.

In reply to Ed Button
Cait ‏@supercaity 2h
2 hours ago

@edb87 I won a contest with @cinemablend - @sean_OConnell is going to make sure I don't do anything dumb

Here are details of the contest won by Cait!

www.cinemablend.com/news/1611040/wolverine-superfan-wanted-to-interview-hugh-jackman-with-cinemablend

[jo]

She made it to New York !

But a few days ago --

Cait ‏@supercaity Feb 9

Dear Sweet Baby Jesus - please don't cancel my flight. In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen @sean_OConnell

Then --

Cait ‏@supercaity 14m
14 minutes ago


Let's. Do. This.
It's on like Donkey Kong.
@realhughjackman - I'm going to interview the everlovin hell outta you, bro!
@sean_OConnell

That is a long flight -- she took Alaska Air -- some 9-10 flying hours?? Is there jet lag?


Just to see Hugh Jackman and LOGAN....

[jo]

From details on a contest in India --

to Taiwan to attend the red carpet premiere of Logan on February 27, 2017.

We are only an hour or so away from Taipei!


Jo

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"You Will Not Survive" TV spot --

[jo]

Re_Hit ‏@re_Hit 40m
40 minutes ago

@realhughjackman I cant' believe you'll be here in SP in my birthday Feb; 19th...

February
12- Meeting and Private screening with selected fans/media bloggers in NYC
17- Berlin ( World Premiere)
19- Sao Paulo
23- maybe London?

27- Taipei



I wonder what else is on the schedule??

Maybe Beijing/Shanghai?

Maybe Sydney?

Maybe a Hollywood premiere?

[jo]

ErikDavis ‏@erikdavis 32m
32 minutes ago

Here's who now greets all those entering New York City...
#Logan

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Cait!!! She must be on top of the world

And Abigail, 6, must be very proud of her Mom!

http://instagram.com/p/BQbOY3zjG74

[jo]

Cinemablend must be ecstatic -- to have their chosen fan interviewer be singled out by Hugh!

Cait Retweeted
Sean O'Connell ‏@sean_OConnell 39m
39 minutes ago

@realhughjackman @supercaity @logan @20thcenturyfox Hugh Jackman's one of this industry's GREAT guys. Loved what he did for his fans today




Cait Retweeted
Sean O'Connell ‏@sean_OConnell 44m
44 minutes ago

@realhughjackman @supercaitlinn @logan @20thcenturyfox This is incredible!! So proud of @supercaity !!

And in reply --

Cait
‏@supercaity
Follow

@sean_OConnell @realhughjackman @logan @20thcenturyfox over the moon right now. Like Cinderella leaving the ball@ 12AM but in a good way!
2:14 PM - 12 Feb 2017

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Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman 21m
21 minutes ago

Old friends. @wolverinemovie @sirpatstew @20thcenturyfox

Old Friends


Whoa -- all of a sudden what comes to mind is Hugh and many other West End stars singing OLD FRIENDS during the finale tribute in the concert to honor Cameron Mackintosh ( Hey, Mr. Producer!). The song is from a lesser-known work of Sondheim called MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG! Hugh could be seen on the second row of that group of talented people ( Julie Andrews, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Lea Salonga, Ruthie Henshall, Judi Dench, etc.) and Cameron Mackintosh during that finale!

Hugh was introduced to London (and the world) in that concert singing OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN', before OKLAHOMA! opened in London!

Hey, Hugh -- were you thinking of the same thing

[jo]

Old friends -- from WAAPA days!

http://instagram.com/p/BQbLY48FYXX

[jo]

Meet Abigail


Her Dad shares this --







Before her Mom left for NYC, Abigail asks her Mom to sign her autograph book --

[jo]

Look who's got new photos on her Twitter Page

twitter.com/supercaity?lang=en

Cait ‏@supercaity 43m
43 minutes ago


thehughjackman made our whole decade. We'll be talking about this for years to come. Thanks to…

http://instagram.com/p/BQbi64rDZCS

[jo]

Hugh Jackman has this amazing ability to be so engaging and warmhearted with his fans!

As we all know from our lucky experiences at the stagedoor


Jo