LOGAN Director James Mangold Reveals Original Idea for the Film

Logan director James Mangold recently sat down with ScreenRant and shared his original idea for the film that would eventually shape the premise for the story. Surprisingly, it was a "family" dynamic that Mangold was searching for the film:

"A couple months after we wrapped, I had this idea, it was originally that Charles [Xavier] and Logan were hiding out in a Kentucky bourbon, an abandoned bourbon factory and that he was in a tank, an abandoned tank in a bourbon factory. The idea occurred to me to make a movie about family and the idea of using, I kept doing more and more research. The Greg Kyle “Innocence Lost” series about X-23 caught my attention and the idea of doing a movie in which we find Logan with a daughter seemed like a really interesting family dynamic – caring for ailing dad and then discovering you have a kid. Particularly for a character like Logan, who is so loathed to having any intimate connections with anyone, it seemed like the ultimate set of obstacles to put in front of him, much bigger than a super villain from another planet."

I totally agree that it's much more entertaining to see Wolverine struggle emotionally than it is against a massive supervillain. The Wolverine had a lot of balls out action with little emotion and that, in my opinion, makes it the weakest of the films in his franchise. I also like the fact that Mangold points out that professor Xavier is a bit of a father figure to the character, and that the film will have that feeling. I mean, technically, Logan is older than Charles so it would make more sense if they were like brothers...but let's not dive too deep into that. 

Logan opens in theaters March 3rd.