LOGAN Star Dafne Keen Says Fox Was At One Point Planning an X-23 Spinoff Film
After watching Logan, which is hands down the best Marvel film that came out of Twentieth Century Fox, I wanted to see an X-23 spinoff movie. It had to happen! Dafne Keen was incredible in that role and to see that character’s story continue would have been amazing!
Well, it turns out that Fox was actually planning an X-23 spinoff film before they ultimately were bought by Disney. Keen confirmed this during a recent interview with Elle, saying:
"I got told by some people at Fox that there might be another one, but this was ages ago when we were filming, and they haven't contacted me ever again. I feel like we're just at the beginning, there’s more to be told, and it's a relay race. I come into play when they've already written and done pre-production and decided on doing the film, so as soon as they say, ‘go,’ I'll happily go whenever."
I really would love to see Keen back in the role of X-23. I have no idea what Marvel’s plans are, but it’s safe to say that the story that she started with Logan will not continue, which is a shame. But, what can ya do?
Craig Kyle, who co-wrote Thor: Ragnarok, was also working alongside Logan director James Mangold on a script for the spinoff, and when previously talking about what he wanted to do with the character, he explained:
"We know the kids were created and tested. I'd love to see some of the stories that we told [in the comics], see as much as we can of how she came to be, but then really get into the stories of what she was forced to do and commit. She said she killed people. She said bad people. The bulk of who X-23 and Laura killed in the comic books were bad people, but she did kill some children. She did kill a whole press corps. I think there's something powerful about watching her go through those horrors without any say and without any ability to not take those actions.
"A story I always wanted to tell was, once she's free and once she's gone through what she's gone through, the only way she can have a hope for a future is for her to go back and trace the lives that remained and were harmed by the actions she was forced to commit. You put her on this journey of redemption. She faces the families that lost fathers. The orphans, everyone that was touched by her horrific acts. And she can go through them one by one and face everyone affected by the murders she was forced to commit, if she can get to the end of that road without being killed by those that remain, there's something on the other side of that. I think it would truly be transformative for the character."
I would have loved to see that story.