X-23 Creator Craig Kyle is Working With James Mangold on The Script For the LOGAN Spinoff Film

Yesterday we learned that Logan director James Mangold was developing a script for a spinoff film that would focus on X-23. The movie has yet to be greenlit by Fox, but the wheels are in motion to making it happen. 

It has now been revealed by THR that the creator of X-23, Craig Kyle, who also co-wrote Thor: Ragnarok, is also working alongside James Mangold on the script. This is pretty awesome news! It's also good to see the creators of characters like this involved with developing stories for their character's for the big screen.

In case you're curious about where the story could possibly go, Kyle previously shared his vision for where he'd like to see her go, saying:

"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."

That would definitely be a powerful story to tell. It seems to be in line with that same western-style tone and story structure that Logan had. Now that he's actually involved with working on the X-23 spinoff film, it will be interesting to see what he and Mangold end up doing with it.

What would you like to see from the character in the spinoff film? 

I’ve been sitting on this news for months! One of the biggest secrets I’ve ever kept. https://t.co/GkJxv5Ic3i

— Craig Kyle (@MrCraigKyle) October 25, 2017