James Mangold Explains Why LOGAN Takes Place In 2029

James Mangold Explains Why LOGAN Takes Place In 2029

Hugh Jackman's (possible) final time as Wolverine places the ferocious mutant in the year 2029 and for a very specific reason (that's related to X-Men: Days of Future Past) per director James Mangold.

By MarkJulian - Jan 19, 2017 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Logan
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Tracking Fox's X-Men timeline,  Charles Xavier graduated from the University of Oxford in 1962.  If he's the average graduate age of 22, that would make him 89 in 2029.  Across Professor X's 67 years adventuring as the leader of the X-Men, the team's exploits somehow became public knowledge as evidenced by the comic book Wolverine remarks as being sensationalized in Logan's final trailer.  

What happened to the rest of the X-Men to leave Professor X and Wolverine hiding on the Mexican border?  The setting and atmosphere of Logan is a far cry from the hopeful and triumphant tone of X-Men: DoFP's epilogue.  Five to six years seems like a relative short time for such a drastic change to occur but James Mangold felt that was enough of a time skip to give himself room to tell his take on the Old Man Logan storyline from Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.

"It's year 2029 when the movie takes place," James Mangold told ComicBook.com.  He added, "There's an epilogue scene in Days of Future Past which is 2024, or 2023, something like that.  I just wanted to get far enough past. My goal was real simple: it was to pick a time where I had enough elbow room that I was clear of existing entanglements. Part of the way I think this films stop being fresh (these films being franchise comic book movies) is when you find yourself making essentially a television series with $200 million episodes where you're literally just picking up where the last one left off and you're making a mini-series. Then, it's impossible to do something fresh, meaning essentially you're just a director on the 14th episode of a television show picking up where the last one left off and people are going to be really startled by any discontinuity or changes."

Aside from freeing himself up from entanglements with Fox's confusing continuity, Mangold had one other goal in mind with the time skip.   "The goal here was to somehow make a film that's different: to be a filmmaker myself and go, 'How would I bring myself to this? What would I do if I was starting from scratch? What would I explore? What have I seen not explored?' Not only in the X-Men universe but in comic book movies in general."

ABOUT LOGAN
Logan will be released in North American theaters on March 3, 2017. The film is directed and written by James Mangold, who returns after directing 2013's The Wolverine. The film will reportedly mark Hugh Jackman's last outing as the titular hero after having played the character for 17 years, beginning with 2000's X-Men. Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Professor X. He'll be joined by Dafne Keen as Laura (rumored to be X-23), Stephen Merchant as Caliban, Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce (leader of The Reavers) and Richard E. Grant as Zander Rice (head of the Transigen project).

Logan is loosely based on the Old Man Logan miniseries from comic book author Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven.  The plot find Logan and Professor X on the run, years after the epilogue of X-Men: Days Of Future Past in the year 2024.  For undisclosed reasons, the world has transformed into an apocalyptic landscape where mutants are nearly extinct.  Professor X and Wolverine are protecting the young Laura who somehow holds the key to a better future.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:  In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
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LarrySegovia
LarrySegovia - 1/19/2017, 9:48 AM
Please be good dammnit!! Despite my gripes about the Fox-men and his last Wolverine outings, Hugh Jackman deserves a proper send off based on his dedication alone.


SisterSunday52
SisterSunday52 - 1/19/2017, 12:13 PM
@LarrySegura - Well, from what I noticed, Fox releases one good movie, then one bad movie follows. X-men: First Class (good) The Wolverine (bad),then X-men: Days of Future Past (good), then Fant4stic (bad), then Deadpool (good), then X-men: Apocalypse (bad). Of Fox keeps to tradition, Logan should be their next good movie.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 1/19/2017, 3:12 PM
@LarrySegura - [frick], now I know that Baldy McBeard-man dies.
LarrySegovia
LarrySegovia - 1/19/2017, 4:16 PM
@AMrSundayGirl58 - I can dig that logic of yours.

LarrySegovia
LarrySegovia - 1/19/2017, 4:16 PM
@Ryguy88 - Sh*t! forgot the spoiler alert!
SmellofDuty
SmellofDuty - 1/19/2017, 9:48 AM
When people say they aren't excited for this:

alibaba3317
alibaba3317 - 1/19/2017, 9:51 AM
thank god, real movie making
ElJefe
ElJefe - 1/19/2017, 9:52 AM
A lot of people would like to be clear of the previous X-tanglements
DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 1/19/2017, 9:52 AM
Haha I thought the reason was going to be interesting
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 1/19/2017, 9:53 AM
Interesting. I see what he means. Not that it's a diss to other CBMs that do follow that formula, but the choice to have some elbow room is definitely plausible.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 1/19/2017, 10:30 AM
@ThePanther - The only real hard part is the studio (not Fox alone, but just in general). There are plenty of people who have the right idea, but are turned away by people who don't know any better.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 1/19/2017, 9:53 AM
Lmao and so many idiots were complaining cuz they thought it took place a year after the DoPF epilogue.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/19/2017, 9:53 AM
"What have I seen not explored?"

Wolverine in a suit? :,)
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