Logan is a movie directed by James Mangold in 2017 and based on the characters from the comic book Wolverine by Roy Thomas, Len Wein and John Romita Sr., first published in 1982. The movie features Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and others.
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Storyline
In 2029, no mutants have been born in 25 years, and an aging Logan suffers as his healing ability is failing. Working as a limo driver in El Paso, Texas, under his birth name James Howlett, he and mutant tracker Caliban care for 90-year-old Charles Xavier, Logan’s mentor and founder of the X-Men, in an abandoned smelting plant in northern Mexico.
Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
137
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Year
1982
Pages
24
Book Rate
8.46
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
Wolverine
Author: Roy Thomas, Len Wein, John Romita Sr.
Country: USA
First published in: 1982
Length: 24 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Wolverine
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
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Movie by James Mangold
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“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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