Wolverine
has been regarded as one of the most popular X-men, he’s shown up in almost
every X-men movie in one way or another, and has been the main character in the
vast majority of them. That’s a testament to Hugh Jackman who elevated this character
beyond his comic book popularity, to the fact that whilst Fantastic 4’s future
in comics went into doubt after Secret Wars, the X-men survived and recently
Wolverine was brought back into the fray in the Marvel Legacy title.
Logan,
Jackman’s final performance as Wolverine is based on a comic book Old Man
Logan, I have not read the comic book but I know it has a following, with him
replacing Wolverine in certain X-men titles and having a steady performing solo
book.
With the
success of Deadpool, Fox knew that an R-rated comic book movie could be
successful and given Wolverine’s powers and history, an R-rated movie was ripe
for him. Of course, they want to mitigate the risk, the budget for this movie
was $96m, about half what the budget of your average superhero blockbuster. It
was very successful, earning $616.8m at the box office and having a 93% rating
on Rotten Tomatoes
