James Mangold Explains The Future Plans For X-Men Franchise
Logan director, James Mangold opens up about how the X-Men franchise should carry on the legacy and build up its movies in future.
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The
X-Men
has
definitely
been
one
of
the
most
anticipated
superhero
movie
franchises
in
Hollywood.
It
is
rather
a
unique
one
as
it
leaves
no
binding
trail
to
its
previous
story-line
and
each
and
every
time
it
leaves
space
for
the
audiences
to
tickle
their
imaginations.
However,
with
their
latest
movie
Logan,
the
franchise
has
made
a
courageous
move
ignoring
all
those
events
from
the
previous
stories
and
projecting
it
on
a
much
micro-encapsulated
environment
with
a
different
tone
altogether.
And
with
the
fact
that
franchise
contracts
are
up
for
stars
like
Michael
Fassbender,
James
McAvoy,
Jennifer
Lawrence
and
others,
Logan
director
James
Mangold
comes
in
for
the
rescue,
with
his
open
ideas
for
the
X-Men
future.
According
to
Mangold,
there
could
be
many
escape
valves
for
the
X-Men
franchise
after
Logan,
one
is
that
the
franchise
could
build
up
on
the
time
gap
between
X-Men
Apocalypse
and
Logan.
"I
gave
them
many
escape
valves.
We
take
place
in
2029,
and
X-Men
Apocalypse
ends
in
2024.
There's
five
blank
years
there
that
are
wide
open
to
seeing
how
things
got
from
here
to
there." Said
Mangold.
Another
could
be
building
up
new
story-line
and
characters,
ultimately
bidding
goodbye
to
the
X-Men
and
continuing
with
its
legacy
all
up
in
a
new
series.
"Or
else
you
could
do
what
I
would
advocate,
which
is
imagine
a
different
world
and
create
a
new
movie,
and
you
don't
need
the
permission
of
the
other
movies."
The
director
added.