Regissören James Mangold och manusförfattaren Scott Frank står bakom Logan samt den förra filmen om Marvels skäggige antihjälte, The Wolverine. I in nygjord intervju med The Hollywood Reporter har Frank nu pratat lite om varför han anser att Logan är en mycket bättre film än tidigare rollar med Järven i huvudrollen, och det handlar i stort om att de inte tvingats sälja några Happy Meals den här gången.
"We didn't have to connect it to any larger 'universe.' Or as Jim keeps saying, 'we didn't have to sell Happy Meals.' And so that was great. Whereas, the last one, my favorite part is where he's in the middle of rural Japan and with this woman and being a human being and feeling what it's like to be a human being. But we're not there very long before we're back to giant robots and stuff. And then it becomes just another superhero movie with a lot of CG stuff. And we were trying to avoid that this time around and the studio had changed studio heads and they were very much into the idea of trying something new, because otherwise what's the point? The only way these movies have value is if they become about something else. They can't all about saving the world."
"Rated-R" är bra skit, med andra ord. Det har nu både Deadpool samt Logan med stor tydlighet bevisat.