James Mangold Is Working on a Black-and-White Version of Logan Because It Is Serious and Important

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Following in the footsteps of Mad Max: Fury Roads Black & Chrome edition, Logan director James Mangold says hes producing a de-colorized version of the X-Men blockbuster, which hits theaters on Friday.

Mangold, who has also shared several black-and-white photos from the production, evidently has a fondness for the old-fashioned look, and though its set in the future, Logan makes a point of tying its story to the past through repeated, sometimes heavy-handed, evocations of the 1950s Western Shane. But its also of a piece with the movies efforts to set itself apart from the rest of the comic-book movie crowd, with its gory violence and strenuously downbeat outlook. What better way to do that than to leach out its color entirely, reducing comics traditional four-color palette to none? The move would also parallel Quentin Tarantinos Kill Bill, Vol. 1, which shifted from color to black and white in the middle of a supremely b****y fight scene in order to secure its R rating, but since Logan already wears its hard R like a badge of honor, its doubtful Mangold would try to get it knocked down to something more kid-friendly.

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