Wednesday’s official trailer launch for The Kid Who Would Be King comes as delightful memory jogger roughly a year-and-a-half since its announcement. The new Joe Cornish-directed family action adventure is poised for a 2019 release pitting Ashbourne Serkis front and center with Patrick Stewart and Mission: Impossible franchise darling Rebecca Ferguson.
You don’t usually go into a superhero movie expecting an emotionally taxing experience, but all of the promotional marketing for Logan warned us leading up to its release to expect exactly that. In Logan, James Mangold’s follow up to his notable though flawed 2013 outing The Wolverine, we’re shown a senile Professor Charles Xavier devoid of dignity and his usual poise. We’re treated to an alcoholic, time-battered Wolverine. And we’re told a story based on a comic that stands out for its bleakness. But that’s the thing, many comic book fans don’t love them for their stories, they love them for their spectacle.
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