‘The Wolverine’ may have contained major ‘Logan’ spoilers

Spoilers may follow in the article, so read only if you have watched Logan

Already on its second weekend on theaters worldwide and not showing any signs of slowing down its dominance in the Box Office, “Logan” has earned a lot of praises from both critics and fans for delivering such a powerful swan song to the beloved comic book superhero known as Wolverine on the big screen.

Hugh Jackman has praised the movie and called it “the Wolverine story he wanted to tell”, and he credits the stellar performance of the movie to writer and director James Mangold who was the driving force behind the film’s R-Rating success.

Despite the fact that film is said to be a stand-alone story that doesn’t rely on past X-Men Movies, a report by ComicBook.com has fans speculating and coming up with theories that Mangold may have actually set up the ending of Logan following the events of his previous collaboration with Jackman in “The Wolverine”.

In the 2013 film, the feral mutant travels to Japan to reunite with an old acquaintance from World War II and goes through a journey that sees him lose his healing factor and battle yakuza, ninjas, and new enemies seeking to exploit his abilities.

One of the new characters introduced in that film was Yukio, played by Rila Fukushima, who allies with Logan and has the mutant ability of precognition. She warns Wolverine that she has seen a future where he dies, and in the context of that film it wasn’t a clear vision yet, and it is assumed she meant that he would die in battle with Shingen (played by Hiroyuki Sanada).

Logan ultimately proved that vision wrong and came through alive and putting his enemies to rest by the movie’s end. However, one fan has taken things a step further and put out a theory that most keen eyed Wolverine fans have seen — Yukio’s vision of our hero’s death was actually the ending to “Logan”, and it’s a very powerful and emotional moment that had viewers in tears.

And the prize goes to Maurice! https://t.co/9GyRffqUlg

— Mangold (@mang0ld) March 9, 2017

Mangold has even applauded the fan’s theory and retweeted it, so that’s a pretty good acknowledgement from the director that his storytelling has connective threads that run and remain consistent in his "Wolverine" films.

"Logan" is currently playing in theaters. — AT, GMA News