HBO Max will soon remove a 2017 dystopian sci-fi film featuring Hugh Jackman from its library. Directed by a five-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker, this film served as an emotional farewell to the beloved character Jackman portrayed for 15 years.
Logan is leaving HBO Max very soon
HBO Max will say goodbye to Logan from its platform on Monday, June 1, 2026.
James Mangold directed the film and co-wrote it alongside Scott Frank and Michael Green. In addition to Jackman as the titular character, the cast features Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and Richard E. Grant, among others.
Although it shares characters and actors with the long-running X-Men film franchise, Logan is primarily a standalone title. “We take place in 2029, and X-Men Apocalypse ends in 2024. There are five blank years there that are wide open to seeing how things got from here to there. 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 explained (via Empire).
The film is set in a dystopian future where mutants are nearly extinct. Meanwhile, an aging and weakened Logan works as a limousine driver and hides in Mexico while caring for a dementia-stricken Professor Charles Xavier, with assistance from Caliban.
Their lives are disrupted when a nurse asks Logan to protect and escort a young girl named Laura to Eden. As they journey to their destination, Logan discovers that she is being hunted by dangerous individuals and possesses abilities similar to his own. Unbeknownst to Logan, he and Laura share more than he realizes.
20th Century Fox, the film’s distributor, released it in the United States on March 3, 2017. Both critics and audiences praised it for providing a well-deserved emotional sendoff to the iconic character.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently holds a Tomatometer score of 93% and a Popcornmeter score of 91%. On IMDb, it boasts an impressive score of 8.1 out of 10 based on over 900K user ratings.
At the box office, Logan grossed $619 million globally against a budget of $97 million. Additionally, it received an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay but lost to Call Me by Your Name.
