If Caliban is already familiar with Logan and Xavier, then this suggests that the character may find himself caught in the crossfire between Logan, Xavier, Laura and the Reavers: the main villains in Logan, led by one Donald Pierce (Boyd Holbrook) and in service of one Dr. Zander Rice (Richard E. Grant).
Questions about the character’s role in the movie’s narrative aside, several images of Merchant as Caliban in Logan have been released to date – and we can now add yet another to that growing collection.
Both the Reavers and Dr. Rice are described by Mangold as being less “operatic” and more emotionally-grounded in their sensibilities, compared to certain past X-Men movie villains (think Apocalypse).
This year’s Logan serves as the end of an era for the live-action X-Men movies, with Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart playing being pursued by dangerous forces.