There’s been all kinds of speculation about whether or not Hugh Jackman will appear as Wolverine in Avengers: Doomsday. A bunch of his X-Men co-stars are coming back, so it stands to reason their adamantium-clawed M.V.P. would join them. But Marvel might be saving Jackman’s return for Secret Wars, or Logan might not have a place in this story at all.
But, whether or not Jackman is returning as Wolverine in the next Avengers movie, he’s already returned as Wolverine in spirit. Jackman’s latest movie, The Death of Robin Hood, touches on a lot of the same themes as his greatest Wolverine outing, 2017’s Logan. Set to arrive in theaters on June 19, The Death of Robin Hood is a grim deconstruction of the titular folk hero. Rather than celebrating his heroism, it decries his life of violence.
When the trailer for The Death of Robin Hood dropped, it looked suspiciously like a stealth remake of Logan. And now that the reviews are in, we can confirm that The Death of Robin Hood is, indeed, just Logan 2.0.
The Death Of Robin Hood Has Numerous Parallels To Logan
If someone else was playing Robin Hood, The Death of Robin Hood would still look like a pretty transparent rehash of Logan. But having Hugh Jackman himself in the role of Robin Hood makes it look like a shot-for-shot remake. The premise is literally Logan, but with Robin Hood instead of Wolverine. In Logan, Wolverine is living off the grid, trying to find some kind of peace with the last surviving mutants, as his past vigilante violence comes back to haunt him. In The Death of Robin Hood, Robin Hood is living off the grid, trying to find peace as his violent past comes back to haunt him. It’s the same movie all over again, with the same guy playing the lead role.
These themes and ideas didn’t originate in Logan. They’re both riffing on familiar tropes from old westerns like Shane and more recent revisionist westerns like Unforgiven. Where Shane and Unforgiven deconstructed the American mythology of gunslingers in the Old West, Logan deconstructed the myth of the superhero and The Death of Robin Hood is deconstructing the olde English folk hero. It’s all about taking these characters who are celebrated for the righteous violence they’ve committed, and exposing the dark side of that lifestyle and the baggage of years of killing.
It’ll be harder for The Death of Robin Hood to prove that Robin Hood was really the bad guy, especially in this day and age. Robin famously robbed the rich and gave to the poor — that’s a folk hero we can all appreciate in the era of billionaires and trillionaires.
The Death Of Robin Hood Reactions Prove Deadpool Was Right
Although Logan was billed as Jackman’s final outing in the role of Wolverine, and it proved to be a perfect ending for his journey as the character, he ended up playing Wolverine again seven years later. In Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds breaks the fourth wall to tell some young X-Men fans that Disney is going to force Jackman to continue playing Wolvie until he’s 90.
He may have been exaggerating for comedic purposes, but that sentiment is getting truer and truer every year. 85-year-old Patrick Stewart is about to return as a character that’s been killed on-screen three times. After the runaway box office success of Deadpool & Wolverine, Jackman will undoubtedly be brought back at least another couple of times. And even if he never plays Wolverine again, The Death of Robin Hood proves Jackman will always be drawn to these Wolverine-type roles, and he’s great at playing them, so Hollywood will keep casting him to play them.
The Death of Robin Hood
- Release Date
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June 19, 2026
- Runtime
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123 Minutes
- Director
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Michael Sarnoski
- Writers
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Michael Sarnoski