10 Insane Alternate Endings To 2017's Biggest Movies (So Far)

10. The "Unforgiven" Ending - Logan

Logan, this year's brilliant meditation on the "old superhero," ends on a rather bleak note, with our battered hero finally meeting his end as his infamous healing powers finally give way. He leaves his new-found genetic daughter, Laura, to mourn him, and a new generation of mutants on the path to a future unknown.

But actor Hugh Jackman, who plays Logan in the film, originally pitched an ending to director James Mangold closer to that of Clint Eastwood's western 1992 masterpiece Unforgiven, with a kind of William Munny-esque showdown.

“You assume he’s going to die," said Jackman, referring to Munny and the blood-splattered shootout at the end of the western classic, but by taking that final action and shooting everyone down, he embraces all the darkness he’s tried to put outside him. Now he’s got to live with it, and it’s almost more devastating."

Basically, Jackman had the idea to leave Wolverine in a state of despair: a lost, broken shell of a man (well, mutant) with nothing to do but contemplate the sins of his past. In one way, this could have worked wonders, but there's a sense of closure that comes with the definitive death of the character that enriches the film overall.

In other words: Wolverine had to die, but this might've been a cool - albeit harrowing - alternative had the studio decided to shoot for it instead.