New Logan Photo Confirms X-23

It's official! Dafne Keen is Laura Kinney.

By Alex Osborn

Fox's upcoming Wolverine film Logan will indeed feature X-23.

A photo posted on the film's official Instagram account—accompanied by a description that simply reads "Laura"—confirms that the girl featured in the film's debut trailer (played by Dafne Keen) is Laura Kinney, the genetic clone known as X-23 who was created using Logan's DNA.

Photo of Laura (aka X-23), via Instagram

Last week, Logan director James Mangold spoke with Empire about the film's first teaser trailer. While he refused to confirm reports claiming the girl spotted in the teaser was Laura, he did shed light on where Logan fits into the overall X-Men timeline.

For more on Hugh Jackman's final outing as Wolverine ahead of its March 3, 2017 release, check out our extensive look at everything you need to know about X-23, and then read up on why the new teaser leads us to believe Logan has the potential to seamlessly close the loop on Wolverine.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his video content on YouTube.

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