Matthew Vaughn Confirmed to Direct 'X-Men: First Class' Sequel

Director Matthew Vaughn will return to direct the sequel of his critically acclaimed X-Men: First Class.  It has been stated that 20th Century Fox has reportedly  closed a deal with Matthew Vaughn and the film will be produced by X-Men film franchise stalwart, Bryan Singer.

Here is the article over at Deadline, where 20th Century Fox production president, revealed that the studio closed the deal with director Matthew Vaughn to direct a sequel to his critically acclaimed film X-Men: First Class.

"Fox has just closed a deal with Matthew Vaughn to come back and direct the sequel to X-Men: First Class, with Simon Kinberg writing the script and Bryan Singer back as producer."

So far this is all the news we have since yesterday, official title of the movie is still pending, but I will keep this updated as more information comes forward.  Excited about this, X-Men: First Class was epic! Anticipation for the sequel will only rise.

There is no official production timeline yet, but McAvoy and Fassbender are already locked to return as the youthful versions of Charles Xavier/Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto. Also, Jennifer Lawrence is in line to return as Raven/Mystique, Nicholas Hoult as Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast – among others.