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"Matthew Vaughn has signed on to return as the director for the sequel to last summer&amp;#039;s hit X-Men: First Class. Vaughn will reunite with Bryan Singer, who will continue to serve as producer for the sequel, reports Deadline.   In November, Simon Kinberg signed on as a writer for the sequel.  Kinberg was a writer and producer on X-Men: The Last Stand, the third and final installment of the original X-Men trilogy.  Watch X-Men: First Class star Jason Flemyng discuss the sequel with Digital Spy below:  James McAvoy previously spoke of his enthusiasm at reprising his role as Charles Xavier in future X-Men films. McAvoy explained: &amp;quot;Ideally you have a story arc that lasts three movies and at the end of the third it leaves you ready for the story in X-Men 1. It would be nice to explore things in two more films. In this one, Magneto has gone through his major metamorphosis; he kind of found himself.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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