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"The X-Men: First Class sequel will be written by Simon Kinberg. Kinberg was a writer and producer on X-Men: The Last Stand, the third and final film in the previous incarnation of the franchise. He will take on writing duties for the follow-up to this year&amp;#039;s prequel, according to SuperHeroHype. It is yet to be confirmed whether director Matthew Vaughn and the principal cast will return for the sequel to X-Men: First Class. The first movie featured James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones and Jennifer Lawrence. In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Jason Flemyng - who played Azazel in the first film - said that the sequel is currently being written. X-Men: First Class has earned over $350 million (\u00C2\u00A3220 million) since its release in June. Watch Digital Spy&amp;#039;s interview with Jason Flemyng below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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