Matthew Vaughn to head X-Men: First Class in June 2011

(this story comes from PlayerAffinity.com and was written by Kieran Freemantle)

The X-Men film series still seems to have some appeal to Matthew Vaughn, the director of “Layer Cake” and “Kick-Ass,” who is directing “X-Men: First Class” for 20th Century Fox. This is happening despite reports last week that stated he would not do the project. The film has also been fast-tracked for a June 3, 2011 release date, which will put it in a bit of competition with Warner Bros.’ “The Green Lantern,” which comes out two weeks later.Check out the rest of this story at PlayerAffinity.com