Fresh from getting his ass kicked on Kick-Ass, is Matthew Vaughn going back to the down-and-dirty schoolyard of comic book adaptations? It sure looks that way, as Deadline has stated that the Layer Cake helmer is looking to join the Xavier Institute as the director of X-Men: First Class.

According to Mike Fleming, Vaughn is looking pretty close to sealing a deal, which would have him team up with producers Bryan Singer (who also directed the first two X-flicks), Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, while Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz gave the script a late polish similar to the one they gave Thor. Fox may ramp up production by “late summer or early fall” of this year.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 9:23 am and is filed under News & Views. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.