McAvoy Signs On To “X-Men”
According to Borys Kit’s Heat Vision blog with The Hollywood Reporter, James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in “X-Men: First Class,” which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox. Fox is moving fast on the production, hiring Vaughn in early May and planning a summer start in London. The movie is being planned for a June 3, 2011, release.





