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Looks like Matthew Vaughn isn't the only one checking in for more lessons at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Following news that the "X-Men: First Class" director has signed on to direct the superhero film's developing sequel, Heat Vision reports that the "First Class" cast is back on board as well. Specific names haven't been dropped beyond Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, but one assumes that at least James McAvoy is part of that returning cast list, given how crucial Professor Charles Xavier is to the "First Class" universe.

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Excellent news: class is back in session at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters! It will be soon, at least, according to a new report that Matthew Vaughn is officially locked and loaded to direct a sequel to "X-Men: First Class."

Deadline reports that Vaughn and 20th Century Fox have just closed a deal for the "First Class" director to come back for another "X-Men" outing. Simon Kinberg is working on the film's screenplay, as previously reported, and Bryan Singer is once again producing.

No official title or casting news just yet, though we've been lovingly referring to the film as "X-Men: Second Class" for some time now, and it's widely assumed that James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender will be back in business as Professor X and Magneto before long.

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"X-Men: First Class" was the first superhero movie in a long time that didn't bombard audiences with relentless action and one-liners.

Instead, there was more of a slow burn, leading to a climactic final scene where best friends Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr parted ways to advance different sides of their mutant agenda. It was a subtler, sadder moment than it could have been played, one befitting of the series' maturing approach to characterization.

A follow-up movie won't necessarily kick things into good vs. evil, either. Discussing potential dynamics for a potential sequel in an interview with IFC, Magneto actor Michael Fassbender noted that Xavier and Lensherr aren't permanently opposed even when they're on opposite sides.

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It's hard to deny just how successful "X-Men: First Class" was. Not only did it gross nearly $150 million domestically, the film gave the series a well-deserved face lift and rewarded fans with a story and characters true to what they love. It's only natural that fans are begging for more.

But what's unique about "X-Men: First Class" is that it's not just the fans who are desperately asking for a sequel. Both of the movie's leads, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, have spoken openly about wanting to find out where Magneto and Professor X go and having their own ideas for a sequel. Enthusiasm abounds with the team behind the first film, and a second seems likely at this point. But one big question remains. Will Matthew Vaughn return to direct?

Many people, Fassbender and McAvoy included, give a lot of the credit for the first film's success to Vaughn and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Jane Goldman. Vaughn's involvement most likely won't be decided until Simon Kinberg, the man Fox hired to write the sequel, delivers a script, and Goldman's almost entirely depends on Vaughn, according to the screenwriter herself.

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The MTV Movies team has been counting down our ten favorite movies of 2011 all week long, and given the amount of comic book movies that were released this year, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that one of those flicks landed on our list.

"X-Men: First Class" is the lucky pick, clocking in at #6 on our list of the year's greatest movies. No disrespect towards the undeniably awesome "Thor" and "Captain America," but "First Class" was the Marvel movie to beat thanks to phenomenal performances from Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, a memorable villain in the form of Kevin Bacon's Sebastian Shaw, an excellent plot, awesome action, and an inventive way of staying true to the previous "X-Men" movies while still creating something that stands totally on its own.

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With "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Avengers," "The Amazing Spider-Man" and more on the horizon in 2012, it can be easy to forget about the fantastic comic book movies that already passed this year. No doubt about it, 2011 brought some of our all-time favorite superheroes to the big screen for the very first time.

We have our favorites, of course, but the question is, who was your favorite superhero of 2011? Click past the jump to see our candidates and make your voice heard!

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Sometimes a superhero isn't lucky enough to have superpowers, but hey, it never stopped Batman. Even those fortunate enough to have a few tricks up their mythical alloy sleeves can use the help of a great gadget once in a while.

This year's comic books movies were filled with amazing gadgets, doohickeys and thingamabobs that gave their respective superheroes or villains the extra boost they needed. Here's a look at the top five comic book movie gadgets from 2011.

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Each time the topic of a follow-up to "X-Men: First Class" comes up, everyone seems eager to do it. Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy have both opened up about collaborating on ideas. Now top Fox exec Tom Rothman says that he wants it to happen: "We're trying like hell. We're trying as hard as we can. We really want to do it. We're planning to do it."

MTV News caught up with Rothman at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, and they spoke about the prospects continuing that series and how its success has changed how the studio approaches superhero movies.

"The reason, in addition to those two guys and Matthew Vaughn, that it was as good as it was that the script was really good," Rothman said. "The key to making a great continuing franchise is to have a great script, so we're working hard on it."

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Comic book movie heroes and villains don't always make it out of their films alive. The baddies have a long tradition of biting the bullet by movie's end, but even some of the good guys are likely to go out in glorious fashion. The comic book flicks of 2011 provided more than a few awesome death scenes, but five of them stand above the rest in our eyes.

Here are the Splash Page team's picks for best comic book movie deaths in 2011 — needless to say, spoilers ahead!

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Michael Fassbender isn’t the only actor who wants to see more Professor X in a potential “X-Men: First Class” sequel.

Director Matthew Vaughn’s vintage view of our beloved mutants left off with Charles Xavier paralyzed and betrayed at the hands of his dearest friend and ally Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto. If that doesn’t lock and load a high-energy sequel under the same creative team, we don’t know what would. Moving at an astonishing speed, however, has never been the mutant power of Hollywood business, and there’s still plenty of time for players to peruse their wishes for the universe-expanding sequel.

In an interview with Collider, James McAvoy shared his hopes for Charles—yet to take the identity of Professor X—within a potential sequel to “X-Men: First Class.” When asked if he had heard anything about a “First Class” sequel, and where he might like to see the story go, the actor expressed a personal investment in seeing the other side of Xavier’s most traumatic experience.

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