Fox eyeing Michael Fassbender for Magneto in "X-Men: First Class"

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UK actor Michael Fassbender ('Inglourious Basterds') has a tough decision to make -- play a villain in the upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot or play Magneto in the new "X-Men" film? Decisions, decisions, decisions ... well according to the Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox has made it's first move to get Fassbender to ink a deal to play a young version of Magneto in "X-Men: First Class." So far, the studio and Fassbender have entered "early negotiations." This means if a deal is made, Columbia will look for someone else for their Spidey villain and Fassbender (as Erik Lensherr aka Magneto) would join James McAvoy (as Charles Xavier aka Professor X) in "First Class" which will be set in the early days of the X-Men saga when Magneto and Xavier were good friends. Here's the film's plot - Xavier and Lensherr are two powerful mutants who have joined forces to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known but in the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men. Matthew Vaughn ('Kick-Ass') is attached to direct while the film is gearing to start production soon. via heatvisionblog.com