Among the planned projects in 20th Century Fox's X-Men series are the prequels X-Men: First Class - looking at the early years of Professor Charles Xavier's school for mutants - and X-Men Origins: Magneto - telling the backstory of the professor's former friend before he became an embittered archvillain.
Xavier was played by Patrick Stewart in the previous trilogy and in a cameo at the end of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
And the actor has given the strongest hint yet that he is set to feature in either or both of these two prequels, as well as addressing any possibility of his return to the revived Star Trek franchise.
Speaking at the Atlanta sci-fi and pop culture convention Dragon*Con he said that, from what he had heard, audiences "had not seen the last of Xavier."
Xavier has a lead role in the First Class storyline and will also appear in the Magneto prequel. »
- David Bentley

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