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According to Deadline, studio Twentieth Century Fox has put out an offer to the Footloose star.
If he accepts, Bacon could join a cast that includes James McAvoy (Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Alice Eve (Emma Frost), Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee), Lucas Till (Havoc) and Nicholas Hoult (Beast).
Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn is helming the superhero prequel, which is scheduled to open in June 2011 in US cinemas.
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