Source: Variety

Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment set Brett Ratner on Friday night to replace Matthew Vaughn as the director of X-Men 3, the third installment of the "X-Men" franchise, reports Variety.

Hiring keeps the film on track for an August start date and a Memorial Day weekend 2006 opening date.

Vaughn dropped out less than a week ago. Official reason was that the "Layer Cake" director didn't want to uproot his family to shoot the project.

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