'X-Men' commitments lead to departure of McAvoy from Wikileaks flick

James McAvoy has dropped out of the Wikileaks movie.

'X-Men' commitments lead to departure of McAvoy from Wikileaks flick

James McAvoy has dropped out of the Wikileaks movie.

The 33-year-old actor had been due to appear opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the biopic of the website's disgraced founder Julian Assange, but his commitments to the 'X-Men' franchise mean he has had to withdraw from the project in order to concentrate on 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.

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