It has been revealed that Take That lead song writer Gary Barlow has written a song for the upcoming X-Men: First Class film.

The song is to be officially available for download on May 11 from the Take That website however there is already a taster of the song available on the website, giving fans the chance to catch a glimpse of the track via the 30 second clip.

The band are once again collaborating with film director Matthew Vaughn, the man behind the hit film of 2007, Stardust.

Take That provided the single Rule The World for the soundtrack of the film and it then went on to be one of the biggest selling singles of the year.

Take That will be hoping to emulate this success with their latest movie song which accompanies the eagerly anticipated next film in the X-Men saga.

X-Men: First Class recounts the story of the mutants featured in the films before they revealed themselves to the world and stars January Jones of Mad Men fame, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne and Nicholas Hoult in the lead roles.

The film is due for release on May 30 in the UK and is expected to be another box office hit with fans of the X-Men.

Meanwhile, Take That are currently preparing for their Progress world tour which is to begin in Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on May 27.

The tour will be the biggest in the history of the band and will also be the first time that fans will be able to see all five members of the man band on stage together in a tour since 1995.

Already more than 1.3 million tickets for the shows have been sold, including eight sold out nights at Wembley arena in July.

Take That are to be supported on the tour by pop legends the Pet Shop Boys.

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