After The Avengers achieved box office success, Marvel Studios signed director Joss Whedon to an exclusive contract where he will serve as a creative consultant for any Marvel Studio-owned property (including the new S.H.I.E.L.D. television show) and to direct The Avengers 2.

Now Fox is getting in the game of signing creative minds for their Marvel properties. In a press release, the studio announced that they’ve signed Mark Milliar (creator of Kick-Ass and Wanted) as a creative consultant on the Marvel properties they own.

Fox owns the rights to properties like X-Men and Fantastic Four. Millar has spent the better part of his career writing for Marvel Comics, and was the creative mind behind major Marvel Comics storylines like The Ultimates, Civil War, and Wolverine: Old Man Logan. Eventually he moved on to found Millarworld (millarworld.tv), where he continues to develop existing film franchise titles Wanted and Kick-Ass, as well as newer comic properties The Secret Service, Superior, and Nemesis.

This bit of news comes after Tom Rothman stepped down as chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and became a producer of Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalyspe. The Wolverine has already begun filming, but X-Men: Days of Future Past is expected to begin shooting early next year, and the Fantastic Four reboot is currently under development, so we’ll see how much of an influence Millar has on these titles.

Here’s what Millar had to say about the new deal:

[Source: Collider]