Also, the X-Men franchise at Fox has a plethora of strong female characters on which to build, and this is a shift in that direction, as Miller might be able to build on momentum created by the Jean Grey-led story in X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
If Fox moves forward with an X-23 spinoff and a Kitty Pryde solo movie, the shift toward gender equality in the superhero genre would be noticeable at Fox.
Tim Miller proved how comfortable he was in the X-Men universe with Deadpool, and though he didn’t come back for the sequel, we’d trust handing him another X-Men movie in a heartbeat.
But this news is exciting for so many different reasons.