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The next Deadpool movie–assuming there is one because no announcements have been made yet–will be the first released under Disney following the company’s purchase of Deadpool’s former rights-owner Fox. Deadpool 1 and 2 were rated R, and many have wondered if the family friendly Disney might be wary of making R-rated superhero movies in the future.

Deadpool 2 director David Leitch said in a new interview that nothing is decided at this stage regarding Deadpool’s future as it relates to age ratings.

“It’s rated R so that’s not necessarily the [MCU] brand but [Deadpool] doesn’t necessarily need to be R and [Disney] don’t necessarily need to only make PG-13 movies,” he told Yahoo Movies UK. “I think we’ll find a happy ground.”

Also in the interview, Leitch said that at least the conversations he’s heard about Deadpool’s future at Disney have been positive.

“There’s a lot of mystery still surrounding what they want to do with Deadpool in [Disney’s] Marvel world but I think, from discussions that I’ve heard, it’s all positive,” he said. “I think that they’re just trying to figure a way in as Deadpool’s hard.”

Last week, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds teased that Deadpool the character might join the MCU, though nothing is announced. When Disney bought the majority of Fox’s entertainment assets, it picked up all the X-Men characters.

As for Disney releasing an R-rated Deadpool movie, Disney boss Bob Iger confirmed that the studio will “continue in that business,” following Disney’s acquisition of Fox.

“We do believe there is room for the Fox properties to exist without significant Disney influence over the nature of the content, meaning that we see that there is certainly popularity amongst Marvel fans for the R-rated Deadpool films, as a for instance,” he said. “We’re going to continue in that business, and there might be room for more of that.”

The Deadpool series has experimented with a lower age-rating. In December 2018, Deadpool 2 was re-released in theatres with a PG-13 rating with Once Upon a Deadpool. The cut tones down or totally removes a number of violent and adult-themed scenes.

Leitch isn’t confirmed to return to direct a third Deadpool movie, but he said in the Yahoo Movies UK interview that he hopes to come back. His latest movie is the Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, which is doing big business at the box office currently.

Leitch is also attached to direct the Netflix movie based on Ubisoft’s The Division. The movie is still in the works, but it’s still in the early phases of production.

One of 2019’s most anticipated movies is Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role. The movie opens widely in October, but it’s premiering at the Venice Film Festival this month and the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Cameron Bailey, the co-head and artistic director for the Toronto festival, has seen Joker and he was blown away.

Speaking to the Toronto Sun, Bailey said the movie is “terrific” and it is deserving of screening on the festival’s biggest stage. He said the story, which strays from the comic book source material, is “really original,” while the cinematography was spoken highly of as well.

“First of all it’s terrific. So it should play on our largest stage. But it’s a really original take on comic book movies and on the Joker character in particular,” Bailey said. “It’s not based on an existing story, it has one of the greatest actors in modern cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, in the lead, and Robert De Niro is in it as well, one of the best actors that has ever lived.”

“But it has an interesting tone and approach to it. It’s set in the late ’70s, early ’80s and it feels like it was made then,” he added. “It’s gritty in its look. It has references to Martin Scorsese’s filmmaking and it feels like a cinematic achievement on a high level. Although it’s working with very populist material, it has great ambition.”

Phoenix , a three-time Oscar nominee, plays Arthur Fleck / The Joker in the upcoming film. The movie also stars Robert de Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy.

Director Todd Phillips, who previously directed The Hangover and Old School comedies, said in an interview that the new Joker movie doesn’t follow “anything” from the comic books.

“We didn’t follow anything from the comic books, which people are gonna be mad about,” Phillips, said. “We just wrote our own version of where a guy like Joker might come from. That’s what was interesting to me. We’re not even doing Joker, but the story of becoming Joker. It’s about this man.”

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Disney has announced plans to reboot the Home Alone and Night at the Museum movie franchises–but a lot of the specifics are unknown at this stage. During an earnings call today, CEO Bob Iger confirmed that Disney will reboot Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid for the new streaming service Disney+.

These are all 20th Century Fox franchises that became Disney franchises when Disney bought the majority of Fox’s entertainment assets for a staggering $71.3 billion.

“We’re also focused on leveraging Fox’s vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix on our [direct to consumer] platforms,” Iger said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Iger did not say if these will be movies or TV shows. The Night at the Museum series is the biggest of the bunch, bringing in $540 million in the US alone across multiple entries. The Home Alone series follows with $490 million in domestic box office receipts.

Before Disney bought Fox, it was reported that Ryan Reynolds was making an R-rated version of Home Alone called Stoned Alone for Fox. In this movie, Reynolds misses his flight and then goes home and gets baked.

He becomes paranoid when he hears someone breaking into his house. Someone actually is, and then Reynolds must defend his home while stoned. It sounds wonderful, but it’s unknown if the project is still in motion now that Disney–a family friendly company–owns Fox.

Disney+ launches in November, priced at $7 USD per month. Disney also today announced a value option that bundles Disney+ with ESPN+ and Hulu for $13/month USD.

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During a call with media and Disney investors to report on third-quarter earnings, CEO Bob Iger dropped some new information regarding the bundling and pricing of the upcoming Disney+ streaming platform. The service, set to go live on November 12, will be made available as a package deal for those who choose to go that route, for $12.99 a month. The bundle will include Disney+, ESPN+, and the ad-supported version of Hulu.

Those who would rather keep their stream service subscriptions un-bundled will pay $6.99 a month for Disney+ alone.

Iger also mentioned that members of the Disney fan club, D23, will be offered the opportunity to subscribe to the Disney+ services first–a promotion that will likely be elaborated on at this month’s upcoming D23 Expo in Anaheim, California.

In addition to the bundle pricing, Iger spoke to the potential of new Disney+ projects, citing “reimaginings” of films like Home Alone, Night At The Museum, Diary Of A Whimpy Kid, and Cheaper By The Dozen as potentially on the docket for Disney+ down the line–though it is currently unclear just what was meant by “reimaginings.”

Are we on the precipice of a Disney+ specific Home Alone cinematic universe? Only time will tell.