Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, two of the writers on the first two films, have been selected to pen the third film in the Deadpool franchise.

Director Shawn Levy recently told Den of Geek that even though the franchise is now going to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe the overall look and feel of the Deadpool films will be consistent with the previous two entries in the franchise. Deadpool 3 will be the first Deadpool film since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, which initially caused some concerns for fans of the character that he would become too family-friendly.

However, Rhett Reese stated the following to soothe fans “It’s a thrill. It’s an absolute thrill to have the band back together, to have a new backdrop in the MCU with new characters, new villains, that kind of thing. You know, it’s never a marriage we necessarily saw coming — Fox and Disney, that was an external thing [separate] from our storytelling process. But we’re absolutely finding the serendipity and the gold in that situation, or we’re trying to.” Wernick also added, “Deadpool is gonna be Deadpool.” “They’ve been very supportive with regard to that,” Reese said. “Now when it comes to a particular joke, if we cross a line, maybe we’ll hear at some point, ‘Maybe not that joke.’ But I think they’ve been incredibly supportive of what we’re doing because obviously, we were doing it separate from them for a long time, and I think they’ve seen the success and they’ve had their own even greater success. So hopefully it’ll be a marriage made in heaven. But we’ve definitely got their support, and that’s a great thing to feel.”

The film was originally scheduled to release in November of this year, but since filming hasn’t even started, it is most likely its release date will be in 2024.