The "Deadpool" franchise is named in Justin Baldoni's new lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. Here's why.

"It is not strange that Ryan Reynolds was named in light of Baldoni's theories in the complaint," a defamation attorney tells Yahoo Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation and extortion on Thursday in the latest move in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama.

Discover Ryan Reynolds' surprising regret about Deadpool & Wolverine, and it's not related to the controversy surrounding the character Nicepool.

Enter Ryan Reynolds (Blake's husband) and Deadpool. Variety is reporting that Justin's legal team sent a letter to Disney execs earlier this month over the Deadpool & Wolverine character Nicepool, who is played by "Gordon Reynolds" aka Ryan.

Baldoni and Lively have been at odds since the now-endless It Ends With Us press tour, after which rumors of sexual harassment allegations spilled into the press. By the end of Us, Baldoni had filed suit against the Times for its bombshell story accusing him of harassing Lively and orchestrating a smear campaign against him.

Justin Baldoni’s legal team is claiming that ‘Nicepool,’ the annoying male feminist from ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ was based on Baldoni.

Ryan Reynolds faces being “horrifically mean” on Deadpool set claim amid wife Blake Lively's legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

TJ Miller, who played Weasel in Deadpool, claimed in a 2022 interview that Ryan Reynolds was "horrifically mean" to him on the set of the comic book movie.