Marvel Studios Reluctant To Weigh In On "Nicepool" Legal Battle For Fear Of Revealing Future DEADPOOL Plans

Marvel Studios Reluctant To Weigh In On "Nicepool" Legal Battle For Fear Of Revealing Future DEADPOOL Plans

Marvel Studios is attempting to avoid being dragged into the messy legal battle between Ryan Reynolds/Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, but could insights into Nicepool's creation spoil Deadpool's future?

By JoshWilding - Apr 29, 2025 02:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine
Source: Deadline

Following creative differences on the set of It Ends With Us, Blake Lively's feud with co-star and director Justin Baldoni has led to multiple lawsuits being filed. Those are made up of almost endless charges and counter-charges, but boil down to Lively accusing Baldoni of harassment and retaliation, only for Baldoni to counter by saying the Green Lantern star has set out to defame him.

Ryan Reynolds, Lively's husband, has also been pulled into the lawsuit, along with Deadpool & Wolverine. Why? Well, Baldoni and his lawyer argue that Nicepool was created by Reynolds to mock and bully him as part of a targeted smear campaign. 

"Reynolds portrayed Nicepool as a vicious caricature of a 'woke' feminist before concluding the character’s arc with his violent shooting death at the hands of 'Ladypool,' a character voiced by Blake Lively," a previous suit stated. It also claimed that Nicepool was "intended to be a transparent and mocking portrayal of Reynolds’ warped perception of Baldoni."

Baldoni has alleged that Nicepool's scenes were shot in January 2024, not long after an "ambush" at Lively and Reynolds' apartment, which saw Reynolds allegedly berate the actor and filmmaker, demanding he apologise for things he asserts he never did.

The whole thing is a mess and likely to go to trial next year. Baldoni's team wants to learn more about the making of Deadpool & Wolverine because, if their assertions are correct, it could be a game-changer for his $400 million defamation and extortion suit. Disney, however, is reluctant to play ball. 

"The requested documents are particularly sensitive because they relate to the development of a character in an ongoing movie franchise," wrote the studio's counsel earlier this week. "Marvel has built the success of the MCU in large part by interconnecting storylines, plots, and characters across its titles, including 'crossover' events and sequels."

"Whether and how such elements will appear in upcoming, unreleased projects is the subject of much public interest, and this information is closely guarded by Marvel," the lawyers added.

In other words, any documents about Deadpool & Wolverine could inadvertently reveal what the future holds in store for the Merc with the Mouth.

After all, Reynolds is bound to have agreed to some sort of future appearance, even tentatively, and any insights into the creative process could lead to secrets being spilt that Marvel Studios would rather keep under wraps. How much a judge will care about that remains to be seen.

At this point, the whole thing is getting bogged down in legalese. However, depending on how far this civil case goes, there's every chance Marvel Studios and Deadpool & Wolverine will ultimately be dragged into what promises to be a lengthy, complicated court battle. 

Stay tuned for updates as we have them.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/29/2025, 2:36 PM
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AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 4/30/2025, 5:26 AM
@harryba11zack - Look at that beak!
PatientXero
PatientXero - 4/29/2025, 2:47 PM
Our culture has gotten so sensitive, it’s ridiculous. When did parodies, if that’s what it was, become illegal? Deadpool & Wolverine was the best movie since Endgame, if not the best one. We all need more of it. I wanna see why Thor was crying holding DP.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 4/29/2025, 5:32 PM
@PatientXero - Karens call the cops when their feelings are hurt. hollywood karens call their lawyers.

def not going to stop rr from appearing in the avenger films though
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 4/29/2025, 2:50 PM
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slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 4/29/2025, 2:52 PM
Even if it was totally malicious… F*ck Baldoni!

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At this point he’s only famous because of Deadpool poking fun of his fake persona. I would’ve never knew the douchey bags name if this didn’t become a thing.
Can’t wait to hear from the one person who side with Baldwini.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 4/29/2025, 3:56 PM
@slickrickdesigns -
That character was brilliant and the fact that it looks like mockery of a real person makes it even better. Yes, Baldoni appears to be a doosh but we don't know him or the Reynolds/Lively either. Only thier public persona. You are right that Baldoni was a nobody before this and hopes to turn the suit into a profitable career move. He has uber-doosh Joe Rogan, a guy who hosted a show where people ate bugs for chump change, in his corner.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/29/2025, 8:57 PM
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DeathPool
DeathPool - 4/29/2025, 2:59 PM
Yes! Even if it was totally malicious… F*ck Baldoni!
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 4/29/2025, 3:17 PM
It's a nothing lawsuit. Parodies are legal.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 4/29/2025, 3:23 PM
This whole thing is ridiculous.
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 4/29/2025, 3:27 PM
The whole thing is embarrassing.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/29/2025, 8:58 PM
@Nonameforme - This whole thing is Ryan Reynolds.
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 4/29/2025, 9:47 PM
@KennKathleen - gross
Spiderfan2226
Spiderfan2226 - 4/29/2025, 4:12 PM
Honestly the whole nicepool part of it is the least of the allegations against Reynolds/lively. Lively publicly accused Baldoni of sexual abuse and harassment. If those allegations were lies like Baldoni claims and it seems like, that is absolutely grounds for a lawsuit and if a court sided with him should result in millions of dollars trading hands and public humiliation for Blake and Ryan.

Blake also allegedly used her own and more importantly, her husband’s power in the industry and personal connection connections to put out her own cut of the movie, which is the director (baldoni’s) job/right. Legally This seems like it could be a breach of contract if nothing else but if not it’s still clearly unethical if not illegal. The incident where Reynolds confronted Baldoni allegedly involved, threatening Baldoni’s career by leveraging said influence to hurt him, with studio execs in the room. Again, if true, I’m not sure if it’s technically illegal, but it’s certainly unethical.

The nicepool thing is only potientially relevant as the minor but publicly demonstrable example of what Baldoni claims was happening to him personally and professionally behind the scenes. Parody, even when malicious, is not illegal and rightfully so
Goldboink
Goldboink - 4/29/2025, 5:47 PM
@Spiderfan2226 -
Lively didn't just publicly accuse him of harrassment. She filed suit, which is different. He cobbled together a bunch of BS, including the laughable Nicepool business, as a countersuit. Aside from that nobody actually knows what went down. Lots of alegedly and not a lot of fact.
Spiderfan2226
Spiderfan2226 - 4/29/2025, 7:19 PM
@Goldboink - “Lots of alegedly and not a lot of fact.” that’s at least as true of Blake’s claims as it is Baldoni’s.

And a lot of Blakes claims have been made even more suspect due to things that have been released since then. Like the footage of scenes that Blake claimed Baldoni took advantage of her during, like the birth scene or the dancing scene. BTS footage showed pretty clear typical movie scenes, not what she described. And she claimed he invited himself into her trailer while she was breast-feeding. But text messages have been released showing she told him to come over to her trailer and that she would be breast-feeding, but it was fine.

And for whatever you think it proves that Blake sued Baldoni, Baldoni is suing Blake too.

Regardless of all this and what you think about their cases generally, my point was that the article and most people posting on here seem to be under the impression that this case is mostly about nicepool when it definitely is not.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 4/29/2025, 7:42 PM
@Spiderfan2226 -

But bringing Nicepool into it, especially in the legally dubious way that they did, is an indication to me that they are retaliating.

This is another social Rorschach test though and it’s more about what people believe than anything about the facts
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 4/29/2025, 9:02 PM
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Meanwhile Candace is on Reynolds & Lively's 🫏!!!

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Scarilian
Scarilian - 4/29/2025, 9:08 PM
""The requested documents are particularly sensitive because they relate to the development of a character in an ongoing movie franchise"

Nicepool is dead, so this is basically an admission by Disney that the character was inserted in January 2024 or later.

Disney have no reason to hide this information unless it confirms that Ryan Reynolds added the character after the specified incident.

Disney would hide the information because they view Ryan Reynold's Deadpool as a cash cow they can add to Doomsday/Secret Wars, yet if he fails this trial then as per the example they set with other actors they'd probably have to ditch him to avoid bad publicity.
RacialPowerman
RacialPowerman - 4/30/2025, 1:03 AM
Noone knew about this guy until he said something, so no one watching the movie would have ever known about a dumb this dude is. Point....shut the fuuk up.
AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 4/30/2025, 5:28 AM
Maybe thats the play... creating drama around his project so someone other than himself might actually watch or notice it...
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 4/30/2025, 7:56 AM
Americans love to sue people

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