Justin Baldoni Demands Disney, Marvel Preserve ‘All Documents Relating’ to Ryan Reynolds’ Nicepool in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Amid Blake Lively Legal Battle

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/justin-baldoni-legal-letter-disney-marvel-nicepool-ryan-reynolds-1236274162/

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  1. > On Jan. 7, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman sent a litigation hold letter to Feige and Iger in connection with his client’s “anticipated claims” against Ryan Reynolds, Lively and other unnamed parties. Variety has viewed a copy of the letter, which calls on the studio to preserve all relevant documents and data with regards to Baldoni.

  2. This seems like a bad move cos it could suggest he’s ‘admitting’ to him being based on his actions?

  5. Even if it was a direct reference to him, is that illegal? Since when is drawing comparisons to someone’s personality or how they carry themselves anything other than parody?

    Bonus point: I wouldn’t have known that they were referring to Baldoni with Nicepool if he hadn’t made this demand to Disney.

    I’m sure like any conflict between 2 people, there are 2 sides to every story and neither are the saints they are portraying themselves as to the media but this guy seems like a real self important piece of work.

  6. All characters and events depicted in this film are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  7. Lmao, way to draw attention to it – that’s fucking hilarious

  8. This reminds me when Jordan Peterson mad because the Red Skull was inspired by him

  9. bro that is such a bad look. why confirm that was based on you?

  10. Lol, TIL Nicepool is a portrayal of Justin Baldoni.

  11. Is he expecting a handwritten note in the margins that says “fuck this Baldoni twat, make it like him”?

  12. It seems he is reaching, and need to win some money because he won’t making anymore in Hollywood.

    You make Reynolds, Igor, and Disney adversaries. He’s f$&kwd.

  13. Shouldn’t your lawyer dissuade you from drawing Disney into a legal battle?

  14. He is not winning a damn thing, besides the disclaimers in films about characters being fictious and there being substantive case law to support that. Sounds like the fan rumors about “nicepool” is the real issue here, he wants money for a role that he feels personally offended by even tho it’s NOT HIM.

    Dude jumped head first into this so I hope nobody lets him squirm his way out once he’s smacked down in court.

  15. He is aware that even if he does prove Nicepool was based on him, Ryan is just going to drag this even further in Deadpool 4, right?

  16. Has this guy never heard of parody law? All he’s doing is self reporting at this point.

    Didn’t Carly Simon write about this? You’re so vain, I bet you think this movie’s about you…don’t you, don’t you, don’t yoooooou?

  17. This will be but a speed bump in Blake Lively’s career, but it will be what defines Baldoni forever. Dumb bastard.

  18. Man-bun wearing douchebags should sue Baldoni for pretending to be them!!! Geez, walk down any LA or Hollywood street in the summer and you’ll see tens of them!

  19. Baloni making himself look so fucken petty with all the shit his trying scoop into his legal battle against a woman he and his PR team LITERALLY conducted a successful smear campaign against.
    Still cringing at people who admit they fell for the smear campaign, but still hold the negative opinions towards her THAT WERE FUCKING MOLDED BY SAID SMEAR CAMPAIGN!!!

  20. Well, this surely isn’t going to backfire for Baldoni. /s

  21. Bringing Disney and their entire legal team to this fight is surely a choice

  23. In other news, Justin Baldoni has just clued everyone into the fact that Nicepool was based on him. Something literally nobody knew before.

  24. Satire and parody cover portrayals of public figures. This is why nobody sues Mad Magazine or SNL.

  25. Well if they make a Deadpool 4, I’d definitely expect a couple 4th wall breaking jokes about Justin….

  27. And the lawyers just keep racking up those billable hours.

  28. Between Justin Baldoni, a man who made a production company that “strives to harness the power of storytelling to champion inspirational stories that act as true agents for social change.” and runs a podcast about unlearning toxic masculinity, and long time noted “feminist” Neil Gaiman, and “most wonderful and kind and supportive husband” Dominique Pelicot, I am feeling more fucking disillusioned than ever.

  29. I thought Nicepool was just because Ryan Reynolds is Canadian?

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