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.

Ryan Reynolds made a surprise public appearance in support of Hugh Jackman despite he and his wife, Blakey Lively, being in an ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Reynolds, 48, popped up at the opening night of Jackman's Radio City Music Hall Concert series on Friday,

The "Deadpool" star showered his friend with praises while attending the opening night of Jackman's concert series titled, "From New York, With Love."

Ryan Reynolds made a cameo at Hugh Jackman’s New York City concert, amid he and wife Blake Lively’s nasty legal battle with her “It Ends With Us” Justin Baldoni. Reynolds, 48, surprised a packed crowd at Radio City Music Hall on Friday when he stood up in the audience for an impromptu “Hugh & A” session during the opening night of the Broadway vet’s concert series “From New York,