Justin Baldoni Fights Back as Marvel Tries to Silence His Nicepool Claims!

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In simpler terms, Justin Baldoni continues to assert that the character from the movie “Deadpool & Wolverine” known as Nicepool is significant in his ongoing legal dispute with Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. This claim reinforces his demand for records related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe film after Marvel Studios tried to dismiss this request. The movie “Deadpool & Wolverine,” released in 2024, was a massive box office success, but the character Nicepool stirred some controversy. However, since Baldoni’s legal team has asked Marvel Studios to help uncover whether Nicepool was a reference to him, the situation has grown more intricate.

According to recent reports from TMZ and Forbes, new court filings have shown that Baldoni is reinforcing his allegations that Reynolds developed the Nicepool character in “Deadpool & Wolverine” as a way to ridicule him. On April 25th, Marvel Studios submitted a letter to Judge Lewis Liman of the New York federal court, asking the court to dismiss Baldoni’s demand for documents concerning the character. They argued that these documents are not related to Baldoni’s accusations of defamation and further stated that releasing confidential documents could potentially harm Marvel if they were made public.

On April 28th, Baldoni, represented by his legal team, countered Marvel’s action to halt his petition, asserting that the documents are crucial for his case and pose minimal risk to the studio as Deadpool & Wolverine had already been released. The actor contends that demonstrating Reynolds deliberately ridiculed Baldoni through the Nicepool character is significant because it would support malice in his defamation claim. Moreover, Baldoni’s lawyers claimed Marvel was evading dialogue with Baldoni to settle the dispute.

What The Marvel And Justin Baldoni Nicepool Update Means

Viewed in a broader context, this recent development concerning Nicepool isn’t likely to adversely affect the duo of Deadpool and Wolverine significantly. Since the film has concluded its theater run and is now accessible via home media, it’s fair to say that Nicepool’s presence within the storyline will now appear as an unusual and humorous footnote, as people across the globe debate whether or not this character was intentionally crafted as a jab at Baldoni. It seems unlikely that Nicepool can be excised from the Deadpool & Wolverine narrative without resorting to digitally swapping him with another character who serves a similar function within the story arc.

In the ongoing lawsuit between Lively and Baldoni, Baldoni alleges that his wife is being targeted by a smear campaign through the movie “Deadpool & Wolverine.” If Baldoni’s lawyers can obtain documents from Marvel and Disney showing that the character Nicepool was created to mock him, it could imply that the studios were involved in using this movie to publicly embarrass Baldoni. As of now, Disney and Marvel Studios have not responded to Baldoni’s recent claims regarding these documents.

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2025-04-29 21:29