It’s not much of a surprise to see Reynolds continue his run as Deadpool for Avengers: Doomsday. His portrayal of the potty-mouthed anti-hero made an official jump to the MCU with 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine. That’s thanks to some multiverse shenanigans that saw him slicing through alternate universes with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.

When Marvel released the lengthy list of names and superheroes cast in Avengers: Doomsday, there were many noteworthy stars absent from the roughly six-hour livestream. Among them was Ryan Reynolds’ beloved,

Then later on Friday Deadline came out with a rebuttal of sorts: “Sources tell us that they haven’t seen Reynolds on set in London, and he isn’t set to appear in the next two ‘Avengers’ movie ‘Doomsday.’”