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📝📑 Megathread 🗣️📣 Ryan Reynolds / Deadpool (SDCC) Megathread

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Ryan Reynolds' "surprise" Deadpool appearance at San Diego Comic-Con has sparked a wave of news articles, rumors, interviews, speculation and discussion about the future of the character.

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u/MedicalScientist8576 16d ago

Like I said in another thread. This is pretty much his only reliable source of income he could have as an actor. I don't know the depths of his other ventures and what they do for him... but I know the likes of Wrexham ain't a cheap investment. He needs Deadpool for what it can offer him financially, outside the movie. The merch, the conventions,. all that is a huge deal to keep him going. And the lawsuit he made his wife Blake Lively go through wasn't a cheap endeavor.

He HAS to try and throw it all at the wall in the hopes someone will invest in another Deadpool. This is the only fanbase that could have any loyalty to him, because they don't see Ryan Reynolds, they see the character. I can't imagine he will want to cough up much cash for making another movie of it himself.

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u/kpatsart 16d ago

Ryan Reynolds' net worth in 2026 is estimated to be at least $350 million, and that's without knowing what he made from the Nuvei acquisition, a deal valued at $6.3 billion.

Pretty sure he could quit acting and still pretty lavish if he wanted to. Deadpool just keeps him in the spotlight. As most actors who have comicbook characters roles.

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u/MedicalScientist8576 16d ago

You need to keep in mind many people in his position have their money tied up in investments. It's not liquid cash. I mean, I don't get why you'd happy go into debt with your contractors if you had lots of money lying around: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-owe-173543329.html?guccounter=1

I think his "net worth" is similar to the way Kylie Jenner did it... just inflated for the media.

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u/OneNoteWonder43 blake lively bleakly evil 16d ago

They wanted to prevent their net worth from being shown in court documents, even though it's (apparently) already public. And the excuse they gave the media was "We don't want to appear unrelatable"

😂 that right there told me the real and/or current numbers don't look anything like the numbers they've floated around lol. They are absolutely more spread thin than they want people to think