Ryan Reynolds is one of the funniest celebrities on social media, roasting his wife, Blake Lively, sarcastically wishing his brother a happy birthday, and posting a hilarious response to Disney's merger with Fox. So, it's not surprising he played such a significant role in developing the satirical superhero movie Deadpool. It's difficult to separate the actor from the wisecracking antihero, and he's made several appearances as the character outside of the first movie. Deadpool 2 hits theaters this May, and today they released the new trailer. The two-minute-spot features the villain, Cable, a time traveling cybernetic soldier played by Josh Brolin. Deadpool is known for geeky, fourth-wall breaking humor. (The first movie contained a clever jab at Reynold's box office bomb The Green Lantern, as well as the flawed version of Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine). However, this preview contains a particularly savage joke about Henry Cavill's digitally altered mustache. In case you're not familiar with MustacheGate: Henry Cavill signed on for a role in Mission: Impossible - Fallout, the sixth entry in the franchise. We don't know much about his character yet, except that he has a sweet mustache. Unfortunately, due to production troubles, Cavill's shooting schedules for Justice League and Mission Impossible 6 overlapped. Warner Brothers wanted him to shave it off, but Paramount wouldn't let him. It would look weird if Superman had a super mustache in random shots, and they couldn't wait until filming M:I6 was finished. So, Warner Brothers made the bizarre (and hilarious) decision to remove the hairy handlebars through CGI. Variety reports that it cost $25 million dollars to digitally remove the mustache. As you can tell by the photo, it looked weird, and was a terrible idea, especially for that amount of money. So, of course Deadpool referenced the embarrassing controversy in the trailer. [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKEqQrk98kI]] When the trailer plays, we're introduced to the formidable character, Cable. "People think they understand pain, but they have no concept of it," he drolls in the voiceover. "What's the most pain you've ever felt? Maybe the kind that leaves you more machine than man." But when he lifts up the arm that should be solid metal, we see a green screen sleeve. The effects haven't been added yet. "Wait, no. Stop. What in the actual ass?" cries Deadpool, off-screen, as the footage pauses. "Dale! Why are the visual effects not done? It's a metal arm! It's not like we're trying to remove a mustache. Ah, f--k it. I'll do it myself." Then they cut to Deadpool, continuing the trailer by playing with action figures of himself and Cable. (Luckily, they're able to able finish the digital effects in an inexplicably short amount of time.) Well, it looks like Deadpool 2 will be just as clever and funny as the first one. Hopefully Henry Cavill and his mustache can recover from that burn.

Have you heard about Henry Cavill's moustache? If you spend your time finding memes and liking tweets in your spare time like me, you probably have. If not, you're probably wondering why in the hell you should give a damn about Superman's facial hair. But there's a strange and pretty hilarious story behind it that has had the internet obsessed for months.

Whether you liked them or not, the recent DC superhero movies haven't been doing so well. First Man of Steel, where Cavill debuted his version of Clark Kent, caused a bit of controversy with its hero's seeming disregard for mass destruction. Then, Batman V Superman received a very mixed reception, followed up by their answer to The Avengers: the Justice League.

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While the Justice League pre-date the Avengers by a long time in the comics, they had some catching up to do in the movies, but the movie woefully underperformed at the box office. In fact, one of the most memorable things to come out of it was Henry Cavill's moustache - or, his lack of one.

The actor signed on for a role in the upcoming Mission: Impossible: Fallout, but reshoots for Justice League overlapped with this filming. As he had grown a moustache for his spy role, he was required to shave it off to be Superman once more - but Paramount didn't want him to. Eventually, Warner Bros were forced to accept this and ended up spending millions on CGI to remove the moustache.

While they might have thought it was a great idea, the internet relentlessly made fun of the decision for months, especially with how it turned out.

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Pretty much everyone got on his case, including Ryan Reynolds. In typical Deadpool fashion, the merc-with-a-mouth dropped a reference to the moustache incident in the trailer for the superhero sequel. Even the director, Zack Snyder, mocked the CGI moustache removal:

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Not done there, the internet even mixed in one of 2017's other popular memes - the distracted boyfriend. When memes like this collide, hilarity ensues:

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But now the time has come for Cavill to say goodbye to his moustache, which the internet has now dubbed 'Kingstache' (for some reason). Luckily, the actor has a great sense of humor with all the attention his facial hair has received, recently posting an Instagram video captioned "#ShavedButNotForgotten".

"I know, it's hard to recognize me without the Kingstache," he says in the video. "Sometimes I even have trouble recognizing myself."

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"It's hard for me to admit... this is not CGI. He's really gone," he adds, before the video goes into a hilarious loving montage of his memories with the infamous Kingstache.

It's been months of funny tweets, hilarious memes, and mocking posts, but the moustache-gate saga has finally come to a close. But like Cavill says, it may be shaved - but it is not forgotten.

This summer roughly a million superhero movies will be released, and one of the most anticipated is Deadpool 2. More than any other actor, Ryan embodies his character, because they're both hideously ugly. Just kidding. Ryan's not grossly disfigured with burn-like scars like Wade Wilson, but he share's the same snarky trickster spirit. On social media, Ryan loves to troll, wishing his wife a happy birthday while posting a photo where she is totally cropped out. [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZNBFcwd7zc]] The trailer for the sequel introduces a new character, Cable, played by Josh Brolin. Cable is a time traveling cyberkinetic soldier, who becomes frenemies with our favorite Merc With A Mouth. Of course, this being Deadpool, it's not a typical trailer. The preview features a meta, biting joke about a rival superhero franchise. Remember how Warner Bros. spent $25 million digitally deleting Henry Cavill's mustache from Justice League? When they cut to Cable's arm in the trailer, the digital effects have not been completed yet. "Stop!" cries Deadpool from off-camera. "Why are the visual effects not done? It's a metal arm! It's not like we're trying to remove a mustache." (Ouch. Someone please send Warner Brothers some Icy Hot for that burn.) [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BfGZz3xjRbz/]] Today Josh Brolin turned 50 years old, and Ryan wished him a happy birthday by posting a hilarious photo on Instagram. In the picture, Cable sits on a stool, posing for a portrait. But instead of painting Josh's grim dystopian warrior, Deadpool paints Josh's fresh-faced character from The Goonies. The flirty caption reads: "Happy Birthday, Bright Eye. You don’t taste a day over 40." So far, it has over a million likes. [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ2j4oWdQtU]] It's hard to believe, but The Goonies is now over thirty years old. Josh made his feature film debut in the adventure-comedy, which also featured Corey Feldman and Sean Astin. It was a huge movie for 70's and 80's babies, and given Deadpool's obsession with 80's culture, it makes sense he'd be a fan. Thankfully, The Goonies hasn't been remade yet, but hey, it's only a matter of time! Thank you, Deadpool, for reminding Josh - and us - all about the unyielding passage of the years. We'll never get our youth back! (Looks at the sunset and weeps.) [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd3BK90HtFn/]] Josh Brolin's in good company. Recently Deadpool has been on a happy birthday streak. On Instagram, he posted an epic birthday message to comedy legend Betty White, in honor of her 96th birthday (!). Deadpool poses with a Martini and a hot dog, while facing a funny photo of Betty White scarfing down on a frankfurter. "Cheers to another year of ‘Tinis and Weenies!" he writes in the caption. (And again, this is perfectly in character. Deadpool has an abiding love of The Golden Girls, an aspect of the character that Ryan fought to include in the film adaptation.) I have to say, I am digging Deadpool's portrait of Josh Brolin. It's too bad Barack Obama didn't commission him to paint his official presidential portrait.)  

Remember when Ryan Reynolds played The Green Lantern? Yeah, me neither. The actor has become totally synonymous with the wisecracking, fourth-wall busting, anti-hero Deadpool. It really is perfect casting. The R-rated 2016 film about the "merc with a mouth" was a huge hit, proving that comic-book movies don't have to be family-friendly. They can be profane, subversive and wickedly self-deprecating. Clearly, Deadpool is Ryan Reynold's spirit animal. It's hard to tell where the character ends and the actor begins. For example, in a promo for an upcoming appearance at Comic-Con in Brazil, he recorded a video in character saying he would bring a "moderately trained" tattoo artist to the event to ink up fans. When the actor tweeted the video, he joked about tattooing his mom. Later, he posted a picture of the two on the red carpet, with her face covered in Deadpool tattoos. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BcXwvwRDGzV/]] Reynolds is often savagely funny on social media. He constantly trolls his wife, Blake Lively, by posting unflattering photos, or photos where she is almost entirely cropped out. Just recently, he trolled his brother with a very Deadpool-esque birthday message: "Jeff, if there was a fire and I had to choose a family member to save, obviously it’d be me." For some actors, movie roles are jobs, but Reynolds is basically cosplaying Deadpool 24/7 and fans love his hilarious commentary. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/936641899774881792]] Today Walt Disney announced it is buying 21st Century Fox Inc. for $52.4 billion. Disney will own Fox's entertainment assets, while their other assets, like Fox News and Fox Sports, will become their own company. Now Disney owns Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and Fox. Clearly, one day Disney will own us all. This merger may be scary news for people that hate big media monopolies, but it's very exciting news for comic book fans. By acquiring Fox' film production businesses, they own the rights to their many popular movie franchises, including X-Men, Fantastic Four and, most importantly, Deadpool. It opens up the possibility of those Marvel comic book characters becoming part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's funny to think about a raunchy character like Deadpool owned by Disney, which has such a famously family friendly public image. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/941323404417802241]] Reynolds poked fun at the Disney-Fox merger by sharing a hilarious photo on Twitter. It depicts Deadpool getting kicked out of Disneyland by security, with the caption: "Apparently, you can’t actually blow the Matterhorn." Fans loved the image and the risqué line, which was probably not approved by the mouse house's public relations team. Some nitpickers pointed out the Matterhorn is in Disneyland, not Disneyworld. Others posted impressive fan art imagining Deadpool as the latest Disney Princess (which really needs to happen.) [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/Holy_Spearmint/status/941324006447288321]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/vickyptampa/status/941337212167315457]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/JasonXXIV/status/941324068174942208]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/idowikeit/status/941323557350625280]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/_TylerDean/status/941331490910146561]] [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/guanchutri/status/941329868297564161]] Previously, when the deal was just being rumored, Reynolds posted this tweet, joking about "sexual tension" between himself and Mickey Mouse. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/938473088387354624]] In the replies on Twitter, some fans expressed concern over whether Disney would bowdlerize upcoming Deadpool movies, or if "The Matrix" would go after Reynolds for his sassy tweets. But there is probably nothing to worry about. Disney produces a lot of R-rated movies - much more than you think - and has taken excellent care of the Star Wars and Marvel franchises so far. With Deadpool 2 coming out in 2018, and Reynolds playing the character 24/7 on social media, we should see plenty of the "merc with the mouth" in the future.  

Today saw the latest trailer for Deadpool 2 drop and audiences around the world have been celebrating the return of the much heralded Marvel character. The vulgar and inappropriate anti-hero, who is played by Ryan Reynolds, has proved to be a major hit universally, with the first instalment of the movie grossing $783 million and going on to become the highest-grossing R rated movie of all time.

Reynolds co-wrote the screenplay across an 11 year period, in which he says that he had "been on the train for 11 years trying to get it made. We did every iteration of that script we could to allow them to make the movie that looked vaguely like the movie we wanted to make."

After years of pitching the movie to Fox, Reynolds decided to take the role of Green Lantern while continuing to beg the production company to green-light a Deadpool movie.

"Right before I took Green Lantern, I wrote a letter to my executive at Fox saying, ‘I’m gonna take this movie Green Lantern if you guys aren’t gonna make Deadpool. 'I'm at the altar, about to say "I do" to somebody else, but tell me you want to spend the rest of your life with me, because I want to spend the rest of my life with you.'

"And they said, 'Unfortunately, we can't green-light that movie, and I don't think it's gonna ever get green-lit.'"

Green Lantern went on to bomb at the box office and then, after footage of Deadpool leaked online, Fox finally took notice and gave Reynolds and his team the smallest budget they possibly could in order to make the movie.

Now, after such a successful debut, Deadpool is back and, according to the longline issued from Fox, it's set to be just as bizarre as ever.

"After surviving a near-fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry's hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste.

"Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor—finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover."

The trailer (of course) features plenty of NSFW language, violence and inappropriate jokes. In the clip Deadpool assembles a large team of allies that are similar to the X-Men, but a lot less noble. "I can't let Cable kill this kid, but I can't do this alone. We're going to form a super duper f—king group. We need 'em tough, morally flexible and young enough to carry their own franchise for 10 to 12 years," he explains to Weasel (T.J. Miller). "We will be known as X-Force."

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However, it was one line in particular that had audiences laughing. The trailer ends with a joke involving Reynolds wife, Blake Lively, and one of her first ever films. “Doing the right thing is messy, but if you wanna fight for what’s right, sometimes you have to fight dirty," he says. "That is why Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is pure pornography.”

Given the nature of the couple, with them having previous when it comes to trolling one another, there can be no doubt that Lively will find a way to strike back.

Directed by David Leitch, Deadpool 2 debuts in theatres May 18, 2018.

I'm not sure why this keeps happening to actors who play superheroes, but much like Henry Cavill, Chris Evans's facial hair has become an obsession for many fans online.

While Cavill's Superman mustache debacle was an object of ridicule when it was CGI'd out of Justice League, Chris Evans' beard received plenty of positive responses when it first appeared in the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War last November.

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In fact, it's fair to say that Marvel fans went a little nuts over the inclusion. Following the open-ended conclusion of his last movie, Captain America: Civil War, Cap appeared in the trailer looking quite a bit different. With his costume darkened, his mask gone and a full beard on his face, it looked like he's been through the ringer.

Regardless, people were happy to see the new look on Twitter:

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The trailer obviously hit #1 on YouTube's trending list, and ended up being the most viewed movie trailer of all time within 24 hours, with 230 million views to its name. It was also the most mentioned trailer on Twitter, according to Fizziology. And their stats didn't end there, either. In terms of key moments talked about in the trailer, "Captain America's beard" came in first with over 20,000 mentions just a few hours after the trailer's release.

A lot of the talk about Infinity War, which is going to be the biggest crossover movie event of all time, has been about which characters are going to make it out alive. Adding to the rumors, Evans made some comments recently in an interview with The New York Times, where he said he will be hanging up the shield in the near future.

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His contract technically ends after the fourth Avengers film, set to be released in 2019. Last year he said he'd be "open" to sticking around in the role, and a number of actors have been known to re-up their contracts when they run out, but not this time. He is quoted as saying he "has no plans" to return to this world after the as-of-yet untitled Avengers 4, stating that "you want to get off the train before they push you off".

In addition to this, the New York Times revealed something even more serious: his beard has gone, leaving behind what the NY Times called a "formidable mustache". First off Reggie Ugwu, pop culture reporter for the New York times, tweeted out the profile he wrote on the actor. "Would you like to meet Chris Evans's new mustache?" they wrote.

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To say his legions of fans are conflicted over the new facial accessory is a severe understatement.

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Not everyone was upset about the change, however.

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As Jackson McHenry said, Henry Cavill's stache died so that Chris Evans' stache could live, but at least Cavill gave his mustache a brilliant send-off in this Instagram video.