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.’”

Reynolds set off speculation that he’d be bringing Deadpool by to grace the movie with his box office-boosting presence earlier this week, posting a vandalized version of the Avengers logo to his Instagram.