"It is not strange that Ryan Reynolds was named in light of Baldoni's theories in the complaint," a defamation attorney tells Yahoo Entertainment.

Escalating his litigiousness, Baldoni has sued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, alleging that the power couple stole control of Baldoni's film as a director and orchestrated an effort to destroy his career and reputation with what he's referring to as false allegations of sexual assault.

Justin Baldoni sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400,000,000 following the actress' sexual harassment lawsuit. Baldoni and Lively seemingly had issues filming "It Ends With Us."

The lawsuit is the latest legal action in a feud tied to the 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” which starred Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni, who also directed the film.

The "Deadpool" franchise is named in Justin Baldoni's new lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. Here's why.

Blake Lively's alleged text messages to Justin Baldoni included a reference to Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Swift and 'Game of Thrones'

Baldoni and Lively have been at odds since the now-endless It Ends With Us press tour, after which rumors of sexual harassment allegations spilled into the press. By the end of Us, Baldoni had filed suit against the Times for its bombshell story accusing him of harassing Lively and orchestrating a smear campaign against him.

Justin Baldoni filed a counter lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, on Thursday, alleging the couple hijacked his film and sought to destroy his livelihood and career.

EXCLUSIVE: With yet another week of more lawsuits in the ever increasing obloquy fray between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, the court of public opinion has proved as much of a field of operations as the state and federal dockets.

It’s common knowledge that Blake Lively and Taylor Swift are very good friends. Now, reports are coming out left and right that Justin Baldoni referenced the “Fortnight” singer in his lawsuit against Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

The popstar and her parents dined out in downtown Manhattan Friday, one day after she was named in Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.