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Ryan Reynolds tweets first photo on set of the 'Deadpool' movie

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In honor of the "Deadpool" movie coming out in exactly one year, Ryan Reynolds has shared the first photo of him on set with the popular Marvel antihero. 

Reynolds says the costume below is a prototype. 

For those who are unfamiliar with the name, Deadpool is a comic book character who knows he is a comic book character. This leads to his breaking the fourth wall inside comics. There are separate comic bubbles differentiating where he'll talk out loud, to himself, and to the audience.  

Reynolds has been trying to get a "Deadpool" movie made since he played the character in 2009's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" film. 

He even went so far as to shoot test footage for a "Deadpool" movie that ended up going viral. 


The costume should look something more like the below when it's completed. "Deadpool" is set for a February 12, 2016, release.

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The cover of "Deadpool Annual" #1 from 2011.  Marvel


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Kirsten Acuna was a correspondent on Business Insider's Entertainment team covering TV, movies, and theme parks. She is Businness Insider's resident expert on all things "The Walking Dead." YKirsten covers superheroes and all things Disney (Marvel, Pixar, and live-action remakes). She is a verified film critic on Rotten TomatoesKirsten has previously written for TV Guide and Time Out New York Kids. She joined Business Insider's entertainment team in 2012 as a reporter, helping to build the team from two people. She holds a degree in magazine journalism and minors in both English and child family studies from Syracuse University.Follow her on Twitter @KirstenAcuna.