Ryan Reynolds Confirms That DEADPOOL Will Be Rated R (and Takes Out Mario Lopez in the Process)

If you're going to announce news, April 1 is a horrible day to it. April Fools' Day has evolved from people playing pranks on each other to websites just posting fake new stories all day. (One pop culture site spent the day publishing articles about the Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace trailer and Freaks and Geeks never getting canceled. Genius AND funny, right?)

Ryan Reynolds used the spirt of April Fools' Day to play on the rumors that his long-awaited Deadpool movie would be watered down for a PG-13 rating and announced that Deadpool would be R-rated. To set up the announcement, Reynolds and Extra TV personality Mario Lopez put together a video.



Yes, Deadpool is going to fully embrace its R rating. "February 12th. There will be blood. Guns. F-bombs. And graphic, expertly lit French Unicorn sex," Reynolds tweeted on Wednesday.

Deadpool will hit theaters on Feb. 12, 2016. In addition to Reynolds, the movie stars Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, Gina Carano, TJ Miller and Brianna Hildebrand.