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

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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