Ryan Reynolds is asking a judge to let him out of the ongoing legal saga between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively … and he’s taking some shots at Baldoni in the process.

Ryan just filed a motion to dismiss Baldoni’s defamation suit against him.

According to the legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Ryan says Justin is showing his true colors in filing suit against him … claiming Baldoni took his “thin-skinned outrage over a movie character” and decided to go after Ryan in court … a reference to the satirical, woke Nicepool character from the new ‘Deadpool’ movie, which JB thought was an obvious shot at him.

Reynolds says Baldoni’s lawsuit won’t hold up in court … he says him referring to Baldoni as a “predator” is constitutionally protected opinion … and, even if not, he says it’s substantially true.

Blake’s husband also rips Baldoni’s lawsuit as essentially a “burn book” … and he claims Justin is just trying to shame him for sticking up for his wife.

Ryan is asking to dismiss the claims against him with prejudice so it can’t be filed again.

Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, lawyers for Reynolds, tell TMZ … “Mr. Reynolds has a First Amendment right to express his opinion of Mr. Baldoni, which should be comforting to a group of people who have repeatedly called Ms. Lively and Mr. Reynolds ‘bullies’ and other names over the past year.”

After 286 days in space, two American astronauts who’ve been stuck on the International Space Station since last spring are finally back down on Earth.

Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams splashed down softly off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida today at about 5:58 PM ET, following a 19-hour journey in a SpaceX spacecraft, alongside astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

It was a smooth arrival back to Planet Earth, with Dragon Freedom’s Crew-9 parachutes deploying 6,000 feet in the air, and the control room erupting in cheers as they splashed down into the water.

Wilmore and Williams, both test pilots, were only supposed to be in space for 8 days … they flew the Boeing Starliner up to the ISS in June last year, but due to thruster issues and helium leaks, NASA decided to return the spacecraft to Earth completely empty — forcing the unexpected staycation in space for Butch and Suni. They’ve been stuck on the International Space Station ever since.

To be clear … they were never actually “stranded” — Butch and Suni had arrived at the ISS prepared for an extended stay in the event something on the mission went sideways … as it did. NASA was considering whether the two could fly back on the Boeing Starliner, but NASA vetoed them getting on that return trip over safety concerns.

Then they had the opportunity to return in September, but they opted to stay, since the SpaceX craft sent up at the time kept 2 crew members off the flight, to give Buch and Suni seats for the ride back … but that would have left no replacements on the ISS if they had departed. So they stayed.

Anthony Davis isn’t ready to get back on the NBA court just yet, but here’s a good sign for Dallas Mavericks fans — the Brow was able to hit the golf course and work on his game on Tuesday.

A clip of AD’s round was shared to social media … with the 6’10” baller — who went down with a left adductor strain on Feb. 8 — appearing to gear up for a chip shot.

Davis rocked shorts, a t-shirt and a vest for the occasion … and it looked like he had a stogie in his mouth.

The Mavs desperately need the big man … as they’ve been plagued with injuries. They’re 2-8 in their last 10 games and have lost three straight.

Fellow Dallas superstar Kyrie Irving is out for the season with a torn ACL … and with an ailment like that, he won’t be hitting the links anytime soon.