Comic book mercenary Deadpool has taken over the Georgia Viaduct.

Vancouver-born film star Ryan Reynolds is donning the red tights and playing the foul-mouthed Marvel anti-hero in the $37.5-million movie being shot in Vancouver for 20th Century Fox.

The film crew is using the Georgia Viaduct to film an elaborate stunt scene and residents in nearby condo towers are getting a birds-eye view of the movie making.

Deadpool test footage, which was leaked last summer, shows the hero stepping off an overpass and dropping into an SUV full of bad guys.

The footage, which included a CGI-version of Deadpool voiced by Reynolds, was so well received by the bigwigs at 20th Century Fox that they gave director Tim Miller a green light to make the movie.

Georgia Viaduct will be closed during key hours until April 18 to accommodate filming. The eastbound span will be closed to traffic from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays to minimize the impact on rush-hour traffic.

Dunsmuir Viaduct, which leads into downtown, will not be impacted by the closures.