Henry Cavill's mustache is being digitally removed in 'Justice League' reshoots

Cavill's caterpillar is causing a commotion.
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Henry Cavill's mustache is being digitally removed in 'Justice League' reshoots
Henry Cavill's mustache attends the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup Polo Final at Cowdray on Sunday. Credit: Dave Benett / Getty Images for J

Henry Cavill's mustache is caught between two studios. The good news is, they can fix it in post.

Variety reported Monday that Justice League is going through extensive reshoots as Joss Whedon aims to punch up the dialogue and, let's be real here, not let it turn into Suicide Squad redux.

Rumors of a big re-do swirled around Comic-Con all weekend, but the key detail that emerged in Variety's reporting: Cavill's caterpillar is a problem.

That's because Cavill — who did not travel to San Diego for Comic-Con — is in the midst of shooting Mission: Impossible 6 in London (and enjoying some polo on the side, as we can see in the photo above from this weekend). He grew that lip toupee specifically for the Mission role.

Paramount Pictures, where M:I 6 is being made, is accommodating Cavill's schedule to handle his reshoots in the Superman suit. On one condition: The 'stache stays.

No problem, really — the advancement of digital retouching in movies means Cavill can get a digital shave for whatever scenes he'll have to shoot for Justice league.

Now if we could just get digital shaves into the real world ...

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Josh Dickey

Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.

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