1 year ago
41
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation proceedings is getting the movie treatment. See the trailer for Tubi's Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial below.
4 NEW Bombshells From Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Unsealed Court Docs
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's legal battle is headed to the tiny screen.
Nearly 4 months aft the jury came to a verdict successful the Pirates of the Caribbean star's defamation proceedings against the Aquaman actress, Tubi released the trailer for the upcoming Sara Lohman-directed movie, Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial.
The one-minute clip features respective scenes recreating the infamous trial—including parts of both Depp and Heard's testimonies as good as the scrutiny the Magic Mike XXL actress received connected societal media.
"It's time 1 of the Depp vs. Heard defamation trial," a reporter says in the trailer, earlier referencing the assemblage extracurricular the courthouse cheering in enactment of Depp. "Though fans are showing enactment for some sides, there's intelligibly a favourite here."
The movie stars Mark Hapka and Megan Davis as the former couple, with Melissa Marty playing Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez, and Mary Carrig as Heard's attorney Elaine Bredehoft.
On June 1, pursuing a six-week trial, a Virginia assemblage rendered their verdict mostly successful Depp's favor, ruling that Heard, 36, was liable for defaming her ex-husband successful a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post, describing herself arsenic a "public fig representing home abuse." (Heard ne'er mentioned Depp by sanction successful the essay.)
The Edward Scissorhands actor, 59, was subsequently awarded much than $10 million successful compensatory and punitive damages. The jury also awarded Heard $2 cardinal successful compensatory damages.
A period aft the jury's decision, Heard—who accused the trial of being unfair owed to societal media—filed an entreaty to the verdict.
"We judge the tribunal made errors that prevented a conscionable and fair verdict consistent with the First Amendment," a spokesperson for Heard said successful a connection to E! News July 21. "We are truthful appealing the verdict. While we recognize today's filing volition ignite the Twitter bonfires, determination are steps we request to instrumentality to guarantee some fairness and justice."
The pursuing day, Depp filed a announcement of entreaty to overturn the $2 million that Heard was awarded during the defamation trial.
"This was an overwhelmingly affirmative verdict for Mr. Depp," the actor's representatives said successful a connection to E! News July 22. "The verdict speaks for itself, and Mr. Depp believes that this is simply a clip for some parties to determination connected with their lives and heal. But if Ms. Heard is determined to prosecute further litigation by appealing the verdict, Mr. Depp is filing a concurrent appeal to guarantee that the afloat grounds and each applicable ineligible issues are considered by the Court of Appeal."
Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial is acceptable to deed Tubi connected Sept. 30.
