Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Image Source: ABC News
Are we ready to witness Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s trial on a big screen?
According to various reports, the turbulent relationship and the high-profile defamation trial between actor Johnny Depp and actress Amber Heard is being turned into a movie titled, "Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial" for the audience.
Actor Mark Hapka is all set to actor Johnny Depp, while actress Megan Davis has been roped in to play Amber Heard in ‘Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial’. For the legal team, actress Melissa Marty will be portraying Johnny Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez and actress Marry Carrig will portray Amber Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft.
Written by Guy Nicolucci and directed by Sara Lohman, "Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial" will premiere for free only on the Tubi streaming platform. MarVista Entertainment, a division of Fox Entertainment, produced the film. Brittany Clemons, Angie Day, Marianne C. Wunch, Hannah Pillemer, and Fernando Szew are the executive producers of the movie. Under the auspices of their Ninth House label, producers Autumn Federici and Kristi for Cvijetic are active.
Adam Lewinson, Tubi’s chief content officer, shared in a statement that Tubi and MarVista accelerated the film's production to get a current view on the topic that later became part of the cultural zeitgeist and portray a distinctive picture of what millions of people saw in the headlines over the summer.
EVP creative affairs for MarVista, Hannah Pillemer, said that the movie ‘Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial’ is going to be one of many current, culturally significant original movies made in association with streaming service Tubi as part of their increasing cooperation. They want to engage viewers with storylines that have the kind of social currency that would make watching them a necessity for any follower of pop culture or celebrity turmoil, Hannah stated.
The high-profile defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard that was held in Fairfax County, Virginia, was televised for the world to witness, and after six weeks of presenting various evidence, depositions, witnesses, and going through cross-examination, the jury found out that Amber Heard had defamed Johnny Depp in her article, which was published in 2018.
In her op-ed that was published in the Washington Post, she accused the actor of domestic violence and abuse without naming him, after which Johnny Depp decided to sue her as he said that in their relationship it was Amber Heard who was the perpetrator, not him. Johnny Depp also mentioned that as soon as the false accusations against him by Amber Heard went public, he lost a couple of major projects he was working on and soon became one of the celebrities who was "canceled" by the industry.
The jury in Fairfax County, Virginia rewarded Johnny Depp with more than $10 million in damages while Amber Heard was rewarded with $2 million since the jury believed that the statements that were made by Johnny Depp’s attorney, Adam Waldman, against Amber Heard did defame the actress. Both the actors have now appealed the verdict.
After the judgment was announced, Johnny Depp thanked the jury for giving him his life back and stated in a statement that was shared on his social media that the best is yet to come. He said that he needed to do this because he wanted the truth to come out for the sake of his children, family, friends and the people who had trusted him for so many years.
Amber Heard, on the other hand, had expressed that she was not happy with the decision and described it as a setback for women who speak up against the people who abuse them. She said in her statement that Johnny Depp's attorneys were able to get the jury overlook the evidence her team had presented in the court along with the key issue of Freedom of Speech. Johnny Depp is slowly getting back to his work where as Amber Heard is seemingly finding it hard to book jobs at the moment.
The actors or anyone who was involved in the case has not yet commented on the situation.
"Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial" is expected to be released by the end of September.
