Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, who met on the set of The Rum Diary in 2011 and got married in 2015, separated in 2017. A year after the breakup, Amber Heard accused Johnny Depp of domestic violence and claimed that it negatively affected his career. The two filed a lawsuit against each other. The litigation process followed by the whole world was the subject of a movie called Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial.
The libel case between the beloved names of the cinema world, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, had a wide impact in the world press. Johnny Depp was forced to leave the Fantastic Beasts franchise after Amer Heard's article on allegations of family violence, and his return to Pirates of the Caribbean was also suspended. Depp, who filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife, demanded $ 50 million from Heard. Amber Heard also filed a $100 million counterclaim against Depp. The jury found Johnny Depp right and decided that the Washington Post article written by Amber Heard had the quality of defaming the famous actor.
Free streaming service Tubi has stepped up production of Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, Variety reports. The film is directed by Sara Lohman, who previously directed the for-TV movies The Reunion and Secrets in the Woods, while the screenplay is written by Guy Nicolucci of The Daily Show. Hot Take; It stars Mark Hapka as Depp, Megan Davis as Heard, Melissa Marty as Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez, and Mary Carrig as Heard's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft.