Aquaman actress Amber Heard and her Caribbean actor and ex-husband Johnny Depp are facing a legal battle that seems to be ongoing. The sequel to Aquaman’s first release, Aquaman in the Lost Kingdom, is set to premiere in theaters in December 2022. However, the movie has been mixed in controversy due to the legal drama between Heard and Depp.
Reports suggest that Heard’s character Mir and Aquaman Universe will be reprising her role in the sequel, which has garnered so much bad press that her role is being hidden by the production team. Warner Bros Inc has threatened to say bad things about Heard and Depp if they appear in court to speak on the domestic disputes. Heard’s deposition in the ongoing defamation case against Warner Bros has been postponed until March 7th.
Warner Bros Entertainment Inc has changed its stance towards Amber Heard, following the uproar caused by Johnny Depp’s fan base demanding her character be replaced in the upcoming Aquaman sequel. Producer Peter Safrin, who worked on the movie, stated that the studio would not react to pure fan pressure and would do what is best for the film. The legal debacle between Heard and ex-Johnny Depp has revealed that Heard almost didn’t make it back as Mir in the second installment of Aquaman after being summoned by the courts through John Depp and his legal team death. His team intended to ask questions regarding Heard’s role in the sequel and whether there were any discussions to have her fired and replaced before her being rehired. Heard has allegedly refused to discuss any information about the film or the ongoing legal proceedings.
Court documents posted by Laura Bakov on Twitter suggest that Heard may have tried to get Depp and his legal team to agree to keep Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom out of the courtroom. Depp rejected the idea, but the document lists requests from Depp’s legal team to include Warner Bros to provide any information on whether there has been discussion to fire Heard from Aquaman in the Lost Kingdom. Heard has been made clear that they are not pleased about being summoned to court and will attempt to avoid a subpoena for a deposition.