Requires Amber Heard to be faraway from the Aquaman sequel, Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, amid her contentious court docket battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp, proceed to develop.
As of Monday morning, greater than 4.2 million individuals had signed on to a Change.org petition to have her minimize from the DC Prolonged Universe movie, which is about to reach in theaters on March 17, 2023. That is up from 2.3 million, the variety of signatures that had been collected on April 28, when Yahoo Leisure first reported on the trouble.
A rep for Heard, who performs Mera, has declined to remark. Producer Warner Bros. didn’t instantly reply to Yahoo’s request for an announcement.
However in July, Peter Safran, a producer on the unique movie and the extremely anticipated sequel, mentioned filmmakers had been unmoved by such campaigns.
“I do not suppose we’re ever going to react to, actually, pure fan strain,” Safran informed Deadline’s “Hero Nation” podcast, by way of The Hollywood Reporter. “You gotta do what’s finest for the film. We felt that if it is [director] James Wan and [star] Jason Momoa [returning], it must be Amber Heard. That is actually what it was.”
Wan mentioned in January that manufacturing on the film had wrapped.
On Monday, Heard and Depp’s much-watched defamation trial resumed following a one-week hiatus.
Heard denied on the stand that she had defecated on Depp’s facet of the mattress they shared.
“I had simply been attacked on my thirtieth birthday by my violent husband with whom I used to be desperately in love and knew I wanted to go away. It was probably not a jovial time and I do not suppose that is humorous, interval,” Heard mentioned. “That is disgusting.”
Heard, whose different credit embody Magic Mike XXL and Pineapple Categorical, has alleged that Depp, whom she started relationship in 2011 and married in 2015 earlier than their Might 2016 break up, was bodily and mentally abusive. He has accused her of abusing him. Each have denied the accusations.
Heard’s different upcoming initiatives embody starring within the supernatural thriller Into the Fireplace and the romantic thriller Run Away With Me.
