Aquaman

DC President of Films Walter Hamada is set to testify soon against Amber Heard in the actress' trial against Johnny Depp.

With nearly ten months until Aquaman 2 releases in theaters, Warner Bros. has plenty of challenges ahead with this movie's upcoming promotional tour and run in theaters next year. Even so, Hamada's testimony will be something to keep a close eye on in the next few days as he shares his side of the story in an official capacity. This specifically concerns the ongoing defamation trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp with regard to her upcoming role in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, next year's anticipated DC sequel.

The ongoing defamation trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp is ongoing, as plenty of harrowing and personal details have come out about both parties.

The petition for Lively to come in is only at a meager 3,600 signatures, so fans better get working if they are to make as much noise as the other petition. Wright famously directed the fan-favorite film Scott Pilgrim, and he is now going to likely guide Lively as she adapts Bryan Lee O’Malley’s, Seconds. She might not have time to jump into a new franchise, but Blake Lively in Aquaman could theoretically save that movie from disaster. Another petition has now been started that sees people want to see Blake Lively in Aquaman instead. Now fans are taking it upon themselves to try and bring Blake Lively into Aquaman. All this drama aside, Lively would be an incredible addition to the MCU. She certainly has the acting chops to replace Heard as Mera. The change might also be good for the film as well, as the fallout from this trial is certainly substantial. It is now over 4.3 million signatures, as more and more people seem to be backing the idea that Heard has been the abuser in the relationship. According to Heard, she had been given a more substantial role in Aquaman 2, but that role has now been shrunk down to less than 10 minutes of screentime.

"Aquaman" should have been Amber Heard's "'A Star Is Born' moment"; instead, the actress's career shows barely a flicker.

Every time Depp has filed a lawsuit, it has “brought to light various issues,” she testified. “It was just this extraordinary moment for her, for her career to take off.” “It was that moment where not only was she a good actor, but she was now world-renowned because she was in the most successful film … for DC Comics,” Arnold said about “Aquaman,” which grossed more than $1.1 billion at the box office.

Jessica Kovacevic, Heard's agent, testified in a pre-recorded deposition at the Johnny Depp defamation trial on Thursday (May 19) that the production/ ...

I fought to keep my job and the biggest movie opportunity I had to date [with] Justice League with the option to [star in] Aquaman. I had to fight really hard to stay in Justice League because that was the time of the divorce.” When asked about her involvement after Depp’s team called her a liar in the press, she said no: “The communications stopped at that point.” Depp is suing Heard for $50million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote about her alleged experiences as a domestic violence survivor. When Heard was asked if she’d been able to find work recently, Heard answered: “I have done one small independent film. They just removed a bunch out.” Representatives for Warner Bros. did not respond immediately to EW‘s comment request.

DC Films head Walter Hamada will reportedly testify in the ongoing Amber Heard-Johnny Depp defamation trial and deny Heard's claims about Aquaman 2.

The current DC Films head will testify as a rebuttal witness for Depp, who claims to have been fired from the Fantastic Beasts and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises as a result of Heard's allegations of domestic abuse and sexual assault against him. Now, a new report from Deadline reveals that Hamada will testify in the ongoing Depp-Heard defamation trial and deny the actress' claims about her role being cut from Aquaman 2. Heard was brought back for the upcoming sequel titled Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which finished filming in January 2022 and is scheduled to be released on March 17, 2023.

The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial continues to skulk its way across the seafloor of the online subconscious this week, occasionally vomiting up ...

Which was “significant,” in Arnold’s telling, most notably as it applied to Heard’s starring role in the Aquaman sub-franchise of Warner Bros. films. The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial continues to skulk its way across the seafloor of the online subconscious this week, occasionally vomiting up some industry factoid or moment of strangeness that inevitably rises to the surface to be fitfully dissected and perused. Per The Wrap, Arnold—who was called as a witness on Heard’s behalf, as she attempts to fend off Depp’s accusations of defamation over an op-ed she wrote about being a survivor of abuse from a few years back—noted that “research showed whenever Heard’s name was mentioned, whether in connection to a film, TV show, magazine article, or endorsement deal, there was immediate backlash from fans on social media.” (Readers at home can replicate this research by spending approximately four seconds on Twitter in 2022.) As such, Warner Bros. told Heard she was functionally disinvited from FanDome, the company’s now-annual celebration of its brands and various film properties.

A witness for Amber Heard might've given away 'Aquaman 2' spoilers during her testimony Monday in the Johnny Deep defamation trial.

Arnold went on to lament that Heard "trained 5 hours a day for several months with the trainer to do this big action sequence" and didn't learn that her role shrunk until she arrived to set. "I believe that in the first act of the movie, she was injured somehow, or it had something to do with a baby," Arnold teased in her testimony. While she managed to keep the role, Heard previously testified she ended up appearing in a "very pared-down version" of the original story planned for her character Mera.

Details about the plot of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom were spoiled at Amber Heard's defamation trial.

We at the Direct exclusively reported on Mera being pregnant with her and Arthur Curry's child for most of the film: This kept Mera from being part of a major action sequence that she was originally supposed to have in the movie's final moments. Most recently, DC President of Films Walter Hamada expressed that Heard didn't face any repercussions and was welcomed back to the film through this ugly situation, although the details about the truth are still quite unclear.

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According to Arnold, the sequence was cut and the role itself was “radically reduced” by the time Heard got to the set. Momoa currently follows both Depp and Heard on the platform. Per The Independent, some fans have claimed Momoa followed Depp on Instagram during the ongoing trial, but it’s not clear exactly when that happened.

Potential spoilers around Amber Heard's character Mera in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom were revealed during testimony in court today.

Heard previously testified that Warner Bros. had “significantly pared down” her role as Mera in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as a direct result of court cases and negative press linked to them, all of which surround the legal wrangling between the two stars. Arnold went on to discuss more about how Heard prepared for the role with a lot of training in the belief that there would be substantial action sequences required. While detailing the changes made to the script for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Arnold shared what seems to be spoilers about the blockbuster in relation to the character of Mera and how she will be “hospitalized” in the movie and not seen again until the end of the film.

The actor, who played Princess Mera in the 2018 DC movie, is being sued by Depp for $50m (£39.7m) for implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.

She added that her contract said she would make $2m (£1.6m) for the second film. “I fought really hard to stay in the movie. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. They just removed a bunch.” Although she didn’t name him, he claims her allegations impacted his ability to work. During her testimony last week, Heard claimed Warner Bros “didn’t want to include me” in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, adding that her role in the sequel was cut down after Depp’s team called her initial abuse claims a “hoax”.

Amber Heard witness appears to give away 'Aquaman 2' spoilers during Johnny Depp defamation trial · A witness in Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's trial appeared to ...

In the "Aquaman" comics, Aquaman and Mera do have a child together called Arthur Curry Jr., or Aquababy. However, producer Peter Safran told Deadline that "fan pressure" wouldn't affect a decision on whether to fire Heard. Depp is suing Heard over a Washington Post op-ed she wrote in 2018, describing herself as a victim of domestic abuse.