A petition to see Amber Heard ousted from the “Aquaman” sequel goes swimmingly.
The 36-year-old actress — who's at present embattled in a hefty trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp — has little or no display screen time in subsequent yr’s follow-up to the 2018 DC movie, in keeping with movie journalist Grace Randolph, who has a rep for breaking this sort of comedian e-book flick scoop, TMZ first reported.
Heard, who performs Mera within the “Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom” alongside Jason Momoa’s Aquaman, will see “lower than 10 minutes of display screen time” within the sequel.
The information comes as a petition continues to flow into on-line that requires Heard to be axed from the movie altogether, which has simply reached 3 million signatures.
“Do the appropriate factor. Take away Amber Heard from Aquaman 2,” Jeanne Larson wrote within the Change.org description of the petition, which she created again in 2020.
The superhero movie’s producer, Peter Safran, shut down hypothesis in July 2021 about Heard’s position.
Safran informed Deadline on the time, “I don’t assume that we’re ever going to react to, actually, pure fan strain. You gotta do what you're feeling is greatest for the film. We felt that if it’s [director] James Wan and Jason Momoa, it needs to be Amber Heard. That’s actually what it was.”
“Hear, one shouldn't be unaware of what's going on within the Twitterverse, however that doesn’t imply it's a must to react to it or take it as gospel or accede to their needs,” Safran added. “It's a must to do what you're feeling is correct for the movie, and that’s actually the place we landed on it.”
The sequel was initially scheduled for a theatrical launch on Dec. 16, 2022, then bumped to March 2023.
Depp, 58, was been dumped by Disney from his position as Captain Jack Sparrow within the fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film after Heard alleged she suffered abuse throughout their practically two-year marriage in a 2018 op-ed. Citing harm to his skilled repute on account of the essay, Depp has sued Heard for defamation, asking for greater than $50 million in return.
On Sunday, The Publish realized that Heard has fired her p.r. crew — simply in time for her to take the stand on Tuesday in a Fairfax, Virginia, courthouse. She reportedly switched from disaster p.r. agency Precision Methods to Shane Communications following widespread unfavourable press amid her court docket battle.
“She doesn’t like unhealthy headlines,” a supply mentioned. One other insider famous that Heard is “annoyed together with her story not being informed successfully.”
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