All things equal: how Johnny Depp and Amber Heard lost their multimillion-dollar movie contracts due to lawsuits

A series of scandals between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has affected not only the media, the fans of the actress, but also Hollywood, which does not want to star in their new films. Johnny Depp lost his participation in the next Pirates of the Caribbean, and Amber Heard was nearly canceled in Aquaman 2. But first things first.

Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer talked about Johnny Depp’s involvement in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He is now working on two new episodes and doesn’t seem to plan to include Depp in them.

“The future has not been decided yet,” the producer told The Sunday Times on May 15. At the same time, Bruckheimer shared that he is in talks with Margot Robbie to give her a role in the new Pirates.

At one of the last hearings, Depp admitted that he does not want to participate in the filming of the next installment of the franchise. He said he wasn’t interested in Pirates of the Caribbean, even though he was paid “$300 million and a million alpacas.” Johnny also said that the producers would most likely not come to him with such an offer.

“It’s been a few years since the last episode came out. All this time the press was talking about how I brutally beat my wife. “I’m sure there were attempts by Disney to cut ties with me to protect themselves,” he said.

Depp has already lost his involvement in a major project – we are, of course, talking about Fantastic Beasts. Warner Bros. asked the actor to leave the project and gave the role to Mads Mikkelsen. By the way, Johnny was paid $ 16 million for his work – he managed to act in one stage and received a multimillion-dollar fee. Good deal.

If mass cinema removes the actor from his life, it positively refers to the personality of the author. The drama Waiting for the Barbarians was released in 2019 and a biography of The Great in 2020. Both films failed at the US box office, but were critically acclaimed.

In the media they wrote about Depp’s play in the movie “The Great”, “The most daring and fresh work in recent years”.

There was a recession in Johnny’s career for two years – he was only tasked with voicing the Dead Ends cartoon. But in 2022, the actor will appear in the new film Jeanne Dubarry, which tells about the life of the mistress of Louis XV. The King is played by Johnny. By the way, the film was shot by the French actress Mayvenn Le Besco, who also played the main role. The film will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the near future – as you might guess, Johnny himself will not attend the premiere.

Johnny’s participation in festival films means that the end of his career is not imminent. His name is acting – only European cinema has replaced Hollywood. Yes, the wages from such films are small, but Depp will not be without a job.

What can be said about his ex-wife Amber Heard? After the start of the trial, fans of the Aquaman series sounded the alarm and demanded that the actress be excluded from participation in the next episodes. True, he still appeared, saying that in the second part of the superhero movie his role was noticeably cut.

And recently, new details have surfaced: speaking in court, Amber Heard said that her contract with Warner Bros. has expired, so she doesn’t know if she will participate in the filming of the next Aquaman and Justice League.

The studio itself stated that such a decision is not about Amber Heard’s involvement in the case – it’s all about the character.

“There’s no longer chemistry between Mera and Aquaman,” DC Films President Walter Hamada said in a statement.

A third Aquaman movie will greenlight after the second episode airs: if it’s successful. Warner Bros. isn’t sharing details on future superhero movies. Although Hurd is confident his time in the DC Universe is coming to an end.