Johnny Depp, Amber Heard’s troubled marriage to be explored in new docuseries

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s turbulent marriage and contentious divorce is the topic of an upcoming two-episode documentary collection within the works at Discovery Plus.

As per Variety, Discovery has commissioned ‘Johnny vs Amber’, a docuseries that may inform the story of the breakdown of Depp and Heard’s relationship, and the way it spiralled into a star court docket case. The announcement relating to the upcoming challenge was made by Discovery UK on Friday, November 19, 2201.

The documentary will present the totally different views with one episode specializing in ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor’s perspective, whereas the opposite episode will deal with the ‘Aquaman’ actor’s facet of the story.

‘Johnny vs Amber’ will characteristic testimony from legal professionals for each stars, in addition to these near the pair. It will even look at intensive footage and audio recordings filmed by the previous couple themselves.

The documentary can be out there on Discovery Plus this fall. The collection was ordered for Discovery Plus by Laycock, commissioned by Charlotte Reid and government produced by Matt Reid for Discovery.

The documentary collection is being government produced by Nick Hornby and Fran Baker for Optomen.

“Through the tapes, home videos and text messages shown in court, these films give viewers a rare and important insight into a marriage that went tragically wrong, and to better understand the hugely important issue of domestic violence,” Hornby mentioned.

As per People journal, Heard filed for divorce from Depp in 2016 and later accused him of home violence. Depp has denied all of the allegations levelled towards him. A decide finalised their divorce in January 2017 with Heard being granted a USD 7 million settlement. Their authorized battles continued when Depp sued Heard for defamation after the actor wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post in 2018 about surviving home violence. However, Heard by no means named Depp within the op-ed. The case remains to be ongoing.

At the time, Depp’s legal professionals mentioned within the lawsuit, “Mr Depp never abused Ms Heard. Her allegations against him were false when they were made in 2016. They were part of an elaborate hoax to generate positive publicity for Ms Heard and advance her career.”

In response to the lawsuit, Heard’s rep advised People journal in a press release on the time, “This frivolous action is just the latest of Johnny Depp’s repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard. She will not be silenced. Mr Depp’s actions prove he is unable to accept the truth of his ongoing abusive behaviour. But while he appears hell-bent on achieving self-destruction, we will prevail in defeating this groundless lawsuit and ending the continued vile harassment of my client by Mr Depp and his legal team.”

Depp additionally sued the British tabloid The Sun for libel after it known as him a “wife-beater.” He misplaced the case in November 2020. After shedding the case, Depp agreed to exit the position of darkish wizard Gellert Grindelwald within the ‘Harry Potter’ spinoff collection, ‘Fantastic Beasts’.