Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial's Movie Trailer Out

For months, the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation cases dominated news coverage. The controversial defamation trial of the actors is being dramatised for the big screen just four months after the judgement.

On Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly unveiled the first trailer for the Tubi original movie Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, featuring Mark Hapka and Megan Davis as Depp and Heard, respectively. Mary Carrig portrays Elaine Bredehoft, a member of Heard's legal team, while Melissa Marty plays Camille Vasquez, the attorney for Depp.

On Thursday, the trailer was uploaded to Tubi's official Youtube page. Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial is a Tubi Original Movie from FOX Entertainment's indie studio MarVista Entertainment. It is based on the contentious defamation case that made headlines around the globe. Sara Lohman was the film's director, while Guy Nicolucci wrote the screenplay.

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial Movie Trailer

In the opening scene of the minute-long trailer, Hapka is seen entering the courtroom with sunglasses, just as Depp did during the trial. In the trailer, you can see well-known trial sights. A reference to James Franco, who was on Heard's witness list but was never asked to testify, as well as Depp's casual attitude in court and the intense social media monitoring of Heard, are all visible. Additionally, it includes a few flashbacks of Depp and Heard's romance.

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The verdict in the six-week Virginia trial was announced on June 1, and according to People, a seven-person jury mostly agreed with Depp, 59, who claimed that Heard, 36, defamed him in her 2018 op-ed about domestic abuse even though she did not specifically mention him in the piece. In a 2018 Washington Post story, Amber Heard called herself a victim of domestic abuse, which caused Johnny Depp to sue her for defaming him. Heard won one of her three defamation counterclaims and received $2 million in damages, while Depp received more than $10 million in damages. Both are currently challenging the verdicts.

On September 30, Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial will make its debut exclusively on the free Tubi streaming service.