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Johnny Depp has called for his defamation lawsuit, ex-wife Amber Heard, to be delayed due to the upcoming filming of Fantastic Animals 3.
Filming of the film directed through David Yates has been suspicious, as have many Hollywood shoots and events, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but as situations have progressed at London’s main filming site, production is expected to restart starting in October and in February is likely to end in February , in conflict with depp-Heard’s trial which will take place from 11 to 28 January 2021.
“When the court set the date of the trial in this case, Mr. Depp understood that Warner Bros.I was planning to film ‘Fantastic Animals 3’ in London well before 11 January 2021.COVID-19 interrupted the study’s plans and caused repeated postponements.With situations in London that have moved a little, Warner Bros.has now set a filming schedule that is at odds with the trial date in this case,” the court documents state.
The Fantastic Animals actor asked on 21 August for the trial to be postponed between March and June 2021.
Depp filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife of actress Aquaman in 2019 by a 2018 editorial in the Washington Post in which he wrote about sexual and domestic violence.The case has been dealt with ever since in Virginia.
Legal documents also imply that Heard agreed to meet on 9/11 to discuss the possible heist and that the proposed postponement would not cause him any harm, less unfair damage as he hopes to film Aquaman 2 next year.The 2018 film is expected to premiere in theaters on December 16, 2022.
News of the actor’s request to postpone the defamation case comes nearly a month after Depp’s smear war with tabloid The Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch.Although the 16-day dispute is closed, no verdict has been reached.result until September at the earliest.
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