The layoffs of Warner Bros. and The Walt Disney Company, the withdrawal of their Netflix movies, and their legal problems have put Johnny Depp’s career in jeopardy. The big studios don’t want to work with the actor listed as a “women abuser” after his legal issues with Amber Heard and have to reinvent himself in the industry.
Depp will not return as Jack Sparrow in the upcoming installments of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and was replaced by Mads Mikkelsen in ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ in the role of Gellert Grindelwald, his most iconic roles in last years. His bet to relaunch his career will be low-budget cinema.
Hollywood and film industry journalist Daniel Richtman recently told his Patreon channel that Johnny Depp, 57, has explored some proposals to continue generating revenue, following the losses he has had and his expenses in lawyers.
While it is true that the performer made a significant fortune from his successful performances in film and what he generated with his rock band ‘Hollywood Vampires’, he needs to keep his capital.
Judicial battle with Amber Heard
Depp, who was awaiting the approval of a Virginia judge to quash a lawsuit he filed against Amber Heard for defamation and $ 100 million, received just the opposite: the judge denied her request for ‘annulment and upheld the complaint of the also actress.
Heard filed the complaint for the said amount and reason for the “defamation campaign” against him, which provoked cyberbullying against him, with even requests to expel her from ‘Aquaman 2’, Warner Bros. tape. and in which he will return to the role of Mera.
Johnny Depp has to appeal to a court the verdict in the case of ‘The Sun’, a media outlet that called him a “woman abuser” and won a court verdict for alleged defamation. In addition, a lawsuit against Amber Heard for libel will begin in May, after her ex-partner published an article on gender-based violence in ‘The Washington Post’ in 2018.