The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial will become a movie

The saga of the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is not over yet. It all started when her ex-wife had told some newspapers about the violence and humiliations suffered by the actor, who had taken her to court to defend himself accusing her of defamation. After a long process followed by the media and especially by social media, Heard is condemned, who in any case has been looking for a way to appeal in recent weeks. What remains of the story is precisely the preponderant part that the media and public opinion played in the case, an element that will continue to increase after a recent announcement: a film will soon arrive that will reproduce the unfolding of the process.

It will be titled Hot Take: The Depp / Heard Trial and will make its US debut on the free streaming platform Tubi, owned by Fox (Rupert Murdoch's television company that also produces Fox News). The film was shot in a very short time and will debut as early as September 30th: it will star Mark Hapka, known overseas for his participation in the soap Days of Our Lives, and Megan Davis, seen in the horror Alone in the Dark, to interpret Depp and Heard respectively. Another important role will have Melissa Marty (Station 19) who will be Camille Vasquez, the fierce lawyer of the actor who has become a social media star. Heard's less convincing lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, will instead have the face of Mary Carrig.

Hot Take aims precisely to reconstruct the tumultuous story of the two ex-spouses by focusing on the two months that saw them against each other this summer during a decidedly controversial trial, whose sentence made Johnny Depp fans (and sponsors) rejoice but also left many doubts that he believes some jury manipulation came from the actor's great fame. It is too early to know if the film will be able to render all these problematizations on the screen or will instead make a more specific choice of field. Shooting for the film was made as soon as possible "to timely capture a story that has become part of the cultural zeitgeist," said Adam Lewinson, head of content at Tubi. Obviously until the next chapter of this intricate and intriguing legal matter, which has already inspired an episode of Law & Order.