A teaser trailer has been released for the movie Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, which is headed to the free streaming service, Tubi. It is obviously based on the defamation trial heard round the world that saw actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard pitted against one another as he defended himself against her claims of abuse.
The film stars Mark Hapka (Parallels, Days of Our Lives) as Depp and Megan Davis (Alone in the Dark) as Heard, as well as Melissa Marty (Station 19) as Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez and Mary Carrig (Law & Order True Crime) as Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft.
Hot Take follows the relationship of Depp and Heard leading up to and including the two-month defamation trial — which Tubi’s trailer declares “the most-watched trial of the year.” The jury found that Heard defamed Depp by alluding to domestic violence allegations against him in a December 2018 op-ed piece, while the jury also held Depp liable for a defamatory statement made about Heard by his lawyer.
Tubi fast-tracked the movie into production with Fox Entertainment’s MarVista Entertainment “to capture a timely take on a story that became part of the cultural zeitgeist, painting a unique picture of what millions watched play out in the headlines over the summer,” according to Tubi chief content officer Adam Lewinson.
Hot Take is written by Guy Nicolucci (The Daily Show) and directed by Sara Lohman (Secrets in the Woods). Check out the trailer below, and watch Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial this week, on Tubi on Friday, September 30th.
via: Variety
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