Depp V Heard is a trial that seemed to take over the world, as the two actors court case was covered in, often grim, detail.
There were accusations of drugs, alcohol and domestic abuse involving the two Hollywood stars Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard.
The whole saga began when Heard wrote a story in the Washington Post.
In the article Heard referred to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”.
Also in 2020, the actor lost a separate libel case in the UK against the Sun, which had called him a “wife beater.”
Depp V Heard
Now Netflix will be streaming the show in August.
Filmmaker Emma Cooper is the main person behind the scenes as the director and executive producer under her Empress Films Banner.
Deep V Heard covers the events of the highly publicised trial that took place in 2022. The series looks into the consequences of airing the trial to a global audience.
Cooper is also the driving force behind The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes and Netflix original projects including The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann and Bikram: Yogi, Guri, Predator.
She is also an exec producer on another upcoming Netflix Original documentary about the “life and death of popular U.K. television presenter Jill Dando.”
The popular presenter was shot on her doorstep in a murder that shocked the nation.
Reviews
The series has appeared on terrestrial TV in May on Channel 4. The Guardian wasn’t a fan, they called it “profoundly depressing television,” and handed it a 2 star review and wasn’t complimentary at all.
For example the review said: “Channel 4’s documentary Depp v Heard is on hand to rehash it, remix it and serve it up again, under a thin veneer of commentary about how odd it was that a court case, which centred on whether domestic violence had taken place or not, proved to be catnip to a salivating audience.”
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