Hundreds of thousands signal petition to drop Amber Heard from ‘Aquaman 2’

Hundreds of thousands of moviegoers — 2,253,498, as of Thursday afternoon, and counting — need Amber Heard lower from the Aquaman sequel.

That is how many individuals have signed a Change.org petition titled “Take away Amber Heard from Aquaman 2,” within the wake of the more and more ugly defamation trial that has performed out along with her ex Johnny Depp.

The outline of the undated petition, with the byline of Jeanne Larson, says that Heard has been “uncovered as a home abuser.”

“As Amber Heard is a identified and confirmed home abuser, Warner Brothers and DC Leisure ought to and should take away Heard from their Aquaman 2 movie mission. They need to not ignore the struggling of Heard’s victims, and should not glamorize a home abuser,” Larson says partly. “Males are victims of home abuse, identical to ladies. This have to be acknowledged, and motion have to be taken to stop a identified abuser from being celebrated throughout the leisure business. Do the appropriate factor. Take away Amber Heard from Aquaman 2.”

Warner Bros. and a rep for Heard didn’t reply to Yahoo Leisure’s requests for remark.

In line with Change.org, the petition was created on March 19, 2019. Nevertheless, there’s been renewed curiosity in it this month, amid the explosive trial that has uncovered the tumultuous relationship between the actors, who had been married in Feb. 2015 and cut up in Might 2016.

These newest courtroom proceedings started April 11, three years after Depp filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit towards Heard over a 2018 op-ed that she wrote for the Washington Submit about home abuse. Though Depp wasn’t named, he stated that his profession was irreparably broken, and he was fired from the profitable Pirates of the Caribbean franchise days later. She countersued him for $100 million final yr.

The unique Aquaman, launched in 2018, was a blockbuster in the identical class because the Pirates films. It is considered one of only a few dozen movies to have earned greater than $1 billion on the field workplace. The sequel, formally titled Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, has already been shot. Star Jason Momoa, who performs the title character, confirmed in December that filming had wrapped. The high-profile flick is scheduled to reach in theaters on March 17, 2023. Director James Wan stated Tuesday as he debuted a sizzle reel from the film at CinemaCon that he was “nonetheless within the midst” of his director’s lower.