Warner 'fires' Johnny Depp and asks him to give up on Fantastic Beasts 3 - Lifestyle

He will respond to the English sentence with an appeal, Warner Bros had to answer with a yes when in the aftermath of the "surreal", according to him, verdict of the High Court of London, the producers of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' fired him in the trunk, or rather they asked him to give up his role, the evil Grindelwald, in the third awaited episode of the saga inspired by the novels of JK Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter. It was the former pirate of the Caribbean himself who made all this known with a letter to his fans, thanking them for the great manifestations of love received on this occasion. Warner's request is directly linked, he admitted, to the defeat before British justice in the case of domestic violence attributed to him by his ex-wife Amber Heard. Johnny Depp, in communicating that he accepted the request for waiver of the party, also confirmed, as said immediately by his lawyers, that he wanted to appeal against the sentence in which his defamation case against the tabloid Sun was rejected - who branded him as a marital "thug" - and on the contrary authenticated Heard's allegations against him as "substantially true". Warner Bros, for its part, has "thanked Johnny for his work on the films to date". "Fantastic Beasts 3 is currently in production and the role of Gellert Grindelwald will be reassigned. The film will debut in theaters worldwide in the summer of 2022," he said. After all, the disputed article in The Sun (from which the libel case had started) had questioned whether Rowling could be "genuinely happy" that Depp had been cast in "Fantastic Beasts" given his reputation as " batter of wives ". "I want to prove that the charges against me are false. My life and career will not be defined from this moment," said Depp. On social media there are many demonstrations of solidarity for the actor (without him Fantastic Beasts and Pirates of the Caribbean what would they be?), Complete with hasthag #JusticeforJohnnyDepp. Career may indeed creak. Meanwhile, the economic consequences are potentially devastating: well over 2.2 million euros he will have to pay in legal fees. Not without a serious threat to his future in Hollywood, where he will hardly be forgiven for the 12 physical attacks against his ex-wife, which Judge Nicol has given credit in justifying his sentence. Not especially the public revelations about a brief and turbulent union, consummated between excesses, abuse, betrayal, alcohol and drugs. It is described with a wealth of sordid details, photos and domestic films, recriminations, opposing testimonies (also by various VIPs) in the 16 hearings held during three months before the London court and in the media spotlight until the summer.