EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Johnny Depp has joined the roster at Global Artist Management. Veteran artist manager Paul Geary, along with business partner Steve Wood, will handle all avenues of Depp's career outside of film, which is currently handled by CAA. GAM's other clients include multi-platinum rockers…

Johnny Depp and his former lawyers have another new trial date. Splitting the difference between what the parties desired, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge agreed Wednesday to move the start of the trial in the former Pirates of the Caribbean star's nearly two-year-old $50 million malpractice lawsuit against Bloom…

Fighting lawsuits on both sides of the country, Johnny Depp has upped the ante in his $50 million defamation case against Amber Heard by slagging off the injuries the Aquaman star says she suffered at his hands during their marriage as "painted-on bruises." The statement from Depp came came in a declaration the Pirates…

EXCLUSIVE: As lawyers for Johnny Depp and his former law firm spar over a new trial date for the now $50 million malpractice lawsuit the Pirates of the Caribbean star brought against Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman LLP in 2017, there looks to be at least two fewer Hollywood…

(UPDATED with statement from Depp lawyer) Johnny Depp's $30 million legal standoff with his ex-lawyer just netted former Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara, Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard and some of Hollywood's top attorneys. With a September trial date on the calendar between the Pirates of the Caribbean star and his…

In a disturbingly detailed motion to dismiss filed on Thursday, Aquaman star Amber Heard is urging a Virginia judge to toss ex-husband Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against her over a Washington Post op-ed. Besides unveiling intimate items such as Depp once calling himself a "fucking savage" for his…

Johnny Depp won't be heading to court for a trial in his $30 million malpractice action against his ex-lawyers as soon as expected, but his recent $50 million defamation case against Amber Heard reared its head Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. "If you want a two-month continuance, that's fine," said Judge Terry…

(UPDATED with Amber Heard statement) Johnny Depp has had a lot of legal run-ins the past few years, but this time it is distinctly personal. Almost three years after news of the breakdown of The Pirates of the Caribbean star's marriage to Amber Heard hit the public record, Depp is now suing his ex-wife and Aquaman…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney film production chief Sean Bailey’s effort to retool and relaunch the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is back in uncertain waters after the defection of Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, the hot-shot writing team behind Fox’s mighty Deadpool franchise. Disney insiders say Reese & Wernick are no longer…

Principal photography has begun on Andrew Levitas-directed feature Minamata starring Johnny Depp as celebrated U.S. photographer W. Eugene Smith. The production has released a first look at Depp. Bill Nighy (Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) has joined cast alongside Minami (Vision), Hiroyuki Sanada (Avengers…

SATURDAY UPDATE: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald took in $43M at the international box office on Friday, casting spells in 79 markets, 24 of which were added yesterday. The Warner Bros sequel/spinoff is currently running 14% higher than Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them at the same point in play and…

EXCLUSIVE: A day after 89-year old iconic South Boston mob boss James (Whitey) Bulger was beaten to death — his face reportedly pummeled beyond recognition by prisoners with mob ties and a grudge — in a West Virginia prison, I asked Scott Cooper how he would script Bulger’s headstone. While several major movies and TV…