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One of the more intriguing titles of this year’s Berlin Film Festival is the new Johnny Depp true life drama, Minamata in which Depp plays the famous Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of…

Johnny Depp is in Berlin today for the world premiere of Andrew Levitas’ Minamata. A Berlin Film Festival Special Gala Screening, the drama also stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Minami and Bill Nighy. Depp plays celebrated U.S. photographer W Eugene Smith in the true-story thriller that pits Smith against a powerful corporation…

Johnny Depp is teaming up with documentary director Julien Temple on doc-biopic Shane about legendary Irish singer Shane MacGowan. HanWay is launching world sales at the EFM and will screen first footage. The film will deep dive on the tortured Irish vocalist, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic…

Johnny Depp has settled two big bucks lawsuits with two sets of former attorneys in the past month, but it may be quite a while before things get resolved in the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star's $50 million defamation action against Amber Heard. Due to the apparent fact that Depp didn’t meet the November 15 deadline…

Just in time for the holidays, Johnny Depp today continued his ongoing quest to wrap up many of the legal troubles that have dogged him in recent years. Deadline confirms that the actor has reached a deal with the attorneys he’d hired for a $50 million malpractice suit that the Pirates of the Caribbean star launched…

Donald Trump has had a very bad day in court today. First, the former Celebrity Apprentice host failed this morning in his latest attempt to keep his long-desired tax returns out of the hands of a New York Grand Jury and Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr. Now, Trump has be sued for defamation by E. Jean Carroll over the…

Just more than a month before they were set to go to trial, Johnny Depp and his former lawyers settled the $50 million malpractice suit the Pirates of the Caribbean star launched in 2017. This comes as a $50 million defamation suit between Depp and Amber Heard heats up on the West Coast. “The former law firm of Bloom…

If the multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit that Johnny Depp launched against Amber Heard in the spring hasn't gotten messy enough already, a new ruling could expose a lot of dirty laundry for the Crimes of Grindelwald star and his ex-wife. Late last week, a Virginia judge agreed with Heard’s attorneys that Depp…

Johnny Depp will likely take the stand to answer allegations he punched a location manager on set. But it just won't come next week, or even this year, after all. As the Pirates of the Caribbean star faces ongoing legal dust-ups with his ex-wife Amber Heard and his ex-law firm, on Wednesday a Los Angeles Superior…

Just under a week after filing to have ex-husband Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation suit tossed out, Amber Heard today went to court to force the Pirates of the Caribbean actor to hand over documents and other material related to his "drug and alcohol abuse" plus "incidents of domestic violence and abuse." "Mr…

UPDATED with lawyers statements: Amber Heard may be forced to fight the $50 million defamation lawsuit brought by her ex-husband Johnny Depp in Virginia after all, but the Aquaman star delivered a one-two punch Friday. Having lost her attempt to move the matter to California back in July, Heard has filed a new motion…

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…