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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…

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…

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…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney is exploring a reboot of its billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The studio has met with the writing team of Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and they are in early talks to write the script. Reese & Wernick are the writers behind the first two Deadpool blockbusters, and before that wrote Zomb…

Lawyers for Johnny Depp and his former attorneys may be talking about a settlement in their $30 million malpractice suit, but today in court the two sides locked horns and Hollywood got a potential legal mauling. "I appreciate that there are good people in show business," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry…

EXCLUSIVE: Having reached a deal last month in his $25 million legal sword fight with his former business managers, Johnny Depp is also looking to bring a related $30 million ruckus with his ex-lawyers to an end. With a jury trial penciled in to start  May 6 next year, the seemingly near-cash-strapped The Pirates of th…

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp and his former business managers will not be kicking off a potential messy and revealing trial over the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald star's long-held fraud claims of $25 million next month after all. After a long weekend in which attorneys for both Depp and the Management Group…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros escaped a potential Fantastic Beasts PR nightmare today as Johnny Depp was denied an attempt to push back the trial over his $25 million fraud suit against his former business managers. The rejection came this morning from a Los Angeles Superior Court judge for the Pirates of the Caribbean star…

Already facing multi-million-dollar legal battles with his former business managers and former lawyers, Johnny Depp now looks to have to seek protection from two of his ex-bodyguards. "Terminated" back in 2016 and then rehired in a new employee capacity after several years working for the Murder On The Orient Express…