With the legal dispute still ongoing against her ex-husband, Johnny Deppthe last hearing revealed that the reason for Amber Heard not being officially disconnected from “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” was Jason Momoa, who supported her co-star. Instead, their participation as mere it was just reduced.

According to information from independentwho revealed the fact was the former producer and current consultant, Kathryn Arnoldduring his testimony on how depp negatively influenced the career of heard. Also during her speech, she confirmed that whoever kept the actress in the DC sequel was Momoa and the director James Wanwhich remained “irreducible” than any other option other than this one.

“Her world has gone silent in terms of opportunities. Even the things she wanted to work on are no longer available to her.”said Arnold. “In the public, it’s been very negative. In the industry, they like her work, but they can’t work with her right now. Because every time her name is mentioned, the negativity flares up again.”he explained.

Given all the repercussion of the case, which has been circulating on social media, fans of the actor – who was disconnected from projects such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” and the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise – organized to carry out a petition against his ex- woman to leave her current job at DC and the role of Mera. The petition against Amber Heard already surpassed four million signatures.

In “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, “When an ancient power is unleashed, Aquaman must forge a dangerous alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis – and the entire world – from irreversible devastation.”, reveals the synopsis. Aside from what the new text says about Part 2, more details are being kept under wraps, but it is expected to be mythologically related to Arthur Curry and the sunken kingdom, Atlantis. The suspicion is that it has a connection with the missing seventh kingdom of Atlantis, mentioned by the King Orm in the first film, from 2018.

Besides Jason Momoa in the lead role, the cast also has Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring Trilogy) and Yahya Abdul-Matteen II (“Matrix Resurrections”) as the vengeful villain black manta ray. the filmmaker James Wan resumes directing the DC project and produces the feature alongside Peter SafranWhile David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrickwho co-wrote the original film, was tasked with signing the sequel’s script.

“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is set to hit theaters on March 17, 2023.