Johnny Depp’s legal victory over Amber Heard was so shocking: Defamation is extremely difficult to prove under existing U.S. law.
10.06.2022 - 04:53 / deadline.com
“I tried on a lot of different emotional suits, and I tried the freaked-out-I-can’t-sleep-at-night. But, ultimately the people who survive keep their sense of humor. I don’t think that has to be separate from being serious and emotional and profound. I think you can laugh about something while still recognizing that it is serious,” said Adam McKay, who did just that in his 2021 Oscar-nominated Netflix planetary-disaster satire Don’t Look Up.
He’s at work on a new feature script now, he said at a Q&A for the Tribeca Festival.
“If the last movie was about the outcome of what’s broken about us, that we’re staring at the collapse of the livable climate, this one is more about the actual arterial blocks in our hearts, what’s causing it, which is, of course, big, dirty money. And it’s a comedy as well … blended with drama, but I would overall call it a comedy,” is all he’d say, rather cryptically. He’s also writing the HBO Max anthology series The Uninhabitable Earth based on the bestselling David Wallace-Wells book.
“We have less than eight years before we cross the tipping point of a livable planet. No one is even arguing with that and yet we are all like ‘Johnny Depp, Amber Heard.’ So you have to laugh at it, but you also have to get to work on it,” he said.
McKay came from SNL, sketch comedy, co-founded Funny or Die and made Anchorman and a handful of comedies with Will Ferrell, whom he called “the least neurotic creative person I have ever met.” He said that “with every one of the comedies that we made, we would have a conversation about the political, social economic center of the movie, and say ‘Let’s never tell anyone that we had this conversation.” In Step Brothers, it’s consumerism — “that the customer is always right,
Johnny Depp’s legal victory over Amber Heard was so shocking: Defamation is extremely difficult to prove under existing U.S. law.
What’s next for Olivia Cooke after AppleTV+‘s “Slow Horses” and HBO‘s upcoming “Game Of Thrones” prequel “House Of The Dragon“? It looks like she’ll return to the thriller-horror genre for the first time since 2017’s “Thoroughbreds.” READ MORE: Adam McKay Working On Script For Next Film & It’s All About “Big, Dirty Money” The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Cooke will headline the cast of Lionsgate‘s upcoming socially-minded horror project “Breeders.” And “Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay is one of the brains behind the idea.
Lionsgate has acquired Breeders, an upcoming horror project that has Olivia Cooke (Slow Horses) attached to star, Deadline can confirm.
The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most iconic sports teams in the entire world, let alone the NBA. And through its decades-long history, the team has reached the highest of highs and lowest of lows, which makes great fodder for a new docuseries, “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers.” READ MORE: ‘Winning Time’: Adam McKay’s Series With John C.
Amber Heard is officially a Maxxinista!
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EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Johnny Buss in the upcoming second season of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Thomas Mann, who guest-starred as the character in the first season, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 of Adam McKay’s critically praised HBO series, Deadline has learned.
Fresh off last year’s apocalyptic comedy “Don’t Look Up” and directing the pilot for HBO’s “Winning Time,” Adam McKay has his sights on his next motion picture. And, for good or ill, his follow-up to a movie about the end of the world as we know it tackles another thorny, controversial subject.
Netflix has released the first trailer for Entergalactic, an upcoming animated series co-created by Kid Cudi.First announced in 2019, the show will feature songs from Cudi’s forthcoming album of the same name. Conceived in collaboration with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Entergalactic will follow two young musicians as they balance love and success in New York City.
GoFundMe is not having it with any pages trying to make some cash after Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial!
Johnny Depp made a swift return to professional public life following his victory in his defamation lawsuit, with a spirited musical turn on stage in Gateshead, UK.
CNN's new President, Chris Licht, said that there's too much Breaking News. New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin took to his Twitter to share the "scoop. "On Thursday morning, Licht emailed staff to inform them that the notorious "BREAKING NEWS" banner is overused and is finally getting reworked.
deliberates on the verdict of their blockbuster defamation trial, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are preparing for more blockbusters.Namely, Heard is slated to appear in two films: “Run Away With Me” and “In the Fire.”According to IMDb, “Run Away With Me” follows an American in Paris who falls helplessly in love with a model before they discover the “criminal underworld” of the modeling industry in Europe. Meanwhile, Heard plays a New York psychiatrist in “In the Fire,” set in the 1890s, who visits a Colombian plantation to “care for a disturbed boy.” While treating the child, she sparks tension with a priest who believes the boy is possessed.These listings on Heard’s IMDb page follow her appearance in next year’s “Aquaman and the Last Kingdom,” in which her role was significantly cut.While people, including Heard, speculated that her part in the movie was reduced due to the circus surrounding the trial between her and ex-husband Depp, Walter Hamada, the president of DC Films, shut the rumor down.“The size of the role in the film that she had was determined in the early development of the script, which would be in 2018,” he testified during the trial.
Kate Moss has enjoyed an extremely successful career in the spotlight, and she's also dated many fellow celebrities over the years. The 48 year old model's love life regularly saw her appear in the headlines, with Kate having dated stars such as Johnny Depp.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorHenry Muñoz III is the first to admit that he was a surprise bidder for Funny or Die when the digital comedy brand was put up for sale last year.“It was kind of a surprise to me too,” Muñoz jokes on the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business.”The entrepreneur and activist sees Funny or Die as a vehicle for expanding his work that is focused on creating greater access to opportunities and greater equality for Latinx communities in his native Texas and around the country. Muñoz, who was most recently a co-founder of the Somos Community Care chain of health care providers, acquired the company with his own resources, without any partners or bank loans.Funny or Die was an early Hollywood foray into short-form digital media.
Setting the record straight. Kate Moss’ testimony in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard just addressed rumors that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor pushed her down a flight of stairs when they dated in the ’90s.
Sharing her story. Kate Moss opened up about her romance with Johnny Depp during the actor’s defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.