Amber Heard ends efforts to get her fired from Aquaman 2

Not offending anyone, a petition attempting to get Amber Heard fired from “Aquaman 2” failed and the actress will return as Mera as an extension of the billion dollar hit “Aquaman” in 2018.

Shortly after Heard’s ex-husband Johnny Depp was coerced by Warner Bros. To leave “Fantastic Beasts 3” last week, a Change.org petition was created calling for Amber Heard to be removed from “Aquaman 2” which has so far received over a million signatures. There have also been persistent, and of course completely unfounded, rumors in recent months that she will be removed from the role.

But speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Heard confirmed that she is definitely coming back for the sequel and noted that neither the rumors nor the petition, which she said was part of an astroturfing operation, had occurred. impact on production.

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“I’m very excited about the amount of fan love and the amount of fan appreciation that ‘Aquaman’ has gained and has generated so much excitement for Aquaman and Mera that it means we’ll be back,” Heard told EW. “I’m so excited to film this.”

“Paid rumors and paid social media campaigns don’t dictate [casting decisions] because they have no basis in reality, ”she added. “Only fans really made ‘Aquaman’ and ‘Aquaman 2’. I am delighted to start next year. “

On November 2, a UK court ruled against Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against the tabloid Sun over an August 2018 article that called him a ‘wife beater’ in reference to his relationship with now ex-wife Heard. Judge Andrew Nicol said News Group Newspapers and Sun editor Dan Wootton had proven the tabloid story to be “substantially true”. His decision concluded: “I have concluded that the vast majority of the alleged assaults on Ms. Heard by Mr. Depp have been proven civil.”

“Aquaman 2” will open on December 16, 2022. Starring Heard as Mera, the film will again star Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman and feature the return of director James Wan and co-stars Willem Dafoe , Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Dolph Lundgren.

“Aquaman” made $ 1.13 billion worldwide when it opened ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend in 2018, making it the first DC film to hit that earning milestone since “The Dark Knight Rises “in 2012.