Johnny Depp, Amber Heard Trial Movie 'Hot Take' Drops First Trailer, Netizens React

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's trial has been turned into a movie, and the first trailer was dropped Wednesday.

Depp, 59, and Heard, 36, are still not done with their legal battle after both filed to appeal the jury verdict on June 1. Months after the actor's major legal victory, Tubi teased the release of a new movie titled "Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial," which follows exactly what the public witnessed in the courtroom during the exes' defamation trial.

The preview features the courtroom scene where Depp's lawyer says, "Ms. Heard has defamed Mr. Depp by calling him an abuser." It cuts and jumps backward, re-enacting the events that happened between Depp and Heard that led them to the courtroom.

"Though there's support for both sides, there's clearly a favorite here," a news reporter says from outside the courtroom in the trailer, Entertainment Tonight noted.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star received heavy support online and outside the courtroom during the six-week trial in Virginia. Many also celebrated when the jury sided with him and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, which was lowered down by the judge to $350,000, the state's cap on punitive damages. The jury also awarded the "Aquaman" star $2 million in damages.

The film stars "Days of Our Lives" star Mark Hapka as Depp and "Alone in the Dark" actress Megan Davis as Heard. It also stars Melissa Marty as attorney Camille Vasquez and Mary Carrig as Heard's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft, Variety reported.

The trailer received mixed responses from the netizens upon its release. The majority wasn't as enthusiastic since, according to them, they saw what happened inside the court a few months ago.

"The only hot take here is the fact I'd rather re-watch six weeks of free, raw court footage than any money-milking, dramatized college project," one commented on Tubi's YouTube account. Another added, "C'mon, we have all just seen the original less than 6 months ago, who needs a remake."

"The movie nobody thought they needed and... they'd be right," a third added.

"I need more random films like this," a fourth user jokingly added with a grinning squinting face emoji.

Meanwhile, some complimented Hapka's voice because he sounded just like the "Fantastic Beasts" actor.

"Say whatever you want about this, but that guy nailed Johnny's voice," one wrote. "He sounds exactly like [D]epp," a second user agreed.

In July, Heard filed a notice of appeal challenging the jury's verdict that she defamed Depp on three counts. The "Minamata" actor responded by doing the same. He also filed to appeal the $2 million verdict in favor of Heard. The jury agreed Depp defamed Heard via the comments made by his lawyer Adam Waldman in 2020.

"Mr. Depp ended up filing his own appeal, so that the court could have the full record," Vasquez said on "CBS Mornings" of why her client decided to appeal the verdict. "And [Heard] insists on continuing to litigate this matter, and we have to protect our client's interest."