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Netflix will start streaming Depp V Heard, a documentary collection on the court docket trial that was proven reside to the general public worldwide in 2022,
John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard was the much-publicized court docket case that got here off the again of years of to-and-fro from the pair of Hollywood heavyweights.
The three-part documentary collection units to recount the occasions of that trial and take a look at the results, together with the choice to air it to the general public. Episodes two and three particularly study how on-line protection performed a job within the trial and the way social media reacted to the eventual verdict.
Channel 4 first aired the documentary collection in late May over the course of three days between May twenty first and May twenty third. Each episode is 47 minutes in size.
It finally launched to blended evaluations, with The Guardian giving it a two-star score out of 5, concluding that the duo on the middle of the case makes for “profoundly depressing television.” The Telegraph mentioned in its overview that the collection did properly to focus on the social media circus that engulfed the case.
Emma Cooper is behind the brand new documentary collection as director and government producer. She labored on the mission beneath her Empress Films Banner, notably behind final yr’s Netflix Original title, The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes and Netflix initiatives together with The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann and Bikram: Yogi, Guri, Predator.
Cooper can also be an government producer on one other upcoming Netflix Original documentary in regards to the “life and death of popular U.K. television presenter Jill Dando.”
When will Depp v Heard stream on Netflix?
It’s been introduced through Netflix that the brand new collection will hit the service exterior the United Kingdom on August sixteenth, 2023.
It’s unclear (however doubtless) whether or not the collection will finally land on Netflix within the United Kingdom with out Netflix Original branding. The excellent news is that Brits can now watch the documentary collection through the Channel 4 web site and app, or all three components have been made accessible on YouTube.
This is the second main pickup from Channel 4 in current months, with Five Star Chef hitting Netflix exterior the United Kingdom as a Netflix Original and licensed to Netflix UK too.
For extra on what’s coming to Netflix in August 2023, maintain checking again right here on What’s on Netflix.
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