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Johnny Depp has been lining up new projects, seemingly indicating that his career is picking up again after his legal troubles. One role that his fans would more than likely love to see him reprise is Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. There’s been much speculation regarding whether Depp could return to the billion-dollar Disney franchise, and further alleged details on his relationship with the studio were mentioned during his recent trial.

The fact is not a lot has been going on lately publicly in the legal duels between CAA and the agency’s ex-staffers over at Range Media Partners over equity, competition and the shifting line of what may or may not constitute being an agent, until Monday – when all Hell broke loose.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer CAA has accused a handful of former agents of betraying the agency by stealing confidential client information to form Range Media Partners, a rival management firm. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the powerhouse agency alleges that the agents spent months in 2020 sending volumes of CAA data — including clients’ ongoing and future projects, their branding strategies and business plans — to their personal email accounts and cell phones. The agents also downloaded Telegram, a private messaging app, to avoid being detected by CAA, the suit alleges.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA and Range Media are already in arbitration over equity the latter cancelled for the agents who made up the 2020 formed latter, but now the Bryan Lourd-led uberagency is after the  Dave Bugliari, Peter Micelli, and Jack Whigham created management company for alleged theft and some big bucks.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has inked a strategic partnership with Artists For Artists, the production company of Kenan Thompson & John Ryan Jr., spanning production, management, endorsements, and more.

At a time of immense, industry-wide interest in video game IP, Range Media Partners looks to make a splash in the arena with the signing of Dan Houser, the creative director and lead writer behind massive franchises Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, as well as his media company, Absurd Ventures.

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific TV director Jessica Lowrey has inked with Range Media Partners for management. The signing comes at a pivotal moment in her career, as she looks to expand into features, while mounting TV pilots.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Oscar nominee Tom Hardy and Atlanta Primetime Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz are set to star in the Apple TV+ drama series Lazarus, a project which is still nearing development and closing deals. The project is a co-production between A+E Studios and Range Studios and being sold to Apple.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker William Brent Bell has signed with Range Media Partners for management in all areas.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed acclaimed writer and playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who recently became the first Black woman to pen a feature screenplay for Marvel Studios with the upcoming Blade, starring Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire hunter first brought to life on the big screen in 1998 by Wesley Snipes.

Johnny Depp‘s agent revealed how much money he was supposed to make for Pirates of the Caribbean 6, which was never made, as well as how much he was paid for some of his recent work.

Amber Heard can't catch a break online amid the defamation trial brought on by her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Depp sued Heard for $50 million after the actress wrote an op-ed published by the Washington Post describing herself as a survivor of domestic abuse. Although Heard didn't name Depp as her abuser, she recounted stories of abuse from the year 2016.

Zack Sharf “Pirates of the Caribbean” producer Jerry Bruckheimer reminded fans in a recent interview with The Sunday Times that the future of his Disney mega-franchise does not currently include Johnny Depp. The actor appeared as Jack Sparrow in all five “Pirates of the Caribbean,” earning an Oscar nomination for “Curse of the Black Pearl.” The most recent “Pirates” movie, “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” was released in 2017. Bruckheimer said two “Pirates” scripts are currently in development, but neither include Depp’s former franchise mainstay.“Yes.

Amber Heard, 36, has taken to the stand today as her 58-year-old former husband Johnny Depp's trial against her continues.The Aquaman actress testified that the court case has been the “most painful” thing she has gone through.She said: “I struggle to have the words to describe how painful this is.“This is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything, (to) hear people that I knew – some well, some not, my ex-husband with whom I shared a life – speak about our lives in the way that they have.“This the most painful and difficult thing I’ve gone through for sure.”Johnny is currently suing ex-wife Amber for $50 million for writing in an article that she was a victim of domestic abuse,t not naming him as the perpetrator, and she is counter-suing him for $100 million.The Jack Sparrow star’s talent manager Jack Whigham testified at the trial this week that the actor would have been paid a whopping amount for Pirates of the Caribbean 6 by Disney, before Amber’s "catastrophic" domestic abuse allegations in her 2018 Washington Post op-ed.The piece, in which Amber did not name her ex-husband, saw her describe herself as a "'public figure representing domestic abuse” and Johnny, who denies abusing Amber, says the article destroyed his career.Talent manager Jack Whigham testified this week that Disney movie boss Sean Bailey and producer Jerry Bruckheimer had verbally agreed around 2016 to pay Depp a huge amount for Pirates of the Caribbean 6.He claimed this amount was $22.5 million, but it was not clear if Johnny was set to receive a back-end payment from cinema profits.The actor is reported to have been paid over $300 million for the first five Pirates of the Caribbean movies - mostly thanks to a percentage of the box

A big payday. Johnny Depp‘s agent claimed that the actor would have received a huge sum for a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Johnny Depp was commanding the big bucks.

Johnny Depp‘s agent revealed how much money he was supposed to make for Pirates of the Caribbean 6, which was never made, as well as how much he was paid for some of his recent work,

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp’s agent testified on Monday that Depp was to receive $22.5 million to star in the sixth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film, but Disney decided to go “in a different direction” after Amber Heard published an op-ed reviving her domestic abuse allegations.Jack Whigham, who represented Depp at Creative Artists Agency and later at Range Media Partners, testified that the December 2018 piece in the Washington Post had a “catastrophic” impact on Depp’s career.“After the op-ed it was impossible to get him a studio film,” Whigham testified.Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, alleging that she destroyed his career with false allegations of domestic violence. The trial in Fairfax, Va., entered its fourth week on Monday, as Depp’s team continued to call witnesses to support his claims.