Amber Heard sued for $10m over ‘breached obligations’ on London Fields film

Amber Heard is being sued for $10 million by the producers of film London Fields for ‘breaching contractual obligations’.

The US actress, 30, who starred in the panned adaptation of Martin Amis’s 1989 novel, has been accused of having a ‘misguided and unlawful conspiratorial campaign’ against the film.

In a suit filed by producers Christopher Hanley and Jordan Gertner at the Los Angeles Superior Court, they allege that Heard ‘refused to comply with clear-cut contractual obligations’.

Part of the 24-page document reads: “As a result of Heard's refusal to comply with her contractual obligations - including her improper refusal to act in provocative scenes contained in the pre-approved script - key scenes in the script had to be removed and/or rewritten to accommodate Heard's behaviour.”

The suit blames Heard and director Mathew Cullen for the fact that the film is currently ‘in limbo’, having been pulled from the schedule at last year’s Toronto Film Festival.

“While the inherent tension between actors and directors (on the one hand) and producers (on the other) is nothing new in Hollywood, the unauthorised and unlawful acts of Heard, Cullen, and others - most notably, their campaign to damage plaintiff, the picture, and the picture's investors - are perhaps unprecedented,” the complaint reads.

“Indeed, as a result of their misconduct, which continues to this day, the very promising picture remains in limbo, hijacked and placed under a cloud by Heard, Cullen, and others."

The London-based noir film, co-starring Jim Sturgess, Billy Bob Thornon, Cara Delevingne and Heard’s ex-husband Johnny Depp is yet to have a general release after director Cullen distanced himself from the project last year.

He claimed that the producers hijacked the film and the final cut was so far from his original version that he no longer wanted it to be marketed under his name.

Evening Standard Online has contacted Heard’s reps for comment.