New footage confirms Amber Heard is in 'Aquaman 2' regardless of rumors she was reduce out of the film

• A brand new trailer confirms Amber Heard is in “Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom.”
• Throughout CinemaCon on Tuesday, which Insider attended, a trailer of the film was proven.
• Heard’s Mera character appeared briefly in two photographs.

Amber Heard is within the anticipated sequel to “Aquaman.”  

The primary trailer of “Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom” was proven at CinemaCon, the annual movie show conference, on Tuesday throughout a presentation by Warner Bros, attended by Insider.

Heard, who performed Mera, the love curiosity of Aquaman (Jason Momoa) within the hit 2018 authentic film, is featured in two temporary photographs through the trailer wherein she’s doing battle underwater. She has no dialogue within the trailer. 

In June of final 12 months, a now-deleted publish on Simply Jared reported that Heard was being “reduce out” of the sequel.

“The rumor mill continues because it has from day one — inaccurate, insensitive, and barely insane,” a spokesperson for Heard advised Insider in response to the publish.

Heard’s Mera character was first launched within the 2017 movie “Justice League” earlier than turning into a protagonist in 2018’s “Aquaman” alongside Momoa.

Throughout her defamation trial along with her former husband, Johnny Depp, Heard stated her position was closely diminished in “Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom.”

“I fought actually arduous to remain within the film — they did not wish to embody me within the movie,” Heard stated on the stand, including that she carried out “a really pared-down model” of the position that took away motion scenes between herself and one other character. 

If the trailer is any indication, Heard’s Mera isn’t the principle supporting character she was within the first film. As a substitute of Aquaman and Mera teaming up for many of the film, within the sequel, it is Aquaman and his half-brother Orm Marius, performed by Patrick Wilson. 

“Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom” opens in theaters on December 20.