London Fields film starring Johnny Depp and Cara Delevingne 'will never be shown in the UK'

The adaptation of Martin Amis' 1989 novel was pulled from the Toronto Film Festival after a legal row
Controversy: Amber Heard and Johnny Depp both feature in the film
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Tom Teodorczuk18 September 2015

The star-studded adaptation of London Fields, which had its world premiere due in Toronto tonight cancelled following a legal row, will never see the light of day in UK cinemas, movie insiders claimed today.

The adaptation of Martin Amis’s 1989 novel, which stars Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Johnny Depp and Cara Delevingne, was abruptly pulled from the Toronto Film Festival after its American director Mathew Cullen took legal action against the producers in a dispute over the final cut and the content of the film. Cullen alleges that producers Chris Hanley and Jordan Gertner “secretly prepared their own version of the film… no cast or crew member signed up for this”.

The stars of the film were already intent on staying away from the premiere in support of Cullen, who alleges the producers inserted footage of the 9/11 terror attacks and nuclear war imagery without his consent.

London Fields, about a woman who has a premonition she will be murdered by one of the three men she is romantically entangled with, did have a screening for press and the film industry in Toronto on Tuesday. Although a US distributor signed up the British film, no deal was struck with a UK-based film company to release it following a spate of negative reviews.

One UK source said: “The legal turmoil makes it even more unlikely the cast will promote the film. Without their involvement, and given the critical reception to the press screening, nobody will release it in London.”

The Toronto fiasco is the latest cinematic blow for author Amis, who co-wrote the film adaptation of London Fields and had a cameo role in it. His novels The Rachel Papers and Dead Babies also flopped at the box office.

London Fields’ producers claim the lawsuit is a “publicity stunt”.

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