Amber Heard is facing a $10m (£8m) lawsuit for "breach of performance and promotional obligations" in her latest film London Fields.

The actress is said to have "falsely claimed" she had "not agreed to the use of nude and simulated sex scenes", among other accusations.

This is the latest in a string of legal cases surrounding the unreleased film.

It comes after director Mathew Cullen sued the film's producers for fraud, claiming they hijacked the final cut of the movie.

The producers hit back with a counterclaim, accusing Cullen of failing to deliver the film on budget and on time.


London Fields, based on Martin Amis' celebrated novel, was supposed to premiere last year at the Toronto Film Festival.

But despite high anticipation, the film got stuck in legal purgatory without a distributor.

Image: Amber Heard filed from divorce from Depp in May 2016

Now, Heard is facing claims of breaching contract and "committing tortious interference".

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, blames Heard for "hijacking the film" and "placing it under a limbo".

"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," it reads.

Image: Billy Bob Thornton plays a blocked writer in the film adaptation of the 1989 novel

It states Heard disregarded contractual obligations by failing to promote the movie.

Adding to the intrigue are rumours that the film played a part on the actress' divorce from Johnny Depp.

Depp, who makes a cameo in the film, was accused by Heard of having written the name of co-star Billy Bob Thornton in blood in the couple's bathroom wall.

London Fields stars Thornton as Samson Young, a terminally ill writer who has suffered from writer's block for twenty years, and femme fatale Amber Heard, stuck in the middle of a love triangle.