The trial was originally due to take place in March but was delayed due to the coronavirus crisis.
Depp has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The Sun is relying on 14 separate allegations of domestic violence from between 2013 and 2016 in its defence.
Depp and Heard met in 2011 on the set of the comedy The Rum Diary and married in Los Angeles in 2015.
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