Johnny Depp's team addressed a report claiming he is set to return to Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.
On June 27, a report surfaced claiming the actor was in talks with the studio to reprise his role as Captian Jack Sparrow for a $301 million deal.
"Disney is very interested in patching up their relationship with Johnny Depp, They are very hopeful that Johnny will forgive them and return as his iconic character," a source told PopTopic.
A representative for the actor told NBC News that the claims are made up.
Depp played Captain the iconic role in all five movies of the franchise, the latest one being the 2017 movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales".
In May, Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who is now working on two more movies, was asked if the acclaimed actor would be back for future projects.
"Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided" he told The Sunday Times.
The comments were made when Depp was in the middle of his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
"If Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film, correct?" asked Heard's lawyer Ben Rottenborn.
"That is true," he replied. The acclaimed actor later said during questioning by his lawyer Camille Vasquez that he felt betrayed by Disney and made the comment after he felt the company had spurned him.
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