Former Disney Exec Predicts Johnny Depp Will Return to Pirates Post-Verdict: 'There Is Huge Appetite'

There is just too much potential box-office treasure," a former Walt Disney Studios executive tells PEOPLE

of Johnny Depp potentially returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

A former Walt Disney Studios executive thinks Johnny Depp could someday

return to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise following his victory in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Depp, 58, won his defamation claims against Heard, 36, on Wednesday

concluding a contentious six-week legal battle in Virginia that put their private lives in the public eye.

Heard also won one of her three claims of defamation, and her lawyer said Thursday that she plans to appeal.

Afterward, Depp said in a statement that the jury "gave me my life back" and the "best is yet to come" for him.

While Hollywood insiders have conflicting views on whether his career will bounce back after the trial