On March 15, 2016, Disney announced that the fifth film would be released on July 19, 2019, with Ford reprising his role, Spielberg directing, Koepp writing and Kennedy and Marshall acting as producers. In June, Spielberg confirmed that Lucas would return as executive producer, despite "Deadline Hollywood" having reported otherwise. Spielberg also announced that John Williams would return to compose the score. On April 25, 2017, the official "Star Wars" website updated the film's release date to July 10, 2020. In September 2017, Bob Iger said that the future of the franchise with Ford was unknown, but that the film "won't be just a one-off". Spielberg promised that Indiana would not be killed off, and Koepp stated that Mutt would not return in the movie. In January 2018, "Deadline Hollywood" reported that Spielberg was eyeing the film as his next project following the completion of "Ready Player One".