20th Century Fox has green-lit Independence Day 2, which is scheduled to begin production in a few months. That means the sequel looks like it'll be arriving in theaters just in time for the 20th anniversary of the alien invasion blockbuster from director/co-writer Roland Emmerich, who is coming back for the sequel as writer and director. Now, we have our cast! Emmerich confirmed on his Twitter that Jeff Goldblum will be reprising his role as David Levinson in the sequel. He's also confirmed another new cast member. He also announced that Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) will be joining the cast. In an non-social media announcement, it was announced that Jessie Usher (When the Game Stand Tails) will be apart of the cast. Usher will be playing the grown up version of Dylan Hiller, the son of Steven Hiller (Will Smith, who will not be returning for the sequel). The film will take place in present-day, 20 years after the events of the first film. Judd Hirsch and Bill Pullman might be coming back to reprise their roles from the first film.
I really enjoyed the first Independence Day because I've grown up with that film. It's a little sad that Will Smith isn't coming back but since Jeff Goldblum will be back, I'm more excited! It is good that Emmerich will be sitting in the director's chair again, but his last few films haven't been great, but they aren't terrible. 2012 and White House Down were films that could have been really good, but they were just okay. I think with him writing the script and directing is something good about this because Independence Day is like Roland Emmerich's baby. So, when set photos are seen and when we get the first trailer, maybe my interest will go from interested to extremely interested! This is exciting news, for me at least.
Independence Day 2 is scheduled to hit theaters on June 24th, 2016.
- BS
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