Ready For Independence Day 2 and 3? Roland Emmerich brainstorms ID4-Ever Source: MTV
How many times can a director end the world in his career? It seems Roland Emmerich isn't done with destroying mankind just yet. Following this year's disaster epic to end all disaster epics 2012 (which itself follows on the heels of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow), Roland Emmerich has been talking to MTV about returning to past glories. More aliens! More flag-waving! More magic laptops! We give you ID4-Ever, parts one and two.
It's not even at the script stage yet, but Emmerich says the story will pick up soldierboy Will Smith and President Bill Pullman (both of whose involvement would therefore be crucial) some years after the first film. He wants two movies to allow space for "a bigger arc", and while he wouldn't divulge specific plot points, he did reveal that visits to the alien homeworld are not on the agenda: "it's always about the Earth, and the Earth gets invaded".
"One day we will do it," says Roland. But with 2012, The Drought, Nocturne and even a Lars Von Trier version (Melancholia) all at various stages of development, can we take another two armageddons? And which of our Earth landmarks are left to destroy?
To be honest, I only watched Independence Day because I was on a mission to watch every Adam Baldwin movie ever. Imagine my disappointment when, not only did he have a pathetically small role, but it was in this pathetic movie. Why does it need a sequel, huh?
Couldn't cram enough crap into the first one? Just remember guys, we all loved the ideas that aliens totally use Apple compatible computers, that drunken rednecks are better fliers than the USAF, and that a president should only wait a d... Read More
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People should pull back on the Michael Bay hate and direct it at Emmerich.
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Are you nuts? Emmerich can at least shoot a shot, that is a million times more than Micheal Wank can do. ... Read More
Lets get other nationalities involved as much as the Yanks next time . They are fleetingly mentioned and seen in the original but should be as big a force as the damn Yankeees !! ... Read More
Roland should have done a sequel to ID4 ages ago...it had room for a sequel...not sure about 2 sequels but definitely another one after ID4 would have done the trick...I love ID4 to the point of where I have watched it more times than any other movie combined...call me sad but it's one concept I firmly believe will one day happen and possibly within the next 50-100yrs...laugh all you want people but it will happen...Roland...get a script done already man!!! ... Read More
